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Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa-yogaपञ्चमहापुरुषयोग(Panch Mahapurush Yoga)

Umbrella of five classical yogas — Ruchaka, Bhadra, Haṃsa, Mālavya, Śaśa — formed by tārā-grahas in own/exalted rāśi in a kendra.

Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa-yoga

Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa-yoga (पञ्चमहापुरुषयोग, also written Panch Mahapurush Yoga) names the classical umbrella category of five yogas, each produced when one of the five tārā-grahas (Mangala, Budha, Bṛhaspati, Śukra, Śani — the five classical star-planets excluding Sūrya and Chandra) is placed in its own or exalted rāśi in a kendra from the Lagna. The compound — pañca ("five"), mahāpuruṣa ("great person") — names the register: the yogas classically produce what tradition calls the mahāpuruṣa signature, the register of distinguished personal bearing and capacity in the domain of the graha that forms the yoga. Sūrya and Chandra are excluded from this five-fold because the mahāpuruṣa framework applies specifically to the tārā-graha register.

Classical grounding

Phaladeepikā 6.1–6.5 is the canonical five-verse block that names each of the five yogas; Brihat Parāśara Horā Śāstra treats them in its yoga-phala chapters; Saravali chapter 35 provides extended treatment; Jātaka Pārijāta and Bṛhat Jātaka of Varāhamihira include the set. The classical framework is consistent across sources: each of the five grahas, when placed in its own or exalted rāśi in a kendra from Lagna, produces a named yoga carrying the graha's distinguished-expression register. The five yogas are: Ruchaka (Mangala), Bhadra (Budha), Haṃsa (Bṛhaspati), Mālavya (Śukra), and Śaśa (Śani).

Formation rules

Primary classical form: graha in own rāśi or exaltation rāśi, placed in a kendra (1st/4th/7th/10th) from Lagna. The specific rāśi placements required: Mangala in Meṣa, Vṛścika, or Makara (own or exalted) — yields Ruchaka; Budha in Mithuna or Kanyā (Kanyā is both own and exalted) — yields Bhadra; Guru in Dhanu, Meena, or Karka — yields Haṃsa; Śukra in Vṛṣabha, Tulā, or Meena — yields Mālavya; Śani in Makara, Kumbha, or Tulā — yields Śaśa. Some classical sources allow the kendra to be counted from Chandra as well as from Lagna — both readings are named in tradition; Bṛhat Jātaka and Phaladeepikā specify kendra-from-Lagna as primary, and classical commentators note kendra-from-Chandra as extension.

Classical manifestation pattern

Each of the five yogas carries a graha-specific mahāpuruṣa register named in the individual yoga entries — Ruchaka (martial-heroic), Bhadra (intellectual-commercial), Haṃsa (dharmic-wise), Mālavya (aesthetic-prosperous), Śaśa (endurance-authoritative). The classical reading holds that the yoga-native's distinguished capacity operates specifically in the domain the graha governs: Ruchaka-native in contest-domains, Bhadra-native in learning and communication, Haṃsa-native in counsel and dharma, Mālavya-native in aesthetic and marital registers, Śaśa-native in long-duration authority. The mahāpuruṣa register is register-specific, not generic distinction.

Strength modulation

Classical strength rules across all five PMP yogas: (1) exaltation is classically stronger than svakṣetra (own rāśi); (2) 10th-bhāva placement is the strongest kendra for most PMP classical readings, followed by Lagna, then 4th and 7th; (3) aspects from enemy grahas or from Rāhu/Ketu weaken the yoga; (4) aspects from friend grahas or Guru strengthen; (5) retrograde motion is classically debated — some sources add strength, others read it as modifying the register toward introspection; (6) combustion weakens significantly (most relevant for Budha and Śukra given their proximity to Sūrya); (7) Daśā-Antaradaśā of the yoga-forming graha activates the register.

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Pañca-Mahāpuruṣa-yoga — Umbrella of five classical yogas — Ruchaka, Bhadra, Haṃsa, Mālavya, Śaśa — formed by tārā-grahas in own/exalted rāśi in a kendra. | VastuCart