🪷 चन्द्र · Candra (Moon)

nakṣatrāṇām ahaṁ śaśī
"Among nakshatras I am the Moon."
— Bhagavad Gītā BG 10.21

🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this graha IS Krishna

Krishna IS the manas (mind) among senses (BG 10.22 indriyāṇāṁ manaś cāsmi). The Moon in any chart IS Krishna's mind-presence in the native's emotional life. Moon-strength = manas-stability.

Candra Source-Anchor Spine

This graha page links Moon to its exact Bhagavad-Gītā source route, the 89-page Jyotiṣa hub, BG 10 vibhūti-yoga, Viśvarūpa chart/time surfaces, and the reader-local calculator doorway.

Candralocal graha page for Moon · चन्द्र/jyotisha-referenceall 89 jyotiṣa reference pagesBG 10.21exact local Gītā source route for Moon's Krishna-vibhūti declarationBG 10.22Jyotiṣa Krishna-aspect source: Krishna IS the manas (mind) among senses (BG 10.22 indriyāṇāṁ manaś cāsmi). The Moon in any chart IS Krishna's mind-presence in the native's emotional life. Moon-strength = manas-stability./vibhuti-yogaBG 10 vibhūti-yoga source chapter behind graha-as-Krishna recognition/vishvarupa-chartgrahas as limbs and forces inside Krishna's chart-body/visvarupa-kalagraha motion as qualitative time under KrishnaBG 10.30Time among reckoners · the jyotiṣa substrate anchor/calculatorsee Moon's position in the reader's own chart/computational-moatSūrya-Siddhānta computation proof surface/bindugraha as a Bindu kāla-aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

Graha · Apas (Water) · Sattva · Female · North-West-direction · Vimśottarī 10 yrs

Today's transit (2026-06-24)

Rāśi (sign)Tulā
NakshatraCitrā · pāda 3
Sidereal longitude182.8662°
MotionDirect (mārgī)

Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)

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Classical attributes (per BPHS)

Alternate names
Soma · Indu · Śaśī · Kalānātha
Ruling rāśi(s)
Cancer (Karka)
Exalted
Taurus (Vṛṣabha) (3°)
Debilitated
Scorpio (Vṛścika)
Mūla-Trikoṇa
Taurus (Vṛṣabha) · 4°-30°
Friends
Sun · Mercury
Neutrals
Mars · Jupiter · Venus · Saturn

Significations (kāratva)

Mantra

oṁ śrāṁ śrīṁ śrauṁ saḥ candrāya namaḥ · oṁ somāya namaḥ

Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)

Mahā-Mṛtyuñjaya · Soma-stotra · pearl (muktā) · Mondays · white-flower offerings · serving mother

Cross-references

📖 References

  1. Parāśara Muni. Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (बृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र). The canonical Vedic-jyotiṣa treatise · BPHS 97 adhyāyas · the supreme manual · Source for Vimśottarī Mahādaśā · Pañca-Mahā-Puruṣa Yogas · Aṣṭakavarga · Doṣa-detection.
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta (सूर्य-सिद्धान्त). Classical Indian astronomy treatise · first-principles closed-form analytical engine · earliest extant Sanskrit text ~4th-5th century CE · Foundation of all pañchāṅga computation on Vidhyamitra · operationalised for the 1,626,102 BCE → 429,000 CE range.
  3. Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता), BG 10.21. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · Krishna's explicit identification with Moon/Candra: Among nakshatras I am the Moon. · www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179572.
  4. Bhāskara II (1114–1185 CE). Siddhānta-Śiromaṇi (सिद्धान्त-शिरोमणि). Classical Indian astronomical treatise · 4-step iterative manda-method · Source for the orbital-position computation underlying Moon's sidereal longitude.

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Moon's significations · dignities · aspects
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
  3. Bhagavad-Gītā BG 10.21 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect
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