🪷 मकर · Makara (Capricorn)

मकर = कालपुरुष-Knees · skin
Krishna IS the Makara among fishes (BG 10.31) and Gaṅgā among rivers. Saturn-ruled · Krishna's makara-tattva.
Bhagavad Gītā BG 10.31

🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna

Krishna-as-Makara-tattva — the cosmic boundary-creature, the Gaṅgā's vāhana. Saturn-ruled · niṣkāma-karma rāśi.

Rāśi #10 · Lord: Saturn · Earth · Movable · Female · South-direction

Planetary Dignities in Capricorn

Which grahas attain exaltation · debilitation · mūla-trikoṇa · or rulership when posited in this rāśi (per BPHS classical Vedic-jyotiṣa).

GrahaDignityNotes
MarsExalted (uccha)Peak at 28°
JupiterDebilitated (nīcha)
SaturnRuler (svāmī)

Nakshatras of Capricorn

The Capricorn rāśi spans 30° · containing nakshatra-padas (4 padas × 3°20' each = 13°20' per nakshatra). Some nakshatras cross rāśi-boundaries (gaṇḍānta).

NakshatraPadas in CapricornRuling Graha
उत्तर आषाढा · Uttara ĀṣāḍhāPada 2, 3, 4Sun
श्रवण · ŚravaṇaPada 1, 2, 3, 4Moon
धनिष्ठा · DhaniṣṭhāPada 1, 2Mars

Today's tenants (2026-06-03)

No grahas currently transit through Capricorn as of 2026-06-03.

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Classical attributes (per BPHS)

Rāśi number
#10 of 12
Lord (svāmī)
Saturn
Element (mahābhūta)
Earth
Quality
Movable
Gender
Female
Direction
South
Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
Knees · skin

Native traits

Cross-references

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Chapter on Rāśi-Svarūpa · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on rāśi attributes · body-parts of kālapuruṣa · element/quality assignments
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta · the sidereal-zodiac computation source (~500 CE) — The astronomical treatise behind every position-calculation
  3. Bhagavad-Gītā 11.7 · mama dehe (in My body) — The 12 rāśis form Krishna's kālapuruṣa-body
Categories: Vedic Astronomy · Rāśis (Zodiac Signs) · Jyotiṣa Reference · Earth Element · Movable Quality · Sidereal Zodiac (Lahirī) · BPHS Classical Reference