🪷 सिंह · Siṁha (Leo)

सिंह = कालपुरुष-Stomach · spine
Krishna IS the lion among beasts (BG 10.30 mṛgāṇāṁ ca mṛgendro 'haṁ) and Garuḍa among birds. Sun-ruled · Krishna's Sūrya-rūpa solar majesty.
Bhagavad Gītā BG 10.30

🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna

Krishna-as-Siṁha-tattva — Narasiṁha + the lion among beasts. Sun-ruled · Krishna's Sūrya-rūpa solar majesty.

Rāśi #5 · Lord: Sun · Fire · Fixed · Male · East-direction

Planetary Dignities in Leo

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

GrahaDignityNotes
SunMūla-Trikoṇa
SunRuler (svāmī)

Nakshatras of Leo

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

NakshatraPadas in LeoRuling Graha
मघा · MaghāPada 1, 2, 3, 4Ketu
पूर्व फाल्गुनी · Pūrva PhalgunīPada 1, 2, 3, 4Venus
उत्तर फाल्गुनी · Uttara PhalgunīPada 1Sun

Today's tenants (2026-06-03)

The following grahas currently transit through Leo (Siṁha):

Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)

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Classical attributes (per BPHS)

Rāśi number
#5 of 12
Lord (svāmī)
Sun
Element (mahābhūta)
Fire
Quality
Fixed
Gender
Male
Direction
East
Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
Stomach · spine

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 · Fire Element · Fixed Quality · Sidereal Zodiac (Lahirī) · BPHS Classical Reference