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Bhinnashtakavarga BAV: Read One Planet’s Eight Inputs

Read a BAV cell as a count of eight references, distinguish it from SAV, and see why equal totals can conceal different contributors.

Names and related terms
Bhinna Ashtakavarga · BAV · individual ashtakavarga

Editorially reviewed: · Reviewed by OpenFate · Editorial Methodology

Overview

Bhinnashtakavarga, or BAV, is the separate ashtakavarga table for one target planet. Each sign’s raw count is the sum of eight binary contribution entries, so the cell ranges from zero to eight.

At a glance

One target
Name the planet whose BAV is shown
Cell range
0–8 before reductions
Eight contributors
Seven planets and lagna
Detail behind the sum
Contributor-level table or prastara

What does a BAV value of four mean?

It means four contributing references produce a 1 for that target planet and sign under the selected rule table. It is not four favorable planets currently occupying the sign, and it is not the sign’s combined SAV value.

A BAV row loses the identities of the individual contributors when they are summed. A more detailed prastara table preserves those identities. Use it when a question requires knowing who contributed rather than only how many.

Two different contribution sets total four

Take illustrative contribution vectors ordered Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and lagna. The row [1,0,1,1,0,0,1,0] totals 4; [0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1] also totals 4.

These are aggregation examples, not calculated birth charts. Their equal totals do not make the underlying references identical. An audit that only checks the final 4 would miss a contributor substitution or a different source-table choice.

Can every saved report show BAV?

The inspected OpenFate policy gates BAV presentation by stored prompt contract, with support from contract 4 onward. A legacy report should not be assumed to contain the newer component detail merely because current code can compute it.

When data are unavailable, report that absence; do not reconstruct a supposed BAV row by dividing SAV by seven. Each planet has a different contribution table, and the combined total does not uniquely recover the components.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology — An Integrated Approach
    Rao, Chapter 12, §§12.1–12.4, printed pp. 145–153; Tables 19–25: eight reference contributors, individual raw BAV values and seven-target SAV aggregation. §12.6, pp. 156–157: prastara preserves contributor identity. §§12.7–12.8, pp. 157–162: reduced tables are separate; bindu/rekha notation and Moon/Venus contribution positions vary. The 337 figure is an explicitly identified raw-table checksum; it does not establish cell-wise equivalence between Rao’s preferred variant and the inspected OpenFate table or validate any life outcome. Example vectors and sums are editorial arithmetic, not claimed calculated birth charts.A named practitioner’s introduction to Jyotish. Used for terminology and a stated method, not universal school agreement or scientific validation. The added March 18, 2010 note describes changed views; it does not establish a fully revised 2010 edition.
  2. OpenFate Editorial Methodology
    OpenFate Editorial Methodology, stable sections #editorial-principles, #editorial-workflow, #editorial-ai, and #editorial-context. Used for the calculation/interpretation and evidence-boundary policy.OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.
  3. OpenFate Vedic implementation: local source review, 2026-09-08
    OpenFate local implementation review, 2026-09-08: app/modules/vedic/logic/policy.ts VEDIC_ENGINE_POLICY.karakaScheme and supportsVedicBav; facts.ts computeKarakas and computeSarvashtakavarga; constants.ts SAV_TABLES, SAV_EXPECTED_TOTALS and SAV_EXPECTED_GRAND_TOTAL; career-evidence.ts buildVedicCareerEvidence.unavailable. The reviewed policy uses seven roles without Rahu and a fixed classical-order exact-tie break. Raw BAV rows total 48/49/39/54/56/52/39, summing to 337; the Moon/Venus variant entries differ from Rao’s stated preference. BAV visibility depends on stored contract, and career evidence explicitly marks shadbala unavailable. This is a dated code review, not proof of current deployment or empirical prediction accuracy.An editorial review of local policy and calculation source files, not an independently accessible publication or proof of the deployed version. Implementation limitations and discrepancies remain separate from traditional arithmetic.
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