🪷 स्वाति · Svāti (Svāti)
Nakshatra #15 · Span: 6°40'-20° Tulā · Ruling planet: Rāhu · Deity: Vāyu (wind-god)
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
- #15 of 27
- Span
- 6°40'-20° Tulā
- Ruling planet
- Rāhu
- Ruling deity
- Vāyu (wind-god)
- Symbol
- Coral / sword
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 18 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Libra · 2: Libra · 3: Libra · 4: Libra
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Caste (BPHS)
- Butcher
Symbolism
Coral · sword · wind's-independence · self-going-forward
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 Svāti · Vimśottarī-Daśā 18 years · this graha's period activates for Svāti-Moon natives
- Pāda 1 → Libra · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Libra · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Libra · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Libra · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Svāti 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 · Vāyu (wind-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