🪷 पूर्व भाद्रपदा · Pūrva Bhādrapadā (Pūrva Bhādrapadā)
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Ruling deity Aja Ekapāda (one-footed serpent-deva) · symbol Sword / front of bed · ruling planet Jupiter. Sword · transformation-fire · funeral-pyre · cosmic-purification
Pūrva Bhādrapadā Source-Anchor Spine
This nakshatra page links Pūrva Bhādrapadā to its ruling-graha, exact Bhagavad-Gītā source routes where available, the 89-page Jyotiṣa hub, the Viśvarūpa chart/time surfaces, and the reader-local calculator doorway.
Nakshatra #25 · Span: 20° Kumbha - 3°20' Mīna · Ruling planet: Jupiter · Deity: Aja Ekapāda (one-footed serpent-deva)
Today's Moon (2026-06-24)
The Moon currently transits Citrā · pāda 3 · 182.87° sidereal.
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes
- Number
- #25 of 27
- Span
- 20° Kumbha - 3°20' Mīna
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Ruling deity
- Aja Ekapāda (one-footed serpent-deva)
- Symbol
- Sword / front of bed
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 16 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Aquarius · 2: Aquarius · 3: Aquarius · 4: Pisces
- Guṇa
- Sattva
- Caste (BPHS)
- Brāhmaṇa
Symbolism
Sword · transformation-fire · funeral-pyre · cosmic-purification
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 Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 16 years · this graha's period activates for Pūrva Bhādrapadā-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Aquarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Aquarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Aquarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Pisces · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Pūrva Bhādrapadā 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 · Aja Ekapāda (one-footed serpent-deva)-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