How do you know if a planet is malefic?

Functional malefic for an Aries Lagna is Mercury as it rules two negative houses, which are the 3rd and 6th House. Why is the 3rd House malefic? The 3rd House is the image of the 8th House, which is a dusthana house. Rahu and Ketu are always considered malefic as they are known as shadow planets.

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Are combust planets weak?

The combust planet is considered as a weak planet but in case the Sun and planet(s) involved are functional benefic planets, the weakness of the combust planet(s) is operative only at the time of natal or transit afflictions. Keeping this in consideration, can retrograde planets be combust? The 5 planets (Tara graha), Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are subjected to periodic apparent changes in direction i.e. retrograde motion. The winner planet dominates the others. They get 'combust' if they get close to the Sun which leads to a reduction in their power to give results.

Keeping this in consideration, can sun combust jupiter?

Whenever Jupiter is either way(left or right of Sun) 11degree away from Sun we will call it combust Jupiter. A very close Jupiter- Sun conjunction will create combustion, which will effect eh natural signification of Jupiter, it will behave in a sharp manner rather in a 1005 negative way. What is Graha yuddha in astrology? In Vedic astrology, planetary war or Grah Yuddha is a condition whose effect is seen on the life of the person. In such a situation, many changes are experienced in the life of the person. There are different states of planets, in which the defeated planet in Graha Yuddha is called "Khal".

Are retrograde planets powerful?

Are retrograde planets powerful? Yes, indeed, retrograde planets are extremely powerful because of being closest to Earth during the retrograde period. Hence, the celestial body influences us the most during that time period. Planets, as massive heavenly bodies, influence us physically and metaphysically.