The 27 nakshatras
The Moon crosses one lunar mansion roughly every day — the one it occupied at your birth is your janma nakshatra, the anchor of your dasha timeline and the flavor of your inner life. Each page: deity, symbol, gana, career, compatibility, and the classical naming letters.
1 / 27 · lord Ketu
Ashwini
a horse's head · deva gana
2 / 27 · lord Venus
Bharani
the yoni (womb) · manushya gana
3 / 27 · lord Sun
Krittika
a razor or sharp blade · rakshasa gana
4 / 27 · lord Moon
Rohini
an ox-cart or chariot · manushya gana
5 / 27 · lord Mars
Mrigashira
a deer's head · deva gana
6 / 27 · lord Rahu
Ardra
a teardrop · manushya gana
7 / 27 · lord Jupiter
Punarvasu
a bow and quiver of arrows · deva gana
8 / 27 · lord Saturn
Pushya
a cow's udder · deva gana
9 / 27 · lord Mercury
Ashlesha
a coiled serpent · rakshasa gana
10 / 27 · lord Ketu
Magha
a royal throne · rakshasa gana
11 / 27 · lord Venus
Purva Phalguni
the front legs of a bed · manushya gana
12 / 27 · lord Sun
Uttara Phalguni
the back legs of a bed · manushya gana
13 / 27 · lord Moon
Hasta
a hand · deva gana
14 / 27 · lord Mars
Chitra
a bright jewel · rakshasa gana
15 / 27 · lord Rahu
Swati
a young shoot swaying in the wind · deva gana
16 / 27 · lord Jupiter
Vishakha
a triumphal archway · rakshasa gana
17 / 27 · lord Saturn
Anuradha
a lotus · deva gana
18 / 27 · lord Mercury
Jyeshtha
an earring or umbrella (emblem of rank) · rakshasa gana
19 / 27 · lord Ketu
Mula
a bundle of roots tied together · rakshasa gana
20 / 27 · lord Venus
Purva Ashadha
a winnowing fan (also an elephant's tusk) · manushya gana
21 / 27 · lord Sun
Uttara Ashadha
the planks of a bed (also an elephant's tusk) · manushya gana
22 / 27 · lord Moon
Shravana
an ear (also three footprints) · deva gana
23 / 27 · lord Mars
Dhanishta
a drum (mridanga) · rakshasa gana
24 / 27 · lord Rahu
Shatabhisha
an empty circle (the hundred healers) · rakshasa gana
25 / 27 · lord Jupiter
Purva Bhadrapada
the front legs of a funeral cot (also a sword) · manushya gana
26 / 27 · lord Saturn
Uttara Bhadrapada
the back legs of a funeral cot (also a serpent in the deep) · manushya gana
27 / 27 · lord Mercury
Revati
a fish swimming in the sea · deva gana
Not sure which is yours? Compute your free Kundli — it names your nakshatra and pada precisely.