🪷 पुष्य · Puṣya (Puṣya)
Nakshatra #8 · Span: 3°20'-16°40' Karka · Ruling planet: Saturn · Deity: Bṛhaspati
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
- #8 of 27
- Span
- 3°20'-16°40' Karka
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Ruling deity
- Bṛhaspati
- Symbol
- Cow's udder / lotus
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 19 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Cancer · 2: Cancer · 3: Cancer · 4: Cancer
- Guṇa
- Sattva
- Caste (BPHS)
- Kṣatriya
Symbolism
Cow's-udder · nourishment · lotus · supreme-auspicious
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Saturn
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Saturn · ruling-graha of Puṣya · Vimśottarī-Daśā 19 years · this graha's period activates for Puṣya-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Cancer · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Cancer · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Cancer · 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 Puṣya 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 · Bṛhaspati-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