Vedic Astrology
Enter your date of birth to find your Janma Nakshatra — the lunar mansion the Moon occupied at your moment of birth. Add birth time and place for the exact Moon degree, pada, lord, and current Vimshottari dasha period.
Add birth time and place for an exact result — date only gives a range
About Nakshatras
A nakshatra is one of 27 lunar mansions used in Vedic astrology. The Moon travels through all 27 nakshatras in approximately 27.3 days — the sidereal month. Each nakshatra spans exactly 13°20' of the sidereal zodiac and is further divided into 4 padas (quarters) of 3°20' each, giving 108 padas in total — the same sacred number as 108 beads in a mala.
Your Janma Nakshatra — the nakshatra the Moon occupied at birth — determines your Vimshottari dasha sequence, your naming syllable in Vedic tradition, and a distinct set of personality characteristics that differ even between people born under the same Sun sign.
27
Nakshatras
Spanning the full 360° sidereal zodiac at exactly 13°20' each.
4
Padas per Nakshatra
Each pada spans 3°20', determining your naming syllable and navamsa sign.
120
Dasha Years
The Vimshottari dasha cycle spans 120 years across 9 planetary periods.
The Moon moves roughly 13° per day, which means it can cross from one nakshatra into the next at any point during your birth date. Without knowing the time and place, we can only give you the probable nakshatra or a pair of possibilities if the Moon is near a boundary.
Adding your birth time and city allows us to compute the Moon's exact sidereal longitude to the arc-minute — giving you the precise nakshatra, pada, and elapsed percentage. The more data you add, the more accurate your result.
In Vedic tradition, a child's first name starts with a specific syllable derived from the nakshatra and pada of the Moon at birth. This practice — Namakarana — is one of the 16 samskaras. Each nakshatra-pada combination has its own set of starting syllables.
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Your Janma Nakshatra is the lunar mansion the Moon occupied at the exact moment of your birth. It determines your Vimshottari dasha sequence, your Vedic naming syllable, and carries distinct personality characteristics.
Birth time gives a precise result. Without it, we give the probable nakshatra or a pair of possibilities. Adding your time and location lets us compute the Moon's exact sidereal longitude, pada, and dasha elapsed time.
Each of the 27 nakshatras is divided into 4 padas of 3°20'. Your pada determines your navamsa sign and the specific naming syllables in Vedic tradition. Knowing your pada is required for the Namakarana (naming ceremony).
There are 27 nakshatras in the standard Vedic system. Some texts include Abhijit as a 28th, but the 27-nakshatra system is universally used for Vimshottari dasha calculations.
Vimshottari dasha is the primary planetary period system in Vedic astrology spanning 120 years. Your Janma Nakshatra determines which planet's dasha you were born into and how much of that period was elapsed at birth.