🪷 हस्त · Hasta (Hasta)
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Ruling deity Sūrya / Savitṛ · symbol Hand · ruling planet Moon. Hand · skill · Savitṛ's-blessing · Gāyatrī-mantra-association
Nakshatra #13 · Span: 10°-23°20' Kanyā · Ruling planet: Moon · Deity: Sūrya / Savitṛ
Today's Moon (2026-08-06)
The Moon currently transits Bharaṇī · pāda 4 · 23.77° sidereal.
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes
- Number
- #13 of 27
- Span
- 10°-23°20' Kanyā
- Ruling planet
- Moon
- Ruling deity
- Sūrya / Savitṛ
- Symbol
- Hand
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 10 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Virgo · 2: Virgo · 3: Virgo · 4: Virgo
- Guṇa
- Rajas
- Caste (BPHS)
- Vaiśya
Symbolism
Hand · skill · Savitṛ's-blessing · Gāyatrī-mantra-association
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Moon
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from Hasta's nakshatra attributes, deity, symbolism, pādas, present sky, and chart context to its ruling-graha, Bhagavad-Gītā sources, the Jyotiṣa reference, Viśvarūpa readings, and the reader-local calculator.
📚 See Also
- Moon · ruling-graha of Hasta · Vimśottarī-Daśā 10 years · this graha's period activates for Hasta-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Virgo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Virgo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Virgo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Virgo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Hasta 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 · Sūrya / Savitṛ-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