# Ashwini Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Ashwini

Ashwini spans 0°00'-13°20' Aries, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Ashwini opens the zodiac. Its four padas cover the first 13°20′ of sidereal Aries, all under Ketu's lordship, and they pass through Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer in the navamsa. A healer's star that starts fast, it changes character noticeably from quarter to quarter, which is exactly what the degree table below makes visible.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Ashwini at a glance

| Pada                                              | Degree span         | Rashi | Navamsa (D9)               | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity           |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ----- | -------------------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/1)Vargottama | 0°00′-3°20′ Aries   | Aries | Aries (Mesha) - Mars       | चू (Chu)        | Friend (mitra)                    |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/2)           | 3°20′-6°40′ Aries   | Aries | Taurus (Vrishabha) - Venus | चे (Che)        | Friend (mitra) - Ketu debilitated |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/3)           | 6°40′-10°00′ Aries  | Aries | Gemini (Mithuna) - Mercury | चो (Cho)        | Neutral                           |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/4)           | 10°00′-13°20′ Aries | Aries | Cancer (Karka) - Moon      | ला (La)         | Adversary (shatru)                |

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 quarter0°00′-3°20′ AriesNavamsa sign: Aries (Mesha), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter3°20′-6°40′ AriesNavamsa sign: Taurus (Vrishabha), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter6°40′-10°00′ AriesNavamsa sign: Gemini (Mithuna), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter10°00′-13°20′ AriesNavamsa sign: Cancer (Karka), ruled by Moon.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/ashwini/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Ashwini sits in the zodiac

Every degree of Ashwini falls inside Aries, so all four padas share a Mars-ruled fire rashi and an Aries Moon sign. What separates them is the navamsa alone: the rashi supplies the common engine (speed, appetite for the new, a low tolerance for waiting) while each 3°20′ quarter refines how that engine is used. A second structural detail is worth knowing. The first pada begins at 0°00′ Aries, the seam where Pisces hands over to Aries. Classical texts treat this water-to-fire junction (gandanta) as sensitive territory for the Moon, which is a call for a careful, unhurried reading of that placement, not a flaw in the person. From pada 2 onward the star stands clear of the junction and expresses plain, uncomplicated Aries.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Ashwini unfold

The navamsa sequence starts over with Ashwini, so pada 1 is Aries in Aries: vargottama, where rashi and navamsa agree. Classical works rate vargottama placements as unusually steady, and here it doubles the star's pioneering streak; this is Ashwini at its most headlong. Pada 2 shifts to the Taurus navamsa, where Ketu is treated as debilitated. In practice this quarter learns patience the slow way: the impulse to launch meets the need to hold and finish, and the gift matures late but lasts. Pada 3, in Gemini, is the communicator's quarter, quick-witted and lighter of touch, with Mercury standing neutral toward Ketu. Pada 4 closes in the Cancer navamsa, where the Moon and Ketu pull in different directions: instinct and detachment share one house. Natives here often feel things more deeply than the Ashwini stereotype suggests, and their healing gift is the most personal of the four.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Ashwini's padas

The Ashwini Kumaras, twin physicians of the gods, give every quarter of this star its remedial streak, and Ketu, the dasha lord, supplies the sudden, intuitive quality of that healing. As a Deva-gana nakshatra its instincts are gentle even when its pace is not. The pada decides which face of the twins shows up: the rescuer who arrives first (pada 1), the steady nurse who stays (pada 2), the explainer who calms with words (pada 3), or the one who simply senses what hurts (pada 4). Same deity, same lord, four different bedside manners.

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. Ashwini occupies 0°00'-13°20' Aries, 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 Ashwini is my Moon in?

Ashwini occupies 0°00'-13°20' Aries, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 0°00′-3°20′ Aries; pada 2 covers 3°20′-6°40′ Aries; pada 3 covers 6°40′-10°00′ Aries; pada 4 covers 10°00′-13°20′ Aries. 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 Ashwini fall in the same rashi?

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

Which pada of Ashwini is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Ashwini the notable quarter is: pada 1, where the quarter is vargottama (rashi and navamsa agree). Pada 2 carries the most demanding note -- Ketu 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 Ashwini matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Ashwini carries its own starting syllable -- चू (Chu) for pada 1, चे (Che) for pada 2, चो (Cho) for pada 3, ला (La) 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.