🪷 धनिष्ठा · Dhaniṣṭhā (Dhaniṣṭhā)
Nakshatra #23 · Span: 23°20' Makara - 6°40' Kumbha · Ruling planet: Mars · Deity: Aṣṭa-Vasus (8 elemental devas)
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
- #23 of 27
- Span
- 23°20' Makara - 6°40' Kumbha
- Ruling planet
- Mars
- Ruling deity
- Aṣṭa-Vasus (8 elemental devas)
- Symbol
- Drum / flute
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 7 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Capricorn · 2: Capricorn · 3: Aquarius · 4: Aquarius
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Caste (BPHS)
- Servant
Symbolism
Drum · flute · wealth · cosmic-rhythm · Krishna-flute-association
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Mars
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Mars · ruling-graha of Dhaniṣṭhā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 7 years · this graha's period activates for Dhaniṣṭhā-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Capricorn · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Capricorn · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Aquarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Aquarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Dhaniṣṭhā 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 · Aṣṭa-Vasus (8 elemental devas)-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