How to Check If Your KP Report Is Accurate — Verification Guide

Trust but Verify — Every KP Report Should Pass These Tests

Whether you use Astro Chart, another software tool, or a manually calculated chart, accuracy matters. A single wrong sub-lord can flip a prediction from "marriage in 2026" to "marriage denied." This guide gives you five practical tests to verify any KP report before you act on its predictions.

Test 1 — Check the Ayanamsa

Every KP report should explicitly state which ayanamsa was used and its numeric value for the birth year. For a chart cast in 2026, the true Krishnamurti ayanamsa should be approximately 24 degrees 12 minutes. If you see a value closer to 24 degrees 14 minutes, the software is using Lahiri — which means every sub-lord in the report may be off. Read our ayanamsa comparison for the full technical details.

Test 2 — Validate a Known Cusp

Take the Ascendant (1st cusp) degree from the report and verify it against a known reference. You can cross-check using the Swiss Ephemeris with KP ayanamsa, or compare against a hand-calculated value using the Placidus house formula for your birth latitude and local sidereal time. If the Ascendant is off by more than 1 arc-minute, investigate further — the error will propagate to all 12 cusps.

Test 3 — Confirm Dasha Dates Against Known Events

This is the most powerful test. Take a major life event you know the exact date of — marriage, birth of a child, job change, or an accident. Check which Maha-Antar-Pratyantara dasha was running on that date according to the report. Now verify: are the dasha lords significators of the houses relevant to that event?

For marriage, check if the dasha lords signify houses 2, 7, 11

For career change, check houses 2, 6, 10, 11

For health issues, check houses 1, 6, 8, 12

If the dasha lords clearly signify the right houses, the report's dasha calculations and significator table are likely correct. If they do not match at all, something is wrong — probably the ayanamsa or the birth time.

Test 4 — Examine Aspect Orbs

A good KP report lists aspects with exact orb values. Pick any two planets from the planet longitude table and manually calculate their angular separation. Compare this against what the report shows. The numbers should match to within 1 arc-minute. If the report claims an aspect at 5.2 degrees orb but your manual calculation shows 7.8 degrees, the aspect engine is unreliable. For a refresher on what orbs to expect, see our aspects guide.

Test 5 — Back-Test With a Celebrity Chart

Choose a public figure whose birth data and life events are well documented — political leaders, film stars, and sports figures often have reliable records. Generate their KP report and check whether the significator analysis aligns with known life events. If the report correctly identifies the dasha periods of major public milestones, you can trust the engine's calculations.

Red Flags to Watch For

No ayanamsa value stated in the report

Cusps that do not change when you adjust birth time by 4 minutes (they should shift noticeably)

Missing sub-lord column — some tools show only sign and star lord

Dasha dates that do not add up to the correct total period length

No aspect table at all, or aspects listed without orb values