What is this wheel? The Sarvatobhadra Chakra ("wheel of all auspiciousness") is a classical Vastu-Jyotish tool. It places the 27 Nakshatras (Moon's constellations) around the four walls of a 9×9 grid — 7 nakshatras per wall (North/East/South/West). Every person has one nakshatra that is their Janma Nakshatra — the constellation the Moon was in at their birth. That nakshatra's wall becomes their "personal direction," a zone this system treats as naturally supportive for them.
What is "Vedha"? Vedha literally means piercing or affliction. When a planet (graha) sits in a nakshatra, it casts an imaginary line across the wheel to certain other nakshatras — straight across the centre, or diagonally to the walls. If that line lands on your Janma Nakshatra (or on another planet), that planet is said to give vedha to that spot — like an arrow striking a target. A malefic planet's vedha is treated as a strain; a benefic planet's is usually neutral-to-supportive.
Why does direction matter? Each of the four directions in this system is linked to different areas of daily life (see the "What each direction affects" cards below the results). If a direction is under vedha, this tradition reads it as extra friction in the life-areas tied to that direction — and recommends keeping that physical zone of your home/office clean and doing the graha's remedy, rather than treating it as fixed fate.
Graha
A "planet" in Vedic astrology — Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu (9 total).
Benefic / Malefic
Benefic (Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus) planets are generally supportive; malefic (Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu) planets are generally challenging. Only malefic vedha is flagged as a "problem" in this tool.
Across vedha
A straight line through the centre of the wheel to the opposite wall — the strongest, most classical form of vedha.
Fore vedha
A diagonal line in the clockwise direction — given more weight when the planet is moving at fast/normal speed.
Hind vedha
A diagonal line in the anticlockwise direction — given more weight when the planet is retrograde (moving backward, marked ℞).
Upay (remedy)
A traditional counter-measure for a troubled planet — usually a combination of a mantra, a charitable donation, and sometimes a gemstone, done on that planet's ruling weekday.
None of this replaces a full one-on-one consultation — it's a structured starting point for understanding what your chart is showing and what a next conversation with your astrologer should focus on.