Kaal sarp dosha — and why we do not flag it
Kaal sarp is described as all seven grahas falling on one side of the Rahu–Ketu axis. It is one of the most searched and most feared terms in Indian astrology, and expensive rituals at specific temples are sold against it.
We do not flag it, and this page exists to say so plainly rather than to let you wonder why it is missing from your reading.
What the arrangement is
Rahu and Ketu are always exactly opposite each other, so they divide the zodiac into two halves. If every other graha falls in one of those halves, the configuration people call kaal sarp is present.
That is a real, checkable geometric fact. Nothing on this page disputes that the arrangement occurs, or that it can be computed in a line of code.
Where it is not
It is not in the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. It is not in Phaladeepika. It is not in Saravali. Those are the texts this site's rule corpus is built from, and none of them describes this configuration or attaches an effect to it.
The term appears in the twentieth century and spreads through popular astrology and, more than anything, through temples offering a specific remedy for it. That history is not hidden — it is simply not mentioned by the people quoting the dosha.
Why we do not compute it
Every rule this site applies is one the engine can trace to a text and a verse, and every claim it makes is meant to be checkable against that source. There is no source for this one, so there is nothing to encode.
We could add it anyway. The geometry is trivial and the query volume is large. The reason not to is simple: a site that reported a dosha it could not source, next to a page explaining that the classical exceptions are the half nobody tells you about, would be doing exactly what it criticises.
If your chart has the arrangement and someone has told you about it, what they have described is real geometry with a modern interpretation attached. Whether you find that interpretation persuasive is genuinely up to you. What you should know before spending money on it is that the texts do not mention it.
What to do if you have been told you have it
Ask which text it comes from, and which verse. That question is not aggressive and it is the one this whole category is uncomfortable with.
Then look at what the classical material does say about your chart — the placements, the dashas, the actual dated transits. All of that is computed and free here, and none of it needs a temple visit to interpret.
Common questions
Is kaal sarp dosha real?
The planetary arrangement is real and easy to check. The interpretation attached to it is a twentieth-century development and is not found in BPHS, Phaladeepika or Saravali.
Why does my kundli here not mention kaal sarp?
Because every rule we apply traces to a classical text and a verse, and this one does not. We would rather explain the absence than report something we cannot source.
Should I do the kaal sarp puja?
That is your decision and we do not sell it or take anything from anyone who does. What is worth knowing first is that the texts the practice claims authority from do not describe the dosha.
Does kaal sarp affect marriage?
No classical source says so. Where a marriage concern is genuinely present in a chart it shows in the seventh house, its lord and the relevant dashas — all of which we do compute.