Karana and Their Effects on People and Their Personality

A Karana is half a Thithi or 6 degrees of arc. In thirty Thithis
comprising of the Lunar month, there are sixty half-thithis or
Karanas. In other words, each Thithi has two Karanas. The first
Karana ends at the middle of the Thithi and the second Karana is
upto the end of that Thithi.

Table of Karanas within Thithis

The following chart will help you to find out the Karana from the Thithi.

Thithi	1st Karana	2nd Karana
1st	Kimstugna	Bava
2nd	Balava	Kaulava
3rd	Taitila	Gara
4th	Vanija	Vishti
5th	Bava	Balava
6th	Kaulava	Taitila
7th	Gara	Vanija
8th	Vishti	Bava
9th	Balava	Kaulava
10th	Taitila	Gara
11th	Vanija	Vishti
12th	Bava	Balava
13th	Kaulava	Taitila
14th	Gara	Vanija
15th	Vishti	Bava
16th	Balava	Kaulava
17th	Taitila	Gara
18th	Vanija	Vishti
19th	Bava	Balava
20th	Kaulava	Taitila
21st	Gara	Vanija
22nd	Vishti	Bava
23rd	Balava	Kaulava
24rd	Taitila	Gara
25th	Vanija	Vishti
26th	Bava	Balava
27th	Kaulava	Taitila
28th	Gara	Vanija
29th	Vishti	Shakuni
30th	Chatushpada	Naga

Fixed Karanas and personality of those born in these Karanas

There are four Karanas that occur only once in a month. They are fixed Karanas and their effects, according to “Yavana Jathaka”, are as follows.

No	Name of Karana	Influence
1st	Shakuni	The person of this Karana will be calm, composed, intelligent, gifted with intuition and full of good deeds
2nd	Chatushpada	The person of this Karana will do independent business, take great pains in work and will be truthful
3rd	Naga	The person of this Karana will be a specialist and successful in professions connected with minerals. Will be of good character and capable of mesmerizing and catching snakes.
4th	Kimstugna	Persons of this Karana are intelligent but may be bent on doing bad deeds; are heartless, unpopular and may suffer much in life.

Effects of recurring Karanas

The remaining seven Karanas recur eight times during the Lunar month. Their names and effects are

No	Name of Karana	Influence
1st	BAVA	People born inthis Karana will be poor but will be kind and content with what they get. They will be successful if they pursue a career with the Army.
2nd	BALAVA	The person born in this Karana will be handsome, courageous, sacrificing and will be interested in sports and extra-curricular activities.
3rd	KAULAVA	Those born in this Karana will be intent on doing bad deeds as his earlier environment was not congenial to moulding a good character.
4th	TAITILA	The person born in this Karana will be soft hearted, even tempered and with strong convictions. Constitutionally the person will be strong.
5th	GARA	The person of this Karana will be a good strategist, imaginative and talkative.
6th	VANIJA	The person of this Karana will have good business acumen and will be capable of succeeding in any type of business.
7th	VISHTI	The person of this Karana will be heartless, without friends and will be bent on doing bad deeds.