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Viśākhā विशाखा
“the forked, two-branched”
20° Tulā — 3°20′ Vṛścika
Vimśottarī lord: Guru · 16 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Indrāgnī
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 20° Tulā — 3°20′ Vṛścika | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Tulā · Vṛścika Rāśi lord: Śukra · Maṅgala | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Guru गुरु 16 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Indrāgnī इन्द्राग्नी Indra and Agni, jointly | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.4 |
| Gaṇa | Rākṣasa | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Vyāghra tiger | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Antya अन्त्य | from the milan tables — traditional, not traced to a classical verse |
| Varṇa | Cāṇḍāla-jāti the outcaste class | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 15.30 |
| Karma-guṇa | Miśra mixed Fit for: the mixed soft-and-sharp group; it produces mixed results. | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.11 |
| Kūrma-cakra direction | South-west | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.19 |
| Symbol | a triumphal arch, or a potter’s wheel | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | α, β, γ and ι Librae | 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.
Envious, greedy, radiant, eloquent and quarrelsome.
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.
Trees with red flowers and fruits, with sesame and mung beans; cotton, black gram, chickpeas; and devotees of Indra and Agni.
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 | 20° Tulā — 23°20′ Tulā | Meṣa | Maṅgala | Tī |
| 2 | 23°20′ Tulā — 26°40′ Tulā | Vṛṣabha | Śukra | Tū |
| 3 | 26°40′ Tulā — 30° Tulā | Mithuna | Budha | Te |
| 4 | 0° Vṛścika — 3°20′ Vṛścika | Karka | Chandra | To |
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.