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Uttara Aṣāḍhā उत्तराषाढा
“the latter unconquered”
26°40′ Dhanu — 10° Makara
Vimśottarī lord: Sūrya · 6 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Viśvedevāḥ
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 26°40′ Dhanu — 10° Makara | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Dhanu · Makara Rāśi lord: Guru · Śani | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Sūrya सूर्य 6 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Viśvedevāḥ विश्वेदेवाः the All-Gods | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.5 |
| Gaṇa | Manuṣya | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Nakula mongoose | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Antya अन्त्य | from the milan tables — traditional, not traced to a classical verse |
| Varṇa | Rājan kings — kṣatriya class | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 15.28 |
| Karma-guṇa | Dhruva fixed Fit for: coronation, pacification rites, planting trees, founding cities, religious acts, sowing seed, and other lasting undertakings. | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.6 |
| Kūrma-cakra direction | North-west | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.22 |
| Symbol | an elephant’s tusk, or a small bed | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | ζ and σ Sagittarii | 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.
Humble, righteous, has many friends, grateful and fortunate.
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.
Great ministers, wrestlers, elephants, horses, devotees of the gods; fortress-warriors; those endowed with enjoyments, splendour and vigour.
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 | 26°40′ Dhanu — 30° Dhanu | Dhanu | Guru | Bhe |
| 2 | 0° Makara — 3°20′ Makara | Makara | Śani | Bho |
| 3 | 3°20′ Makara — 6°40′ Makara | Kumbha | Śani | Jā |
| 4 | 6°40′ Makara — 10° Makara | Mīna | Guru | Jī |
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.