Rasi and nakshatra list
Nakshatras Calculator
Abhijit Nakshatra is not used in following cases: Fixing the year of events - based on Janma Nakshatra as first year of native's life. Deciding the favorable & unfavorable Nakshatras by dividing them into 9 groups - three Nakshatras in one group. Note Abhijit Nakshatra extends from 9R 6° 40' 0' to 9s 10° 53' 20'. Mrigasira Nakshatra extends from after 23°20 in Vrishabha Rasi up to 6°40 in Mithuna. Star is governed by mars and the presiding deity is Chandra. Symbol is Antelope or Deer. Rules the following parts of the body: face, chin, cheeks, larynx, palate, throat, vocal chord, arms, shoulders. The Sanskrit term nakshatra translates as “that which does not decay” (na –not and kshatra – destructible). Naksh can also indicate approaching, to worship, to guard or protect. Tra is a suffix implies a tool or instrument. Thus, the nakshatras are themselves a means of worship. 1 Each nakshatra has a symbol that emphasizes its meaning.
Rasi or Moon sign of the native is categorized based on the Janam Nakshatra of the native. Every Nakshatra has 4 padas. Some Nakshatras are partly categorized under two different Rashis.
| S. No. | Moon Sign | Nakshtra |
1 | Aries (Mesha Rashi) | Ashwani Nakshatra, Bharani Nakshatram, Krittika Nakshatra 1 pada |
2 | Taurus (Vrishabha Rashi) | Krittika Nakshatra 2, 3, and 4th padas, Rohini Nakshatram, Mrigasira Nakshatra 1, 2 padas |
3 | Gemini (Mithuna Rashi) | Mrigasira Nakshatra 3, 4 padas, Arudra Nakshatram, Punarvasu Nakshatra 1, 2, 3 padas |
4 | Cancer (Karka Rashi) | Punarvasu Nakshatra 4 pada, Pushyami Nakshatra, Aslesha Nakshatram 1,2,3,4 Padas |
5 | Leo (Simha Rashi) | Magha Nakshatra, Pubba Nakshatram or Purva Falguni Nakshatra, Uttara Nakshatra 1 pada |
6 | Virgo (Kanya Rashi) | Uttara or Uttara Falguni Nakshatra 2, 3, 4 padas, Hastha Nakshatram, Chittha Nakshatra 1, 2 padas |
7 | Libra (Tula Rashi) | Chittha Nakshatra or Chitra Nakshatra 3, 4 padas, Swathi Nakshatram, Visakha Nakshatra 1, 2, 3 padas |
8 | Scorpio (Vrischika) | Visakha Nakshatra 4 pada, Anuradha Nakshatra, Jyeshta Nakshatram 1, 2, 3 padas |
9 | Sagittarius (Dhanu Rashi) | Moola Nakshatra, Purvashada Nakshatram, Uttarashada Nakshatra 1 pada |
10 | Capricorn (Makara Rashi) | Uttarashada Nakshatram 2, 3, 4 padas, Shravana Nakshatra, Dhanishta Nakshatram 1, 2 padas |
11 | Aquarius (Kumbha Rashi) | Dhanishta Nakshatram 3, 4 padas, Shatabhisha Nakshatra, Purvabhadra Nakshatra 1, 2, 3 Padas |
12 | Pisces (Meena Rashi) | Purvabhadra Nakshatra 4 pada, Uttarabhadra Nakshatram, Revati Nakshatra |
Nakshatras Degrees
What is Nakshtra and Their Names
Nakshatra (Sanskrit: नक्षत्र, IAST: Nakṣatra) is the term for lunar mansion in Hindu astrology. A nakshatra is one of 28 (sometimes also 27) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to the most prominent asterisms in the respective sectors.
The starting point for the nakshatras according to Vedas is “Krittika” (it has been argued because the Pleiades may have started the year at the time the Vedas were compiled, presumably at the vernal equinox), but, in more recent compilations, the start of the nakshatras list is the point on the ecliptic directly opposite to the star Spica called Chitrā in Sanskrit, which would be Ashvinī, an asterism that is part of the modern constellation Aries, and these compilations, therefore, may have been compiled during the centuries when the sun was passing through the area of the constellation Aries at the time of the vernal equinox. This version may have been called Meshādi or the “start of Aries”.
The first astronomical text that lists them is the Vedanga Jyotisha.
Nakshatra Table Pdf Printable
In the Atharvaveda (Shaunakiya recension, hymn 19.7) a list of 28 stars or asterisms is given, many of them corresponding to the later nakshatras:
Nakshatra Table Pdf 2020
- Kṛttikā (the Pleiades)
- Rohinī (Aldebaran)
- Mrigashīrsha
- Ārdrā (Betelgeuse)
- Punarvasu
- Pushya
- Asleshā
- Maghā (Regulus)
- Purva phalguni
- Uttara phalguni (Denebola)
- Hasta
- Chitrā (Spica)
- Svāti (Arcturus)
- Vishākhā
- Anurādhā
- Jyeshthā
- Mūla
- Purva ashadha
- Uttara ashadha
- Shravana
- Dhanishta
- Satabhishak (Sadachbia)
- Purva bhadrapada
- Uttara bhadrapada
- Revati
- Ashvini
- Bharani