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title: "12th House (Vyaya Bhava) in Vedic Astrology"
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updated: "2026-10-27"
description: "12th House (Vyaya Bhava) in Vedic astrology: expenditure, foreign lands, isolation, moksha, bed pleasures, left eye. A dusthana house. Karaka: Shani."
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# 12th House (Vyaya Bhava)

*Bhava*

The 12th house (Vyaya bhava, व्यय) is one of the twelve bhavas of a Vedic birth chart. Known as the House of Loss, it signifies expenditure, foreign lands, isolation, moksha, bed pleasures, left eye. It is a dusthana house, and its karaka is Shani. It is also read for losses.

## Classical facts

- **Number:** 12
- **Sanskrit name:** Vyaya
- **Hindi name:** व्यय
- **Classification:** Dusthana
- **Karaka:** Shani
- **Significations:** losses, foreign land, isolation, moksha, expenditure, bed pleasures
- **Reference:** [Bhāva (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C4%81va)

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