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Dhaniṣṭhā धनिष्ठा
“the wealthiest”
23°20′ Makara — 6°40′ Kumbha
Vimśottarī lord: Maṅgala · 7 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Vasavaḥ The Moon stands here now
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 23°20′ Makara — 6°40′ Kumbha | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Makara · Kumbha Rāśi lord: Śani · Śani | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Maṅgala मंगल 7 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Vasavaḥ वसु the eight Vasus | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.5 |
| Gaṇa | Rākṣasa | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Siṃha lion | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Madhya मध्य | from the milan tables — traditional, not traced to a classical verse |
| Varṇa | Sevā-jana the serving class | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 15.30 |
| Karma-guṇa | Cara movable Fit for: movable undertakings — travel, vehicles, and whatever must go and come. | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.11 |
| Kūrma-cakra direction | North-west | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.22 |
| Symbol | a drum, or a flute | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | α, β, γ and δ Delphini | traditional — not traced to a verse |
The character of the native
What the text says of a person born when the Moon stands in this asterism. This is the verse itself, not a paraphrase of it.
Generous, wealthy, brave, fond of music, yet greedy for wealth.
The persons and things it rules
Which people, animals, places, trades and goods fall under this asterism — the list a mundane or praśna reading works from.
Those free of pride; eunuchs; those of fickle friendship; those hateful toward women; men devoted to charity, of much wealth, and devoted to tranquility.
The four pādas
Each nakṣatra divides into four quarters of 3°20′. The quarter the Moon occupies fixes the navāṁśa sign — the divisional chart a reading leans on second only to the rāśi — and, by tradition, the syllable a child is named from. These are arithmetic: the 4 × 27 quarters run one navāṁśa each, in order, right around the zodiac.
| Pāda | Degrees | Navāṁśa | Navāṁśa lord | Nāmākṣara |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23°20′ Makara — 26°40′ Makara | Siṃha | Sūrya | Gā |
| 2 | 26°40′ Makara — 30° Makara | Kanyā | Budha | Gī |
| 3 | 0° Kumbha — 3°20′ Kumbha | Tulā | Śukra | Gu |
| 4 | 3°20′ Kumbha — 6°40′ Kumbha | Vṛścika | Maṅgala | Ge |
arithmetic — pāda k of nakṣatra i takes navāṁśa (4i + k)
Devatā, the character of the native, the persons and things of each asterism, the varṇa grouping, the karma-guṇa classes and the kūrma-cakra direction are all read from Bṛhat Saṁhitā — chapters 14, 15, 97 and 100 — as carried verse by verse in this site’s own library, and every one of them links to its verse. Vimśottarī lords are the standard sequence; gaṇa, yoni and nāḍī come from the milan tables with their own citations. Spans, rāśis, pādas and navāṁśas are arithmetic, not doctrine. The symbol, the star identification and the nāmākṣara syllables are traditional pañcāṅga material that Horā has not traced to a classical verse — they say so on their own rows. Nothing here is invented to fill a gap.