🪷 कृत्तिका · Kṛttikā (Kṛttikā)

Nakshatra #3 · Span: 26°40' Meṣa - 10° Vṛṣabha · Ruling planet: Sun · Deity: Agni (fire-god)

कृत्तिका
Krishna IS Agni-Pāvaka — the purifying-fire (BG 10.23 vasūnāṁ pāvakaś cāsmi). The cutting-flame that burns away ignorance.
Bhagavad Gītā BG 10.23

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)

🪷 Is Kṛttikā YOUR Janma-Nakshatra or YOUR Lagna-Nakshatra? Submit your birth-data → and return — this page will then show if Kṛttikā carries YOUR Moon (janma-nakshatra · lifelong manas-deity) or YOUR Lagna (the precise nakshatra of your Ascendant).

Classical attributes

Number
#3 of 27
Span
26°40' Meṣa - 10° Vṛṣabha
Ruling planet
Sun
Ruling deity
Agni (fire-god)
Symbol
Razor / flame
Vimśottarī Daśā
6 years
Pāda → Rāśis
1: Aries · 2: Taurus · 3: Taurus · 4: Taurus
Guṇa
Rajas
Caste (BPHS)
Brāhmaṇa

Symbolism

Flame · purification · cutting-through · sharp-discrimination

Cross-references

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Nakshatra-Adhyāya · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on nakshatra deities · rulerships · vimśottarī-daśā assignments
  2. Ṛg-Veda · the nakshatra-deity invocations · Agni (fire-god)-sūkta — Vedic-mantric source for the nakshatra's ruling-deity tattva
  3. Sūrya-Siddhānta · sidereal Moon-position computation (~500 CE) — Astronomical treatise behind every nakshatra-traversal
Categories: Vedic Astronomy · Nakshatras (Lunar Mansions) · Jyotiṣa Reference · Rajas Guṇa · Brāhmaṇa Caste (BPHS) · Vimśottarī 6-yr Daśā · BPHS Classical Reference