🪷 ज्येष्ठा · Jyeṣṭhā (Jyeṣṭhā)
Nakshatra #18 · Span: 16°40'-30° Vṛścika · Ruling planet: Mercury · Deity: Indra (king of devas)
Today's Moon (2026-08-26)
The Moon currently transits Śravaṇa · pāda 2 · 285.16° sidereal.
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
Does the calculated Moon or Ascendant fall in Jyeṣṭhā? Submit birth data to calculate the chart →. The result is positional astronomy, not a spiritual or personal verdict.
Classical attributes
- Number
- #18 of 27
- Span
- 16°40'-30° Vṛścika
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Ruling deity
- Indra (king of devas)
- Symbol
- Earring / umbrella
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 17 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Scorpio · 2: Scorpio · 3: Scorpio · 4: Scorpio
- Guṇa
- Sattva
- Social category (received dataset)
- Servant
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Mercury
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Calculated chart context
- Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 11 reader
Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from Jyeṣṭhā'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
- Mercury · dataset ruling-graha of Jyeṣṭhā · Received Vimśottarī duration: 17 years; no event prediction is inferred here
- Pāda 1 → Scorpio · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Scorpio · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Scorpio · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Scorpio · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Calculate whether the Moon or Ascendant position falls in Jyeṣṭhā
📖 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