🪷 आर्द्रा · Ārdrā (Ārdrā)
Nakshatra #6 · Span: 6°40'-20° Mithuna · Ruling planet: Rāhu · Deity: Rudra
Today's Moon (2026-08-27)
The Moon currently transits Dhaniṣṭhā · pāda 2 · 297.83° sidereal.
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
Does the calculated Moon or Ascendant fall in Ārdrā? Submit birth data to calculate the chart →. The result is positional astronomy, not a spiritual or personal verdict.
Classical attributes
- Number
- #6 of 27
- Span
- 6°40'-20° Mithuna
- Ruling planet
- Rāhu
- Ruling deity
- Rudra
- Symbol
- Teardrop / diamond
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 18 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Gemini · 2: Gemini · 3: Gemini · 4: Gemini
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Social category (received dataset)
- Butcher
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Rāhu
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Calculated chart context
- Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 11 reader
Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from Ārdrā's received reference attributes, pādas, present calculated sky, and chart context to its dataset ruling-graha, the Jyotiṣa reference, and the reader-local calculator.
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📚 See Also
- Rāhu · dataset ruling-graha of Ārdrā · Received Vimśottarī duration: 18 years; no event prediction is inferred here
- Pāda 1 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Calculate whether the Moon or Ascendant position falls in Ārdrā
📖 References
- Vidhyamitra received Jyotiṣa reference dataset — Names, spans, rulers, deity labels, symbols, pāda signs, guṇa, social categories, and Vimśottarī durations require edition-level verification before stronger textual claims
- Sūrya-Siddhānta calculation model — Local sidereal Moon-position computation used for the present-sky and submitted-chart context
- Interpretation boundary — The page reports dataset categories and calculated positions; it does not prescribe worship, diagnose a person, or predict destiny