Planets in houses · Kendra
Surya in the 10th house
Sun · Karma Bhava
Surya is the karaka (significator) of soul, father, authority and vitality. The 10th house, called Karma Bhava, shows career, status and karma. When Surya 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.
Surya gains directional strength (Dig Bala) in the 10th house, which noticeably strengthens it here.
Surya gives its best results here when it is exalted in Mesha, in its own sign (Simha) or in a friendly sign, and when it is not combust.
Results are weaker if the Sun is debilitated in Tula or afflicted by Saturn or Rahu.
In transit (gochar)
When Surya transits the 10th house counted from your Moon sign, the period is traditionally favourable.
A single placement is never read alone: sign, aspects, conjunctions, dasha and the whole chart change the outcome.