The D144 Chart, Explained Plainly

Think of a family tree where you keep clicking into one ancestor, then into theirs, going a generation deeper each time. The D144 chart works in that spirit. It takes the D12, the chart traditionally tied to parents and ancestry, and applies the D12 method again, twelve times twelve. The result is a grid of one hundred and forty-four parts per sign, so fine that the smallest change in birth time can shift the picture.

The plain name for the D144 is the Dwadasamsa-dwadasamsa, the dwadasamsa of the dwadasamsa. It is a rare higher varga, and it is honest to say that almost no one reading their own chart will need it.

What the D144 actually is

The D144 is built by dividing each of the twelve signs into one hundred and forty-four equal parts. You can reach it two ways. One, divide the thirty degrees of a sign by one hundred and forty-four, giving slivers just over a fifth of a degree each. Two, take the D12 dwadasamsa and apply the dwadasamsa method to it again, twelve by twelve, which lands on the same one hundred and forty-four parts. Both describe the same very deep grid.

Because it grows out of the D12, which is read for parents, ancestry, and lineage, the D144 is held by some to look even deeper into that ancestral ground. The significations are not standardised, and traditions describe it sparingly, so it is fair to say there is no fixed, agreed list of what it means.

Which tradition uses it

The D144 is not part of common practice. A few lineages reference it for very deep ancestry and lineage work, treating it as an inner layer of the parents chart. Outside those settings it is seldom cast at all, and it rarely shows up as a standalone chart someone interprets the way they would the main chart or the navamsa.

Why most readers can ignore it

The honest answer is that the D144 is an extreme specialist layer. A sound reading comes from your main birth chart, the D9 navamsa, and the more widely used vargas, with the D12 itself covering ancestry well enough for nearly everyone. Not looking at the D144 takes nothing away from that reading. It is an optional deep zoom, not a missing piece.

A note on schemes

The D144 is a rare higher varga, the dwadasamsa of the dwadasamsa, used in a few lineages for deep lineage analysis and not in common use. It is not one of Parashara's classical sixteen vargas (the shodasha-vargas), which run from the D1 up to the D60. It sits beyond that set as an extra, seldom-used layer.

AstroMedha does not compute the D144. If you want to begin with the foundation, you can generate your full birth chart free in the free tools and get clear on your main placements first.