Retrograde Launches AI Vedic Astrology Platform Co-Built by a Bangalore Class 12 Student and Jothishi's Anand Vadakepat
Web, iPhone, and Android platform applies classical Parashara and Jaimini astrology to real-life questions on career, marriage, health, wealth, and more BANGALORE, INDIA — July 19, 2026 — Retrograde, an AI-driven Vedic astrology platform built on the astrology engine at Jothishi.com, is now available on web, iPhone, and Android, offering users personalized, chart-based answers to the questions that shape a life: career moves, marriage timing, health, wealth, business decisions, relocating abroad, and more. The platform was co-developed by Pranav, a 16-year-old in the 12th grade at National Public School, Bangalore, working alongside Anand Vadakepat, founder of Jothishi.com. Jothishi's engine applies the classical framework of the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS) together with Jaimini's sutras — the traditional foundations of Vedic astrology, or Jyotish. "I kept seeing people put off decisions because they couldn't get a straight, personalized answer from an...