🪷 पुनर्वसु · Punarvasu (Punarvasu)
Nakshatra #7 · Span: 20° Mithuna - 3°20' Karka · Ruling planet: Jupiter · Deity: Aditi (mother 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
- #7 of 27
- Span
- 20° Mithuna - 3°20' Karka
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Ruling deity
- Aditi (mother of devas)
- Symbol
- Quiver of arrows
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 16 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Gemini · 2: Gemini · 3: Gemini · 4: Cancer
- Guṇa
- Sattva
- Caste (BPHS)
- Vaiśya
Symbolism
Quiver-of-arrows · return-of-light · Viṣṇu-essence · auspicious-restoration
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Jupiter
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Jupiter · ruling-graha of Punarvasu · Vimśottarī-Daśā 16 years · this graha's period activates for Punarvasu-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Cancer · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Punarvasu 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 · Aditi (mother 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