Yoga / configuration
Yogakaraka
Yogakaraka is a planet that rules both a kendra (4th, 7th or 10th) and a trikona (5th or 9th) house for a given Lagna. Classical tradition reads such a planet as especially supportive for that chart.

Related terms
- Yoga
Yoga is a specific planetary configuration with a named effect in Vedic astrology — for example Gaja Kesari Yoga (Jupiter and the Moon in angles) or Budhaditya Yoga (Mercury with the Sun) — and has nothing to do with the exercise practice. The classics list hundreds; in practice 20-30 are widely consulted.
- Lagna
Lagna is the ascendant in Vedic astrology — the zodiac sign rising on the eastern horizon at the exact time and place of birth. It becomes the 1st house of the chart and sets the order of all twelve houses.
- Graha
Graha is Sanskrit for 'planet', but the nine Grahas of Vedic astrology include the lunar nodes Rahu and Ketu, which are mathematical points rather than celestial bodies. The nine are the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.