# Ashlesha Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

> Ashlesha nakshatra's four padas (quarters) -- exact degree arcs and Navamsa (D9) sign overlays for each. Pick your pada to see how it modulates Ashlesha's traits, career, and relationships.
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Ashlesha (Ashlesha) - Four padas

## The four padas of Ashlesha

Ashlesha spans 16°40'-30°00' Cancer, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Ashlesha closes Cancer, from 16°40′ to 30°00′, ruled by Mercury with the Nagas, the serpent deities, presiding. Its navamsa sequence, Sagittarius through Pisces, produces something rare: all four quarters stand neutral toward the star's lord, and the drama is saved for the final degrees. The exact spans are laid out below.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Ashlesha at a glance

| Pada                                     | Degree span          | Rashi  | Navamsa (D9)                  | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity       |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/1) | 16°40′-20°00′ Cancer | Cancer | Sagittarius (Dhanu) - Jupiter | डी (Di)         | Neutral                       |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/2) | 20°00′-23°20′ Cancer | Cancer | Capricorn (Makara) - Saturn   | डू (Du)         | Neutral                       |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/3) | 23°20′-26°40′ Cancer | Cancer | Aquarius (Kumbha) - Saturn    | डे (De)         | Neutral                       |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/4) | 26°40′-30°00′ Cancer | Cancer | Pisces (Meena) - Jupiter      | डो (Do)         | Neutral - Mercury debilitated |

Computed from the classical pada geometry (13°20′ per nakshatra, 3°20′ per pada), the standard navamsa cycle, and the Avakahada naming-syllable table used for Namakaran -- not stored guesses.

Choose a pada

## Pick your exact quarter

[Pada 1 - First quarter16°40′-20°00′ CancerNavamsa sign: Sagittarius (Dhanu), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter20°00′-23°20′ CancerNavamsa sign: Capricorn (Makara), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter23°20′-26°40′ CancerNavamsa sign: Aquarius (Kumbha), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter26°40′-30°00′ CancerNavamsa sign: Pisces (Meena), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha/pada/4)

[Find my exact pada](https://merirashi.com/en/birth-chart-calculator)[Back to Ashlesha overview](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashlesha)

Rashi placement

## Where Ashlesha sits in the zodiac

Ashlesha never leaves Cancer, so its penetrating, strategic intelligence works everywhere on the Moon's home ground: feelings are its native material, its instrument and its subject. The star's serpent coils around the end of the sign, and that placement carries a structural note. Its last pada runs to 30°00′ Cancer, the water-to-fire junction where Cancer becomes Leo, a gandanta zone that classical astrology treats with particular care for Moon placements. Read that as a call for precision and gentleness in interpretation, not as a defect of character. The three earlier quarters sit in calm water, and even the fourth is best understood as the serpent shedding a skin: sensitive timing, real renewal.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Ashlesha unfold

Uniquely for this family, no pada of Ashlesha has a navamsa lord that is either friend or enemy of Mercury; all four relations are neutral, and the star's famous subtlety develops without outside interference. Pada 1, in Sagittarius, aims the serpent's insight at belief and meaning, the philosopher-diagnostician. Padas 2 and 3 pass through Saturn's signs: the Capricorn quarter is the strategist, patient and structural, and the Aquarius quarter the observer of systems and crowds, coolest of the four. Pada 4, in Pisces, sets Mercury in its sign of debilitation and adds the gandanta finish: analysis gives way to pure intuition here, and the quarter's lessons tend to arrive through experience rather than explanation. Treated patiently, it is the most quietly wise pada of the star; it simply cannot be rushed, and it should never be read fearfully.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Ashlesha's padas

The Nagas, keepers of hidden treasure and underground water, preside over Ashlesha, and Mercury rules it: perception plus articulation, the snake that also speaks. Rakshasa-gana here means intensity of instinct, the willingness to see what politeness overlooks. Each quarter handles the serpent's knowledge differently: the Sagittarius pada teaches it, the Capricorn pada deploys it, the Aquarius pada maps it, and the Pisces pada simply knows, wordlessly, which is fitting for a quarter where Mercury the explainer goes quiet. The Nagas guard thresholds, and the fourth pada literally is one; crossing it well is this star's deepest skill.

Find your pada

## How to find your pada

How to find your pada

Your pada is read from the Moon's exact sidereal degree at birth. Ashlesha occupies 16°40'-30°00' Cancer, and a new quarter begins every 3°20′ within that band, so a Moon near one of the boundaries in the table above can shift padas with only a small birth-time correction. Enter your date, time and place of birth in the free birth chart calculator to get the Moon's precise degree, then match it against the spans above.

[Find my exact pada](https://merirashi.com/en/birth-chart-calculator)

## Frequently asked questions

Which pada of Ashlesha is my Moon in?

Ashlesha occupies 16°40'-30°00' Cancer, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 16°40′-20°00′ Cancer; pada 2 covers 20°00′-23°20′ Cancer; pada 3 covers 23°20′-26°40′ Cancer; pada 4 covers 26°40′-30°00′ Cancer. Your own pada follows the Moon's exact sidereal degree at your birth, which needs a calculated chart -- a birth date alone cannot resolve a band this narrow, but a free birth-chart calculation from date, time and place settles it immediately.

Do all four padas of Ashlesha fall in the same rashi?

Yes. The whole of Ashlesha sits inside Cancer, so all four padas share the same Moon sign. What changes from quarter to quarter is the navamsa sign -- Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces -- which is why two Ashlesha natives with the same rashi can still feel noticeably different.

Which pada of Ashlesha is considered strongest?

Ashlesha is one of the more evenly balanced nakshatras: none of its quarters carries an exalted, debilitated, own-sign or vargottama marker, so its padas differ by element and temperament rather than by classical rank. Pada 4 carries the most demanding note -- Mercury debilitated in the navamsa -- which asks for patience, never fear. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Ashlesha matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Ashlesha carries its own starting syllable -- डी (Di) for pada 1, डू (Du) for pada 2, डे (De) for pada 3, डो (Do) for pada 4 -- chosen from the Moon's pada at birth. Most families treat the syllable as a meaningful custom rather than a binding rule; for chart interpretation it is the pada's navamsa sign, not its sound, that carries the analytical weight.