--- title: "Booking a consultation: how it works, what it costs, what is not promised" url: "https://abhisheksoni.in/learn/booking-a-consultation" language: "en" published: "2026-09-10" updated: "2026-09-13" author: "Abhishek Soni" --- # Booking a consultation: how it works, what it costs, what is not promised > What to send, what you get back, what each reading costs, and the things this practice does not claim. To book, send your date of birth, your clock time of birth and your place of birth on WhatsApp to +91 82371 07999, along with the question you actually want answered. You will be told which reading fits the question and what it costs before anything is paid. Everything on offer is listed on the [services page](/services). That is the mechanics. The rest of this page is the part that usually goes unsaid: what each thing includes, what the birth details are used for, and what this practice will not claim. ## What is on offer **The free kundli.** A real chart, computed from your birth details, with the planetary positions and the periods. No payment and no reading attached. If all you wanted was to see your own chart, take it and go. **The daily panchang.** The day's tithi, nakshatra and timings, published every day. Also free. **A focused reading, Rs 1,299.** One question, answered from the chart. Career direction, a decision you are weighing, a running period you want understood, a match you are considering. This is the right size for most people and most questions. **A full reading, Rs 2,999.** The whole chart read across the life areas, with the periods and what they support. Choose this when the question is broad, or when there are several questions that turn out to be the same question. **An online session, Rs 4,999.** 45 minutes on a video call, on a slot you book. The chart is read before it starts, so the time is spent talking rather than looking things up. Prices shown here are current as of writing; the services page always carries the live ones. ## What to send, and why the time matters Date of birth, time of birth from the clock, and place of birth. The time is not a formality. Your rising sign changes roughly every two hours, and the twelve houses are counted from it. Without a time, every house in the chart is unfixed and a reading built on it is much weaker than it looks. If the exact time is not known, say so instead of guessing. A window from the family is workable, and there are older methods for narrowing a time down using events that have already happened. A reading done without a time should be described to you as the reduced thing it is, and it will be. Two other things help more than people expect. Say what is actually worrying you, in your own words. And give two or three dated events from your past, a job lost, a marriage, an illness, a year everything changed. Those are how a chart gets checked against the life it is supposed to describe. If a chart cannot explain your past, it has no claim on your future. ## Who reads it Abhishek Soni, in Nagpur, twenty five years in practice. One person, not a rota of consultants. Readings are written from his own method. English, Hindi and Marathi. ## What is not promised This matters more than the list of prices, so it is set out plainly. **No guaranteed outcomes.** Tradition indicates tendencies and periods. It does not decide events. You will not be told that you will get a particular job, that a marriage will happen in a named month, or that a business will succeed. A reading that names outcomes is inventing them. **No fee to remove a dosha.** Nobody here will tell you that something in your chart must be cleared by a payment, a ritual purchased at short notice, or a stone bought urgently. Where tradition offers a remedy it is generally a mantra, a charity or a fast, it costs little, and it asks something of you rather than of your wallet. **No medical, legal or financial advice.** A reading is not a diagnosis, not a legal opinion and not investment advice. If a chart raises a health concern the correct next step is a doctor. Do not stop a treatment, drop a case or move money because of a reading. This is stated in the [terms](/terms) as well, and it is meant. **No invented proof.** No client counts, no testimonials that were not given, no awards that were not won. Twenty five years, Nagpur, three languages, and the free kundli you can check for yourself. That is the whole of the evidence on offer. **No pressure.** Nothing here counts down, and no reading is sold on the basis that something terrible is approaching. Fear is the standard sales instrument in this trade and it is not used here. ## What happens to your birth details They are kept, because a reading is worth more when the person reading it can see what was said to you last year. They are protected, and they are never sold, traded or handed to an advertiser. The full statement is in the [privacy policy](/privacy-policy), and the whole set of policies, including [refunds](/refunds) and [how to raise a complaint](/grievance), sits at [/legal](/legal). If you want your details removed, ask on the same WhatsApp number and they will be. ## If you are not sure yet Read something first. There is no obligation attached to any of it, and you will get a much better sense of whether this is worth your money from an article than from a price list. If career is the question, start with [career in your kundli](/learn/career-in-your-kundli). If it is a marriage or a match, [what a kundli shows about compatibility](/learn/relationship-compatibility-in-a-kundli) covers what is actually read and what is oversold. ## Questions people ask **How do I book, and how long does it take?** Send your birth details and your question on WhatsApp to +91 82371 07999. You will be told which reading fits and what it costs before you pay. A written reading is prepared after payment. A sitting is a booked hour on a slot you choose, so pick one that suits you rather than the first one offered. **Do I have to pay before I know what I am getting?** No. Ask the question first. If a focused reading answers it, you will be told that rather than sold the larger one. If nothing on offer answers it honestly, you will be told that too. **What if I do not know my birth time?** Say so. A reading can still be done from the Moon, and it will be described to you as the weaker reading it is. Often a family member remembers a window, or a hospital record exists. If two or three well dated events from your life are available, the time can sometimes be narrowed down before the reading is written.