🪷 कृत्तिका · Kṛttikā (Kṛttikā)
Nakshatra #3 · Span: 26°40' Meṣa - 10° Vṛṣabha · Ruling planet: Sun · Deity: Agni (fire-god)
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
- #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
- Ruling planet: Sun
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Sun · ruling-graha of Kṛttikā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 6 years · this graha's period activates for Kṛttikā-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Aries · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Kṛttikā 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 · Agni (fire-god)-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