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The 27 nakshatras: the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology

The Moon passes through the sky in about 27⅓ days, and Vedic astrology divides its path into 27 nakshatras, lunar mansions of 13°20′ each, starting with Ashwini at the beginning of sidereal Aries. Each has its ruling planet, its deity and its symbol. Your birth nakshatra, the one the Moon stood in when you were born, is central in Jyotish: it is used for naming, for the planetary periods (dashas) and for comparing horoscopes before a marriage.

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  1. Ashwini Mesha 0°00′ – Mesha 13°20′
  2. Bharani Mesha 13°20′ – Mesha 26°40′
  3. Krittika Mesha 26°40′ – Vrishabha 10°00′
  4. Rohini Vrishabha 10°00′ – Vrishabha 23°20′
  5. Mrigashira Vrishabha 23°20′ – Mithuna 6°40′
  6. Ardra Mithuna 6°40′ – Mithuna 20°00′
  7. Punarvasu Mithuna 20°00′ – Karka 3°20′
  8. Pushya Karka 3°20′ – Karka 16°40′
  9. Ashlesha Karka 16°40′ – Karka 30°00′
  10. Magha Simha 0°00′ – Simha 13°20′
  11. Purva Phalguni Simha 13°20′ – Simha 26°40′
  12. Uttara Phalguni Simha 26°40′ – Kanya 10°00′
  13. Hasta Kanya 10°00′ – Kanya 23°20′
  14. Chitra Kanya 23°20′ – Tula 6°40′
  15. Swati Tula 6°40′ – Tula 20°00′
  16. Vishakha Tula 20°00′ – Vrishchika 3°20′
  17. Anuradha Vrishchika 3°20′ – Vrishchika 16°40′
  18. Jyeshtha Vrishchika 16°40′ – Vrishchika 30°00′
  19. Mula Dhanu 0°00′ – Dhanu 13°20′
  20. Purva Ashadha Dhanu 13°20′ – Dhanu 26°40′
  21. Uttara Ashadha Dhanu 26°40′ – Makara 10°00′
  22. Shravana Makara 10°00′ – Makara 23°20′
  23. Dhanishta Makara 23°20′ – Kumbha 6°40′
  24. Shatabhisha Kumbha 6°40′ – Kumbha 20°00′
  25. Purva Bhadrapada Kumbha 20°00′ – Mina 3°20′
  26. Uttara Bhadrapada Mina 3°20′ – Mina 16°40′
  27. Revati Mina 16°40′ – Mina 30°00′

27 lunar mansions of 13°20' each starting at 0° sidereal Mesha (Ashwini). Each has 4 padas of 3°20' (padas map to the navamsa signs, Ashwini pada 1 = Mesha navamsa). Lord = Vimshottari dasha lord (sequence Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, repeated 3 times; dasha years 7, 20, 6, 10, 7, 18, 16, 19, 17 = 120). Abhijit (deity Brahma; Vega region, traditionally 6°40' Makara to 10°53'20" Makara, the last quarter of Uttara Ashadha plus the first 1/15 of Shravana) is the 28th nakshatra of the older Vedic lists and of muhurta work, but it is NOT counted in the 27-fold zodiac used for birth nakshatra, dasha and panchang. Gana, yoni and nadi are the Ashtakoota (marriage-matching) attributes; the yoni animal pairs are standard, but some sources swap the male/female assignment within a pair (e.g. Rohini/Mrigashira). Deities: older Vedic texts (e.g. Taittiriya Brahmana) swap Bhaga and Aryaman between the two Phalgunis; most Jyotish sources give Bhaga to Purva and Aryaman to Uttara as here. Chitra's deity is Tvashtar in Vedic texts, Vishvakarma in later ones. Symbols vary between sources; the most common is given first. Descriptions are traditional character sketches, not predictions.