🪷 चित्रा · Citrā (Citrā)
Nakshatra #14 · Span: 23°20' Kanyā - 6°40' Tulā · Ruling planet: Mars · Deity: Tvaṣṭṛ / Viśvakarmā
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 Citrā? Submit birth data to calculate the chart →. The result is positional astronomy, not a spiritual or personal verdict.
Classical attributes
- Number
- #14 of 27
- Span
- 23°20' Kanyā - 6°40' Tulā
- Ruling planet
- Mars
- Ruling deity
- Tvaṣṭṛ / Viśvakarmā
- Symbol
- Bright jewel / pearl
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 7 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Virgo · 2: Virgo · 3: Libra · 4: Libra
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Social category (received dataset)
- Brāhmaṇa
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Mars
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Calculated chart context
- Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 11 reader
Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from Citrā's received reference attributes, pādas, present calculated sky, and chart context to its dataset ruling-graha, the Jyotiṣa reference, and the reader-local calculator.
Citrālocal nakshatra page for Citrā · चित्रा/jyotisha-referenceall 89 jyotiṣa reference pagesMars rulerruling-graha source route for Citrā/vishvarupa-chartcalculated nakshatra context with no divine-body claim/calculatorfind whether Citrā is the reader's janma or lagna nakshatra/computational-moatcalculation method and model boundary
📚 See Also
- Mars · dataset ruling-graha of Citrā · Received Vimśottarī duration: 7 years; no event prediction is inferred here
- Pāda 1 → Virgo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Virgo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Libra · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Libra · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Calculate whether the Moon or Ascendant position falls in Citrā
📖 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