🪷 अश्विनी · Aśvinī (Aśvinī)
Nakshatra #1 · Span: 0°-13°20' Meṣa · Ruling planet: Ketu · Deity: Aśvinī Kumāras (twin healers)
Today's Moon (2026-05-14)
The Moon currently transits Revatī · pāda 3 · 354.72° sidereal.
Engine: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate (Sūrya-Siddhānta · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes
- Number
- #1 of 27
- Span
- 0°-13°20' Meṣa
- Ruling planet
- Ketu
- Ruling deity
- Aśvinī Kumāras (twin healers)
- Symbol
- Horse's head
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 7 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Aries · 2: Aries · 3: Aries · 4: Aries
- Guṇa
- Tamas → Sattva
- Caste (BPHS)
- Vaiśya
Symbolism
Horse-head · sudden-healing · pioneering · divine-physicians
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Ketu
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Ketu · ruling-graha of Aśvinī · Vimśottarī-Daśā 7 years · this graha's period activates for Aśvinī-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Aries · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Aries · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Aries · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Aries · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Aśvinī is YOUR Janma-Nakshatra or Lagna-Nakshatra
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Nakshatra-Adhyāya · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on nakshatra deities · rulerships · vimśottarī-daśā assignments
- Ṛg-Veda · the nakshatra-deity invocations · Aśvinī Kumāras (twin healers)-sūkta — Vedic-mantric source for the nakshatra's ruling-deity tattva
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · sidereal Moon-position computation (~500 CE) — Astronomical treatise behind every nakshatra-traversal