Moolank (root number)
Moolank, the root or driver number, is the day of the month you were born on, reduced to a single digit from 1 to 9. In Indian numerology it describes your basic nature and is linked with one of the nine planets.
Also known as: mulank, mool ank, driver number, psychic number, birth number
Moolank is the first number an Indian numerologist looks at. It comes only from the day of your birth, not the month or year, and is read as your core temperament: how you think, react and approach people from day to day. It is also called the driver or psychic number.
Add the digits of your birth day until one digit remains. Someone born on the 23rd has 2 + 3 = 5; someone born on the 30th has 3 + 0 = 3. So the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th all give Moolank 1, and the 9th, 18th and 27th give Moolank 9.
Each Moolank is ruled by a graha: 1 Sun, 2 Moon, 3 Jupiter, 4 Rahu, 5 Mercury, 6 Venus, 7 Ketu, 8 Saturn and 9 Mars. That planet colours your traits and gives your commonly listed lucky day, colour and gemstone. Your Moolank is then compared with your Bhagyank, your name number and even your mobile number to see which numbers suit you.
Two things to keep in mind. Moolank is not the Western Life Path, which uses the full date. And the gemstone listed for a number is only a starting point: in Jyotish a stone is chosen from the whole Kundli, never from a single number.