🪷 पूर्व फाल्गुनी · Pūrva Phalgunī (Pūrva Phalgunī)
Nakshatra #11 · Span: 13°20'-26°40' Siṁha · Ruling planet: Venus · Deity: Bhaga (god of fortune)
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
- #11 of 27
- Span
- 13°20'-26°40' Siṁha
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Ruling deity
- Bhaga (god of fortune)
- Symbol
- Front-of-hammock / fig tree
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 20 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Leo · 2: Leo · 3: Leo · 4: Leo
- Guṇa
- Rajas
- Caste (BPHS)
- Brāhmaṇa
Symbolism
Front-hammock · enjoyment · fig-tree · fortunate-pleasure
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Venus
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Venus · ruling-graha of Pūrva Phalgunī · Vimśottarī-Daśā 20 years · this graha's period activates for Pūrva Phalgunī-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Leo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Leo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Leo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Leo · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Pūrva Phalgunī 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 · Bhaga (god of fortune)-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