# Nakshatra Guides > 27 lunar mansions -- career, marriage, and deity mythology. - **Canonical URL**: https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras - **Language**: en --- 27 Lunar Mansions 27 lunar mansions -- career, marriage, and deity mythology. [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)1. AshwiniHorse's head - Ashwini KumarasKetu0°00'-13°20' Aries](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)2. BharaniYoni (female organ of reproduction) - YamaVenus13°20'-26°40' Aries](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/bharani) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)3. KrittikaRazor / flame - AgniSun26°40' Aries - 10°00' Taurus](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)4. RohiniOx cart / chariot - Brahma (Prajapati)Moon10°00'-23°20' Taurus](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/rohini) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)5. MrigashiraDeer's head - Soma / ChandraMars23°20' Taurus - 6°40' Gemini](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)6. ArdraTeardrop / diamond - RudraRahu6°40'-20°00' Gemini](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ardra) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)7. PunarvasuQuiver of arrows / bow - AditiJupiter20°00' Gemini - 3°20' Cancer](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)8. PushyaCow's udder / lotus - BrihaspatiSaturn3°20'-16°40' Cancer](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)9. AshleshaCoiled serpent - Nagas (serpent deities)Mercury16°40'-30°00' Cancer](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)10. MaghaThrone / palanquin - Pitris (ancestors)Ketu0°00'-13°20' Leo](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/magha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)11. Purva PhalguniFront legs of a bed / hammock - Bhaga (Aryaman)Venus13°20'-26°40' Leo](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/purva-phalguni) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)12. Uttara PhalguniBack legs of a bed - AryamanSun26°40' Leo - 10°00' Virgo](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/uttara-phalguni) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)13. HastaHand / fist - Savitar (Surya)Moon10°00'-23°20' Virgo](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)14. ChitraBright jewel / pearl - Tvashtar (Vishvakarma)Mars23°20' Virgo - 6°40' Libra](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)15. SwatiCoral / young shoot blown by the wind - VayuRahu6°40'-20°00' Libra](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)16. VishakhaTriumphal archway / potter's wheel - Indra-AgniJupiter20°00' Libra - 3°20' Scorpio](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)17. AnuradhaLotus / staff - MitraSaturn3°20'-16°40' Scorpio](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/anuradha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)18. JyeshthaCircular amulet / earring - IndraMercury16°40'-30°00' Scorpio](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/jyeshtha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)19. MulaTied bunch of roots / lion's tail - Nirriti (Alakshmi)Ketu0°00'-13°20' Sagittarius](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)20. Purva AshadhaElephant tusk / fan - Apas (Water deities)Venus13°20'-26°40' Sagittarius](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/purva-ashadha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)21. Uttara AshadhaElephant tusk / planks of a bed - VishvedevasSun26°40' Sagittarius - 10°00' Capricorn](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/uttara-ashadha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)22. ShravanaEar / three footprints - VishnuMoon10°00'-23°20' Capricorn](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shravana) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)23. DhanishtaDrum / flute - VasusMars23°20' Capricorn - 6°40' Aquarius](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/dhanishta) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)24. ShatabhishaEmpty circle / hundred stars - VarunaRahu6°40'-20°00' Aquarius](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)25. Purva BhadrapadaFront legs of a funeral cot / two-faced man - Aja EkapadaJupiter20°00' Aquarius - 3°20' Pisces](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/purva-bhadrapada) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)26. Uttara BhadrapadaBack legs of a funeral cot / serpent in the deep water - Ahir BudhnyaSaturn3°20'-16°40' Pisces](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/uttara-bhadrapada) [![](https://merirashi.com/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fbrand%2Fnakshatra.png&w=3840&q=85)27. RevatiFish / drum - PushanMercury16°40'-30°00' Pisces](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/revati) Understanding nakshatras ## How the 27 lunar mansions work ### A 13°20′ sky grid older than the signs The nakshatras divide the same 360-degree zodiac into 27 equal arcs of 13°20′ each -- the distance the Moon covers in roughly one day. Indian calendars tracked nights by the Moon's mansion long before sign-based astrology, and the system still runs underneath everything here: your janma nakshatra is the mansion holding the Moon at your birth. Every nakshatra has its presiding deity, symbol, gana (temperament class), and -- most consequential for prediction -- a Vimshottari dasha lord. The dasha you were born running, and the sequence of every mahadasha after it, is set by the Moon's exact degree inside its mansion. ### Padas: the quarter that sharpens the reading Each mansion divides into four padas of 3°20′, each corresponding to one navamsa sign. Same nakshatra, different pada means a different D9 placement -- which is why padas shade career and marriage readings, and why the traditional birth-name syllable is assigned per pada, not per mansion. ### Why nakshatra outranks sign for personality and naming A rashi is a broad 30-degree band; it contains two and a quarter nakshatras. When two people share a Moon sign yet feel nothing alike, the mansions usually explain it: a Krittika Moon and a Rohini Moon are both in Taurus, but they answer to different dasha lords and different deities. Naming ceremonies work at this finer grain too -- the pandit asks for nakshatra and pada, because a sign is too coarse to yield a syllable. [Compute your janma nakshatra and pada](https://merirashi.com/en/birth-chart-calculator) ## Nakshatra FAQs How do I find my janma nakshatra? Enter your birth details into the chart calculator; it computes the Moon's sidereal longitude and names the mansion and pada. An approximate time usually suffices -- the Moon takes about a day per mansion -- but births near a boundary need a real time. What decides my first dasha? Your janma nakshatra's lord starts the Vimshottari sequence; the Moon's progress through the mansion at birth decides how much of that first period remains -- nearly all at its start, a sliver near its end. Why do two people with the same rashi behave so differently? Because one sign spans multiple nakshatras. Sharing a rashi only means both Moons sit somewhere in the same 30 degrees; the mansion -- with its own dasha lord, deity, and gana -- carries the finer signal, and the pada refines it again. [Planetary Placement Guides](https://merirashi.com/en/planets)[Dasha Period Guides](https://merirashi.com/en/dashas)[Rashi (Sign) Guides](https://merirashi.com/en/rashi)