🪷 पूर्व आषाढा · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā (Pūrva Āṣāḍhā)
Nakshatra #20 · Span: 13°20'-26°40' Dhanu · Ruling planet: Venus · Deity: Apas (waters)
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
- #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
- Caste (BPHS)
- Brāhmaṇa
Symbolism
Elephant-tusk · fan · invincibility · early-victory
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 Āṣāḍhā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 20 years · this graha's period activates for Pūrva Āṣāḍhā-Moon natives
- 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 · Check if Pūrva Āṣāḍhā 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 · Apas (waters)-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