🪷 मृगशिरा · Mṛgaśira (Mṛgaśira)
Nakshatra #5 · Span: 23°20' Vṛṣabha - 6°40' Mithuna · Ruling planet: Mars · Deity: Soma (moon-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)
🪷 Is Mṛgaśira YOUR Janma-Nakshatra or YOUR Lagna-Nakshatra? Submit your birth-data → and return — this page will then show if Mṛgaśira carries YOUR Moon (janma-nakshatra · lifelong manas-deity) or YOUR Lagna (the precise nakshatra of your Ascendant).
Classical attributes
- Number
- #5 of 27
- Span
- 23°20' Vṛṣabha - 6°40' Mithuna
- Ruling planet
- Mars
- Ruling deity
- Soma (moon-god)
- Symbol
- Deer's head
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 7 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Taurus · 2: Taurus · 3: Gemini · 4: Gemini
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Caste (BPHS)
- Servant
Symbolism
Deer · seeking · gentle-curiosity · Soma-light
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Mars
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Mars · ruling-graha of Mṛgaśira · Vimśottarī-Daśā 7 years · this graha's period activates for Mṛgaśira-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Mṛgaśira 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 · Soma (moon-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