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Uttara Bhādrapadā उत्तर भाद्रपद
“the latter auspicious feet”
3°20′ Mīna — 16°40′ Mīna
Vimśottarī lord: Śani · 19 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Ahirbudhnya
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 3°20′ Mīna — 16°40′ Mīna | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Mīna Rāśi lord: Guru | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Śani शनि 19 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Ahirbudhnya अहिर्बुध्न्य Ahirbudhnya, the serpent of the deep | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.5 |
| Gaṇa | Manuṣya | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Go cow | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Madhya मध्य | 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 | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.24 |
| Symbol | the rear legs of a funeral cot | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | γ Pegasi and α Andromedae | 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.
Eloquent, happy, has offspring, victorious over enemies, and righteous.
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.
Brāhmaṇas endowed with sacrifice, charity and austerity; those of great prosperity; those in the āśramas; heretics; kings; and the finest grain.
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 | 3°20′ Mīna — 6°40′ Mīna | Siṃha | Sūrya | Dū |
| 2 | 6°40′ Mīna — 10° Mīna | Kanyā | Budha | Tha |
| 3 | 10° Mīna — 13°20′ Mīna | Tulā | Śukra | Jha |
| 4 | 13°20′ Mīna — 16°40′ Mīna | Vṛścika | Maṅgala | Ña |
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.