The 27 Nakshatras

27 नक्षत्र

Vedic astrology divides the zodiac into 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions) of 13°20′ each, and each nakshatra into four padas of 3°20′. The 108 padas fall exactly nine to a sign across the 12 rashis. Your birth nakshatra is the one the Moon occupied when you were born: it starts your Vimshottari dasha and drives the Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi kootas of Kundali Milan.

Today's nakshatra is Ashlesha (at sunrise in New Delhi). Its end time, the tithi and Rahu Kaal are on today's Panchang.

#	Nakshatra	Rashi	Lord	Gana	Name syllables
1	Ashwini	Mesh	Ketu	Deva	चु चे चो ला
2	Bharani	Mesh	Venus	Manushya	ली लू ले लो
3	Krittika	Mesh / Vrishabh	Sun	Rakshasa	अ ई उ ए
4	Rohini	Vrishabh	Moon	Manushya	ओ वा वी वु
5	Mrigashira	Vrishabh / Mithun	Mars	Deva	वे वो का की
6	Ardra	Mithun	Rahu	Manushya	कु घ ङ छ
7	Punarvasu	Mithun / Kark	Jupiter	Deva	के को हा ही
8	Pushya	Kark	Saturn	Deva	हु हे हो डा
9	Ashlesha	Kark	Mercury	Rakshasa	डी डू डे डो
10	Magha	Simha	Ketu	Rakshasa	मा मी मू मे
11	Purva Phalguni	Simha	Venus	Manushya	मो टा टी टू
12	Uttara Phalguni	Simha / Kanya	Sun	Manushya	टे टो पा पी
13	Hasta	Kanya	Moon	Deva	पू ष ण ठ
14	Chitra	Kanya / Tula	Mars	Rakshasa	पे पो रा री
15	Swati	Tula	Rahu	Deva	रू रे रो ता
16	Vishakha	Tula / Vrishchik	Jupiter	Rakshasa	ती तू ते तो
17	Anuradha	Vrishchik	Saturn	Deva	ना नी नू ने
18	Jyeshtha	Vrishchik	Mercury	Rakshasa	नो या यी यू
19	Mula	Dhanu	Ketu	Rakshasa	ये यो भा भी
20	Purva Ashadha	Dhanu	Venus	Manushya	भू धा फा ढ
21	Uttara Ashadha	Dhanu / Makar	Sun	Manushya	भे भो जा जी
22	Shravana	Makar	Moon	Deva	खी खू खे खो
23	Dhanishta	Makar / Kumbh	Mars	Rakshasa	गा गी गु गे
24	Shatabhisha	Kumbh	Rahu	Rakshasa	गो सा सी सू
25	Purva Bhadrapada	Kumbh / Meen	Jupiter	Manushya	से सो दा दी
26	Uttara Bhadrapada	Meen	Saturn	Manushya	दू थ झ ञ
27	Revati	Meen	Mercury	Deva	दे दो च ची

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