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Svātī स्वाति
“the self-going; the sword”
6°40′ Tulā — 20° Tulā
Vimśottarī lord: Rāhu · 18 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Vāyu
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 6°40′ Tulā — 20° Tulā | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Tulā Rāśi lord: Śukra | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Rāhu राहु 18 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Vāyu वायु Vāyu, wind | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.4 |
| Gaṇa | Deva | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Mahiṣa buffalo | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Antya अन्त्य | from the milan tables — traditional, not traced to a classical verse |
| Varṇa | Ugra-jāti the fierce class, “in their capacity of dominance” | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 15.29 |
| Karma-guṇa | Cara movable Fit for: movable undertakings — travel, vehicles, and whatever must go and come. | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.11 |
| Kūrma-cakra direction | South-west | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.19 |
| Symbol | a young shoot swayed by the wind | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | Arcturus | 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.
Self-controlled, a merchant, greedy, compassionate, sweet-spoken and devoted to dharma.
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.
Birds, deer, horses; merchants; grains and abundant wind; those of unstable friendship, light disposition, ascetics; and those skilled in trade.
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 | 6°40′ Tulā — 10° Tulā | Dhanu | Guru | Rū |
| 2 | 10° Tulā — 13°20′ Tulā | Makara | Śani | Re |
| 3 | 13°20′ Tulā — 16°40′ Tulā | Kumbha | Śani | Ro |
| 4 | 16°40′ Tulā — 20° Tulā | Mīna | Guru | Tā |
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.