🪷 पूर्व आषाढा · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā (Pūrva Āṣāḍhā)
Nakshatra #20 · Span: 13°20'-26°40' Dhanu · Ruling planet: Venus · Deity: Apas (waters)
Today's Moon (2026-08-27)
The Moon currently transits Dhaniṣṭhā · pāda 2 · 297.83° sidereal.
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
Does the calculated Moon or Ascendant fall in Pūrva Āṣāḍhā? Submit birth data to calculate the chart →. The result is positional astronomy, not a spiritual or personal verdict.
Classical attributes
- Number
- #20 of 27
- Span
- 13°20'-26°40' Dhanu
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Ruling deity
- Apas (waters)
- Symbol
- Elephant tusk / fan
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 20 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Sagittarius · 2: Sagittarius · 3: Sagittarius · 4: Sagittarius
- Guṇa
- Rajas
- Social category (received dataset)
- Brāhmaṇa
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Venus
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Calculated chart context
- Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 11 reader
Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from Pūrva Āṣāḍhā's received reference attributes, pādas, present calculated sky, and chart context to its dataset ruling-graha, the Jyotiṣa reference, and the reader-local calculator.
Pūrva Āṣāḍhālocal nakshatra page for Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · पूर्व आषाढा/jyotisha-referenceall 89 jyotiṣa reference pagesVenus rulerruling-graha source route for Pūrva Āṣāḍhā/vishvarupa-chartcalculated nakshatra context with no divine-body claim/calculatorfind whether Pūrva Āṣāḍhā is the reader's janma or lagna nakshatra/computational-moatcalculation method and model boundary
📚 See Also
- Venus · dataset ruling-graha of Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Received Vimśottarī duration: 20 years; no event prediction is inferred here
- Pāda 1 → Sagittarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Sagittarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Sagittarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Sagittarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Calculate whether the Moon or Ascendant position falls in Pūrva Āṣāḍhā
📖 References
- Vidhyamitra received Jyotiṣa reference dataset — Names, spans, rulers, deity labels, symbols, pāda signs, guṇa, social categories, and Vimśottarī durations require edition-level verification before stronger textual claims
- Sūrya-Siddhānta calculation model — Local sidereal Moon-position computation used for the present-sky and submitted-chart context
- Interpretation boundary — The page reports dataset categories and calculated positions; it does not prescribe worship, diagnose a person, or predict destiny