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An English-speaking Vedic astrologer reads the same kundli your grandparents would, and explains each Sanskrit term in plain English as it comes up.
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Hi, I grew up in Toronto and my Hindi is weak. My mum says I have mangal dosh and my fiance's family uses porutham. Can we do this in English and look at both?
Of course, we can do the whole session in English. Please share your birth date, time and city, and your fiance's too. I will first check where Mars sits from your lagna, Moon and Venus, then go through the porutham list and the 36-point score one by one.
Short answer
Yes, you can talk to a Vedic astrologer in English online, by chat or call. An English-speaking astrologer reads your kundli, explains words like lagna, dasha and nakshatra as they come up, and can compare North and South Indian methods if your family uses both. It suits NRIs, city families and mixed-language homes. Kismo has verified astrologers who consult in English online, from anywhere in India or abroad.
What are the key facts about english?
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| What it is | A Vedic (jyotish) consultation held in English, with Sanskrit terms explained rather than skipped |
| Who asks for it | NRIs, people who grew up speaking English, and families where parents speak different Indian languages |
| What gets checked | Lagna, Moon sign and nakshatra, the running Vimshottari dasha, Saturn's transit, and both charts if you are matching |
| What to send | Birth date, clock time and city of birth, plus whether summer time was in force if you were born abroad |
| Cost on Kismo | One per-minute rate for chat and call set by each astrologer, starting at ₹15; you pay from a wallet for minutes started |
| Free minutes | Kismo gives your first session 5 free minutes, with no card asked for |
| Reach | Kismo is an app where you talk to verified Vedic astrologers by chat or call, in 16 languages. |
Which problems do people bring in this language?
- Mars dosha (manglik) (manglik / mangal dosh / kuja dosha)
Manglik dosha
- Saturn's seven-and-a-half years (sade sati)
Sade sati
- Horoscope matching (kundli milan / gun milan / porutham)
Kundli matching
- When will I get married (marriage timing)
Marriage timing
- Settling abroad (videsh yog)
Settling abroad
- Moving back to India (return to India)
Returning to India
- Birth time correction (birth time rectification)
Birth time rectification
- Changing jobs (job change)
Job change
- Love or arranged marriage (love vs arranged)
Love or arranged marriage
- Rahu's main period (Rahu mahadasha)
Rahu mahadasha
How many Indians speak English as a first language, and how many live abroad?
English was the mother tongue of 2,59,678 people in India at the 2011 census 1. The census lists English among the non-scheduled languages, outside the 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule 1.
| Census year | English as mother tongue |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,78,598 |
| 2001 | 2,26,449 |
| 2011 | 2,59,678 |
First-language speakers grew by 14.67% between 2001 and 2011, and by 26.79% in the decade before 1. Most Indians who consult in English learned it as a second or third language, so they mix it with their home language.
The Ministry of External Affairs counted 3,72,80,845 overseas Indians in January 2026 2. Of them, 1,77,60,528 were NRIs, Indian citizens living abroad, and 1,95,20,317 were persons of Indian origin 2.
| Country | Overseas Indians (MEA, January 2026) |
|---|---|
| United States | 60,79,221 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43,44,008 |
| Canada | 32,47,980 |
| Malaysia | 29,02,370 |
| United Kingdom | 12,82,836 |
| Australia | 8,45,800 |
| Singapore | 4,83,199 |
How does an English-language consultation handle Sanskrit terms and different systems?
An English-language consultation keeps the Sanskrit words and adds a plain English meaning, because no single English word covers terms like dasha or nakshatra. Many families also know the same idea under a Hindi, Tamil or Telugu name, so the table lists those too.
| Term you may hear | Plain English | Other names at home |
|---|---|---|
| Lagna | Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at birth | Lagnam, udaya lagna |
| Rashi | Moon sign, the sign the Moon was in at birth | Rasi, janma rashi |
| Nakshatra | Birth star, one of 27 parts of the Moon's path | Natchathiram, nakshatram |
| Mahadasha | A planet's main period; the Vimshottari system adds up to 120 years 11 | Thisai (Tamil), dasa |
| Kundli | Birth chart | Janam patri, jathagam, jatakam |
| Mangal dosh | Mars in certain houses, read as a marriage factor 5 | Manglik, kuja dosha, chevvai dosham, chovva dosham |
| Sade sati | Saturn's 7.5-year transit around your Moon sign | Ezharai sani, elinati shani |
| Gun milan / porutham | Horoscope matching before marriage 89 | Kundli milan, jataka pontana |
| Muhurat | A time chosen for an event | Muhurtham, muhurta |
Charts are drawn in different shapes, which confuses many first-time readers. In the North Indian square the lagna always sits at the top and the signs move 7. In the South Indian and Bengali charts the signs stay fixed and the lagna moves 7. An English-speaking astrologer can redraw your chart in whichever style your family uses.
Vedic and Western astrology count the zodiac from different starting points. The Calendar Reform Committee placed the start of the religious solar year where the Sun's tropical longitude reaches 23° 15' 6. It also noted that the vernal point moves about 50 seconds of arc a year 6. So your Vedic Sun sign is often one sign behind your Western one.
Matching also differs by region. Muhurta Chintamani scores eight kootas out of 36 points 9, while the Tamil Lexicon lists ten poruthams with no total score 8. Prasna Marga, a Kerala text, lists 23 items and calls five of them essential 4. In a mixed-language family, ask the astrologer to run both methods and explain where they disagree.
On Kismo, after a session you can get up to three other astrologers suggested for a second opinion, which helps when two methods point different ways.
How did Vedic astrology come to be practised in English?
Vedic astrology has been written about in English in India for more than a century. B. S. Rao started The Astrological Magazine in 1895, and his grandson B. V. Raman revived it in 1936 3. Raman edited it from Bangalore until his death on 20 December 1998 3.
Raman began lecturing in Western countries on Vedic astrology in 1959, according to Hinduism Today 3. In 1992, at 80, he travelled to California to help found the American Council on Vedic Astrology 3. The magazine introduced the sidereal Hindu zodiac to many Western astrologers 3.
Many classical texts reached English readers through such translations. Raman first planned an English Prasna Marga in 1940, with help from a scholar of Sanskrit and Malayalam 4. He revised it in 1964-65 and signed the preface of Part I in 1980 4. He wrote that his translation is a summary of the stanzas, not word for word 4.
Prasna Marga itself is a Kerala work, dated to Kollam 825, or 1649 AD, and written near Talasseri 4. Its English version is how many astrologers outside Kerala now read the Kerala way of matching and horary questions 4.
Raman's Muhurtha or Electional Astrology, published in English in 1948, shows how regional habits travel. He wrote that kuja dosha got the most weight in the Tamil areas, and that he found it only in the Kerala sastra 5. He also noted that Tamil families did not mind a wedding in Ashadha, while families in Andhra and Karnataka objected 5.
What changes when an astrologer reads the chart of someone born or living abroad?
The method stays the same abroad; what changes is how the birth time is converted. An astrologer needs the clock time on your birth certificate and the city, then works out the local time zone. A wrong hour moves the lagna, which is why the city matters as much as the date.
Summer time is the most common trap for people born in Europe or North America. In the United Kingdom, clocks go forward one hour on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October 10. A birth in July is recorded in British Summer Time, an hour ahead of GMT 10.
Festival and fasting dates can also look different to a family spread across regions. Drik Panchang lists Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala as amanta, where a lunar month ends on the new moon 12. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Punjab are listed as purnimanta, where it ends on the full moon 12.
Raman warned against rejecting a match on porutham counts alone while ignoring longevity and the 7th house, calling that practice defective 5. That is a useful question for any consultation in English: ask what the whole chart shows, not only the score.
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- Every Kismo astrologer passes four steps: qualification review, panel interview, live audits of real sessions, 30-day probation.
- Nobody can guarantee an outcome. Treat any promise of a fixed result as a red flag.
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How does a consultation on Kismo work?
- Log in on kismo.app or get the app from Google Play.
- Pick an astrologer who speaks your language and works with your question.
- Share your date, time and place of birth.
- Ask by chat or call. The first session carries 5 free minutes, then each minute is billed from your wallet.
Questions worth asking in the session
- Can you show me my lagna, Moon sign and nakshatra, and explain each one in English?
- Which mahadasha and antardasha am I running now, and when does the next one start?
- I was born abroad; can you check that you converted my birth time correctly, including summer time?
- Our families use different matching methods; can you give us both the 36-point score and the porutham list?
- Why is my Vedic Sun sign different from the one in Western horoscopes?
What should I know before booking a session about english?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does a session cost? | Each astrologer sets one rate for chat and call, from ₹15 a minute. A 10-minute session at ₹15 a minute costs ₹150 (October 2026). |
| Is the first session free? | 5 free minutes on the first session, no card. |
| Chat or call? | Both. You choose when you start the session. |
| Do I need an exact birth time? | It helps. Without one an astrologer can still read your Moon sign and planets by sign, or work out the time with you. |
| Is my chat private? | Your chat is not shown to other clients. How Kismo handles your data is set out in its privacy policy at kismo.app/privacy. |
| What if I am not happy? | There is no refund for a reading you did not like. Misconduct, pressure or a request for money outside Kismo is handled by a person. |
| Where does it work? | Online, from anywhere in India and abroad. People use Kismo from 80+ countries. |
What else do people ask an astrologer about?
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Questions people ask
Is there a Vedic astrologer who can explain my kundli in English?
Yes, many Vedic astrologers consult fully in English and explain each Sanskrit term as they use it. You can ask what lagna, rashi or dasha mean in your own chart rather than in general. Online sessions by chat or call work from any country. Pick an astrologer who lists English, and say at the start if you want the terms explained slowly.
What is a kundli called in English?
A kundli is called a birth chart or horoscope in English. It is a map of where the Sun, Moon, planets and the rising sign were at the exact time and place you were born. Vedic astrologers read it in twelve houses. In Tamil it is called jathagam, and in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam jatakam or jathakam.
How does paying for an English-speaking astrologer on Kismo work?
On Kismo you pay per minute from a wallet, at the rate the astrologer has set, which starts at ₹15 a minute. The same rate applies to chat and call. The smallest top-up is ₹100, each started minute is billed, and unused money stays in the wallet. Your first session includes 5 free minutes without a card.
I live in the US. Can an Indian astrologer still read my chart properly?
Yes, an Indian astrologer can read a chart for someone living in the US, because the chart depends on where you were born, not where you live now. Give the birth city and the clock time on your certificate. If you were born in the US, mention whether daylight saving time applied. Questions about timing a local event need the city where it happens.
Why is my sign different in Vedic and Western astrology?
Your sign often differs because Vedic astrology uses a sidereal zodiac tied to the stars, while Western astrology uses a tropical zodiac tied to the seasons. The gap between the two is now about 24 degrees, growing slowly each year. So a Sun at 10 degrees of Western Aries usually sits in Vedic Pisces. Neither label changes your birth time; they are two ways of counting.
What red flags should I watch for with an online astrologer?
The main red flags are fear-based talk, a promised result, and pressure to pay for an expensive ritual or gemstone straight away. A real astrologer explains what they see and admits uncertainty. Kismo's astrologers pass a qualification review, a panel interview, live audits of sessions and a 30-day probation. Before paying for any ritual, get a second opinion.
Can my partner and I do kundli matching in English if our families use different systems?
Yes, kundli matching can be done in English and an astrologer can run more than one system. North Indian families usually look at the 36-point gun milan, while Tamil and Kerala families often use porutham. Ask for both results side by side, and ask which factors the astrologer weighs most. A single low score is rarely the whole picture.
Do I need to know Hindi or Sanskrit to understand a Vedic reading?
No, you do not need Hindi or Sanskrit for a Vedic reading in English. The astrologer uses the Sanskrit name once, then explains it, the way a doctor names a condition. Writing down three or four terms from your own chart, such as your nakshatra and current dasha, makes later sessions easier. Ask whenever a word is unclear.
Is an English astrology reading less traditional than one in an Indian language?
No, the language of the session does not change the tradition behind it. Many core texts, such as Prasna Marga, have been studied in English translation for decades. What matters is which method the astrologer uses and how well they explain it. For health, legal or money decisions, also speak to a doctor, lawyer or financial adviser.
Talk to an astrologer about english
Kismo is an app where you talk to verified Vedic astrologers by chat or call, in 16 languages.
On an iPhone, log in on kismo.app in your browser.
Where do these facts come from?
- Language: India, States and Union Territories (Table C-16), Census of India 2011, Paper 1 of 2018, Statements 1 and 5, Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Accessed .
- Population of Overseas Indians (as of January 2026), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Accessed .
- Global Astrologer (March 1999), Hinduism Today. Accessed .
- Prasna Marga, Parts 1 and 2 (tr. B. V. Raman): preface, introduction and ch. 21, stanzas 68-69, Internet Archive. Accessed .
- Muhurtha or Electional Astrology (B. V. Raman, 1948), pp. 71-72 and 98-101, Internet Archive (Digital Library of India). Accessed .
- Report of the Calendar Reform Committee (1955), pp. 193-194 and 251, in History of the Calendar in Different Countries Through the Ages, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (copy on Internet Archive). Accessed .
- Horoscope, Banglapedia, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Accessed .
- Tamil Lexicon, entry கலியாணப்பொருத்தம் (kaliyana-p-poruttam), p. 784, Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. Accessed .
- Muhurta Chintamani of Daivagya Shri Ramacharya with Hindi commentary by Pt. Mahidhara Sharma, ch. 6 (Vivaha Prakarana) v. 21, Khemraj Shri Krishna Das Prakashan, Mumbai, via Internet Archive. Accessed .
- When do the clocks change?, GOV.UK, UK Government. Accessed .
- Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 46, verse 15 (Vimshottari dasha years), Enjoy Learning Sanskrit. Accessed .
- Difference between North Indian and South Indian Lunar Calendar: Purnimanta and Amanta School (FAQ Q.8), Drik Panchang. Accessed .
