Find Chart is a few new online tool that I’ve added to the JyotishTools website. It’s handy for finding the date of a horoscope chart published in a book or even for finding a Muhurta date.
Since it is drag and drop it is easy to use on desktops or laptops. However it can be troublesome on mobile devices because dragging an object like a planet just causes the screen to scroll. There will be a mobile version coming soon that solves it.
Find Chart supports both northern and southern charts. Those familiar with southern charts will probably understand how it works immediately. Just select one of the planets above the chart form and drag it to it’s respective sign and drop it there. Once the planets are filled out on the form then click the Select button to list dates that apply. If unsure then begin with the slowest moving planets like Saturn, Rahu and Jupiter.
The search is limited for dates between 1900 to 2100 mainly because it is a small app that runs on your computer.
For Northern style charts click the link given at the top of the default FindChart page. Since we are dealing with charts that don’t have a date and often no degrees we need to use a fixed sign northern style chart. And since the app is HTML it is not possible to do a traditional diamond chart so instead a northern hybrid chart (also available in JyotishTools Pro) which is laid out the same as the traditional chart with the first sign at the top in the middle and signs go counter clockwise. Because we need to use fixed sign then Aries will be the middle sign at the top. Hovering over each box will show what sign it represents.
Here is an example of entering a chart from a sample horoscope.
