Ayanamsa, rashi and bhava, pada, the layers of dasha, divisional charts, yogas and Sade Sati as they appear in the Vedic report.
If Vedic basics covered the sidereal zodiac, lagna, nakshatras and dashas, this article sorts out the other terms you'll see in the Vedic report.
The basis: zodiac and houses
Ayanamsa
The angle between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs. It's currently about 24°. Stellog's Vedic reading uses the widely used Lahiri standard.
Rashi
The Vedic name for a zodiac sign. The names match the Western signs, but because the sidereal zodiac is used, a planet often falls one rashi earlier than its Western sign.
Bhava
The Vedic name for a house. The rashi holding the lagna is the 1st bhava, and the next rashi is the 2nd.
Stellog's Vedic reading uses an approximation of the Lahiri ayanamsa. Houses follow the whole-sign method, with the whole rashi of the lagna as the 1st bhava, and the chart is drawn in the North Indian diamond style.
Lunar mansions and layers of time
Pada
Each nakshatra (13°20') is split into four parts of 3°20'. The same nakshatra takes on a slightly different tone in each pada.
Mahadasha and Antardasha
The major periods of the dasha and the sub-periods inside them. A mahadasha is a major period of 6 to 20 years led by one planet; antardashas split it again among the nine planets. Below that, pratyantardashas divide it once more.
Dashas follow the Vimshottari system. Starting from the nakshatra the Moon was in at birth, the nine planets take turns over 120 years. Nakshatra and pada are read for the Moon, the Sun and the lagna.
Divisional charts
Navamsa (D9)
A divisional chart made by splitting each sign into nine. It's used to look at marriage and partnership, and at how innate strengths mature.
Dashamsha (D10)
A divisional chart made by splitting each sign into ten. It's used to look at work, career and achievements in society.
Divisional charts use the same birth time, and bhavas are counted from each divisional chart's own lagna. A difference of just ten minutes or so in birth time can change a divisional lagna.
Planetary strength and combinations
Kendra and Trikona
Kendras are the 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th bhavas, the pillars of life; trikonas are the 1st, 5th and 9th, the places of blessings and talent. They're seen as the strongest bhavas in Vedic astrology.
Uccha and Neecha
The rashi where a planet is strongest (uccha) and the one where it's weakest (neecha). For example, the Sun is in uccha in Aries and in neecha in Libra. It's the same idea as Western exaltation and fall.
Drishti
The Vedic 'gaze'. Every planet looks at the 7th bhava from itself; Mars also looks at the 4th and 8th, Jupiter at the 5th and 9th, and Saturn at the 3rd and 10th. Unlike Western aspects, it works by whole bhavas, not degrees.
Yoga
A combination formed when planets take certain positions or relationships. Each one has its own name and meaning; for example, Gaja Kesari yoga is a Moon–Jupiter combination.
Yogakaraka
A planet that, for a given lagna, rules both a kendra and a trikona and so gives especially good results. For example, Saturn is the yogakaraka for Taurus and Libra lagnas.
Among the yogas, Stellog's Vedic reading looks for Gaja Kesari yoga (Jupiter in a kendra counted from the Moon) and Mahapurusha yoga (Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus or Saturn in a kendra in its own rashi or uccha).
The flow of time
Gochara
The Vedic name for the current movement of the planets in the sky. It's like the Western transit, but is usually counted from the Moon's rashi or the lagna.
Sade Sati
The roughly seven and a half years Saturn spends passing through the rashi before your natal Moon's rashi, the Moon's own rashi, and the one after. It's read as a time of greater weight and responsibility, and it comes back about every 30 years.
In the Vedic report, gochara follows Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. Sade Sati is traced across 100 years from birth to show each round and its stages.