🪷 शतभिषा · Śatabhiṣā (Śatabhiṣā)
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Ruling deity Varuṇa (water-god) · symbol 100 healers / circle · ruling planet Rāhu. 100-physicians · circle · Varuṇa's-net · healing-mystery
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This nakshatra page links Śatabhiṣā 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 #24 · Span: 6°40'-20° Kumbha · Ruling planet: Rāhu · Deity: Varuṇa (water-god)
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
- #24 of 27
- Span
- 6°40'-20° Kumbha
- Ruling planet
- Rāhu
- Ruling deity
- Varuṇa (water-god)
- Symbol
- 100 healers / circle
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 18 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Aquarius · 2: Aquarius · 3: Aquarius · 4: Aquarius
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Caste (BPHS)
- Butcher
Symbolism
100-physicians · circle · Varuṇa's-net · healing-mystery
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Rāhu
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Rāhu · ruling-graha of Śatabhiṣā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 18 years · this graha's period activates for Śatabhiṣā-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 → Aquarius · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Śatabhiṣā 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 · Varuṇa (water-god)-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