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Birth nakshatra calculator

Your birth (janma) nakshatra is the nakshatra the Moon was in when you were born. Enter your birth details to find it, with its pada.

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How this calculator works

The Moon passes through one nakshatra (13°20′) in about a day, and one pada (3°20′) in about six hours, so the birth time matters. Your nakshatra’s lord sets the first period of your Vimshottari dasha, and the pada is traditionally used for the first syllable of a name.

Calculated in your browser from the same chart as our free Kundli: sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa, whole-sign houses, mean node. The numbers match our free Kundli exactly.

Questions

What is a janma nakshatra?

The nakshatra (one of 27 lunar mansions) the Moon occupied at your birth. It is also called your birth star.

What is a pada?

Each nakshatra has four quarters (padas) of 3°20′. The pada fixes the Navamsa sign of the Moon and, traditionally, the first syllable of a name.

How does the nakshatra set my dasha?

Vimshottari dasha starts with the period of the nakshatra’s lord; how far the Moon has gone through the nakshatra decides how much of that period remained at birth.