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The annual chart based on the Sun-Moon tithi recurrence — honoring the lunar birthday tradition for emotional and domestic predictions
Tithi Pravesha is an annual chart cast for the moment when the Sun-Moon angular relationship at birth (the natal tithi) recurs each year. While Varshaphal (solar return) tracks the Sun's return to its exact natal longitude, Tithi Pravesha tracks the return of the Sun-Moon RELATIONSHIP — the same tithi, in the same solar month. This is deeply rooted in Hindu tradition where a person's "real" birthday is their Janma Tithi (birth tithi), not the Gregorian date.
For example, if you were born on Shukla Panchami (5th tithi of the bright half) when the Sun was in Taurus, your Tithi Pravesha each year is the moment when the Moon-Sun elongation again reaches the Panchami value (48-60 degrees) while the Sun is in Taurus. This moment may fall a few days before or after your Gregorian birthday.
Tithi Pravesha has deep roots in the Vedic tradition of celebrating birthdays by tithi rather than solar date. The Dharmashastra texts prescribe rituals on the Janma Tithi (birth tithi) each year. The astrological application — casting a predictive chart for the TP moment — was championed by Sanjay Rath and other modern Jyotish scholars who argued that the tithi-based return honors the lunar essence of Vedic astrology better than the purely solar Varshaphal. The TP technique draws from both Parashari principles (houses, lordships) and Tajika methodology (annual chart interpretation).