🪷 विशाखा · Viśākhā (Viśākhā)
Nakshatra #16 · Span: 20° Tulā - 3°20' Vṛścika · Ruling planet: Jupiter · Deity: Indra-Agni
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
- #16 of 27
- Span
- 20° Tulā - 3°20' Vṛścika
- Ruling planet
- Jupiter
- Ruling deity
- Indra-Agni
- Symbol
- Forked branch / triumphal arch
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 16 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Libra · 2: Libra · 3: Libra · 4: Scorpio
- Guṇa
- Sattva
- Caste (BPHS)
- Mleccha
Symbolism
Forked-branch · triumphal-arch · resolve · Buddha-birth-mark
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Jupiter
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 27 nakshatras as Krishna's stellar body
📚 See Also
- Jupiter · ruling-graha of Viśākhā · Vimśottarī-Daśā 16 years · this graha's period activates for Viśākhā-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 → Scorpio · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Check if Viśākhā 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 · Indra-Agni-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