Zodiac & ayanamsha
Can move sidereal longitudes and boundary-sensitive signs or Nakshatras.
Compare the calculation settings and birth data shown by two websites or astrologers. The checker identifies likely technical causes before any interpretation is compared.
Can move sidereal longitudes and boundary-sensitive signs or Nakshatras.
Can change UTC, the ascendant, cusps, houses and timing-sensitive factors.
Can change house placement even when a planet's zodiac longitude is identical.
Primarily changes the displayed degrees of Rahu and Ketu.
The main Vedic chart uses Lahiri sidereal positions, the true lunar node and whole-sign houses. KP remains a separate Krishnamurti/Placidus calculation. BNN lineage rules and Lal Kitab numbered-house rules are not silently substituted into either calculation.
Swiss Ephemeris sidereal-mode reference ↗The most common causes are tropical versus sidereal zodiac, a different ayanamsha, or a timezone/date conversion error near a sign boundary.
The sites may use different house systems, ascendant calculations, birth coordinates or birth times.
Not necessarily. One source may use the true node and another the mean node. Record that setting before comparing degrees.