Your Mulank (Moolank) is the day of the month you were born on, reduced to one digit: born on the 23rd, 2 + 3 = 5. Your Bhagyank is the whole date of birth reduced to one digit: 19 July 1991 gives 1 + 9 + 0 + 7 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 1 = 37, then 3 + 7 = 10, then 1 + 0 = 1. In Ank Jyotish, Indian numerology, the Mulank describes temperament and the Bhagyank the direction life keeps taking.
The idea in plain words
Ank Jyotish ties each digit from 1 to 9 to one of the nine grahas. Your two numbers then borrow the nature of their grahas. The Mulank is who you are day to day. The Bhagyank, also called the life path number, is where life keeps pushing you. When the two numbers are ruled by friendly grahas, nature and path agree. When they are ruled by enemies, the person feels pulled two ways.
Step 1: work out the Mulank
Take only the day of the month. Add its digits until one digit remains.
| Born on | Working | Mulank |
|---|---|---|
| 7th | already one digit | 7 |
| 14th | 1 + 4 | 5 |
| 29th | 2 + 9 = 11, then 1 + 1 | 2 |
| 31st | 3 + 1 | 4 |
The month and the year never count for the Mulank.
Step 2: work out the Bhagyank
Write the full date of birth as digits and add them all. Then keep adding the digits of the total until one digit remains.
| Date of birth | Sum of digits | Bhagyank |
|---|---|---|
| 28 October 1989 | 2 + 8 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 9 + 8 + 9 = 38, then 3 + 8 = 11, then 1 + 1 | 2 |
| 14 July 1990 | 1 + 4 + 0 + 7 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 0 = 31, then 3 + 1 | 4 |
| 16 June 1992 | 1 + 6 + 0 + 6 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 2 = 34, then 3 + 4 | 7 |
You can also reduce the day, month and year first and then add them, and you get the same answer. For 14 July 1990, the day 14 gives 5, July gives 7, and 1990 gives 19, then 10, then 1. Then 5 + 7 + 1 = 13, and 1 + 3 = 4.
Step 3: find the ruling graha
| Number | Graha | Mulank page | Bhagyank page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun (Surya) | Mulank 1 | Bhagyank 1 |
| 2 | Moon (Chandra) | Mulank 2 | Bhagyank 2 |
| 3 | Jupiter (Guru) | Mulank 3 | Bhagyank 3 |
| 4 | Rahu | Mulank 4 | Bhagyank 4 |
| 5 | Mercury (Budh) | Mulank 5 | Bhagyank 5 |
| 6 | Venus (Shukra) | Mulank 6 | Bhagyank 6 |
| 7 | Ketu | Mulank 7 | Bhagyank 7 |
| 8 | Saturn (Shani) | Mulank 8 | Bhagyank 8 |
| 9 | Mars (Mangal) | Mulank 9 | Bhagyank 9 |
Each page describes the number in full: personality, women and men, love and the best partner numbers, career, health and lucky colours.
Step 4: read the two together
Compatibility between numbers comes from friendship between their grahas, the same friendship table used in Kundali Milan. The Sun counts the Moon, Mars and Jupiter as friends, so Mulank 1 sits well with 2, 9 and 3. Saturn counts the Sun as an enemy, so a Mulank 8 with a Bhagyank 1 feels a slow nature on a fast path. Friendship is not always mutual: the Moon counts Mercury as a friend, but Mercury counts the Moon as an enemy, so Mulank 2 with Bhagyank 5 reads differently from Mulank 5 with Bhagyank 2.
The full list of number pairs
Find your Mulank in the first column, then see where your Bhagyank falls. The list follows the graha friendship table, so it is not always the same in both directions. A Bhagyank equal to your Mulank doubles the graha's nature.
| Mulank | Friendly Bhagyank | Neutral Bhagyank | Difficult Bhagyank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2, 3, 9 | 4, 5, 7 | 6, 8 |
| 2 | 1, 5 | 3, 6, 8, 9 | 4, 7 |
| 3 | 1, 2, 9 | 4, 7, 8 | 5, 6 |
| 4 | 6, 8 | 3, 5, 7 | 1, 2, 9 |
| 5 | 1, 6 | 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 | 2 |
| 6 | 5, 8 | 3, 4, 7, 9 | 1, 2 |
| 7 | 3, 9 | 1, 2, 4, 5 | 6, 8 |
| 8 | 5, 6 | 3, 4, 7 | 1, 2, 9 |
| 9 | 1, 2, 3 | 4, 6, 7, 8 | 5 |
A Mulank 2 with a Bhagyank 5 is friendly, since the Moon counts Mercury as a friend, while a Mulank 5 with a Bhagyank 2 is difficult, since Mercury counts the Moon as an enemy. A matching pair, such as Mulank 8 with Bhagyank 8, carries both the strengths and the faults of that graha twice over.
Where people go wrong
The first mistake is using the month in the Mulank. Only the day counts. The second is stopping at a two-digit total, such as 11 or 22. Western numerology keeps these as master numbers, but Ank Jyotish reduces them to 2 and 4. The third is taking the date in the wrong time zone. A birth just after midnight belongs to the new date, as written on the birth certificate. The fourth is mixing these numbers with the name number, which is a separate system built from the letters of a name.
Check your own
Write your date of birth, find your Mulank from the day and your Bhagyank from the full date, then open both pages above. If you also know your birth time, the free kundali shows where each ruling graha sits in your chart, which says far more than the number alone.