🪷 ज्येष्ठा · Jyeṣṭhā (Jyeṣṭhā)
Nakshatra #18 · Span: 16°40'-30° Vṛścika · Ruling planet: Mercury · Deity: Indra (king of 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
- #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
- Caste (BPHS)
- Servant
Symbolism
Earring · royal-umbrella · eldest · sovereignty
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Mercury
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Mercury · ruling-graha of Jyeṣṭhā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 17 years · this graha's period activates for Jyeṣṭhā-Moon natives
- 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 · Check if Jyeṣṭhā 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 · Indra (king of 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