Planets in houses · Kendra
Mangal in the 10th house
Mars · Karma Bhava
Mangal is the karaka (significator) of energy, courage, siblings and property. The 10th house, called Karma Bhava, shows career, status and karma. When Mangal sits here, these matters take on its colour.
In the 10th house a malefic gives ambition, authority and hard-won success in career.
The 10th house is a kendra (angular house), a pillar of the chart, so a graha here shows its results openly and strongly.
Mangal gains directional strength (Dig Bala) in the 10th house, which noticeably strengthens it here.
Mangal gives its best results here when it is exalted in Makara, in its own sign (Mesha and Vrishchika) or in a friendly sign, and when it is not combust.
Results are weaker if Mangal is debilitated in Karka, combust, or afflicted by malefics.
In transit (gochar)
When Mangal transits the 10th house counted from your Moon sign, the period traditionally needs more care.
A single placement is never read alone: sign, aspects, conjunctions, dasha and the whole chart change the outcome.