# Chitra Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Chitra

Chitra spans 23°20' Virgo - 6°40' Libra, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Chitra, the bright jewel, spans 23°20′ Virgo to 6°40′ Libra under Mars, with Tvashtar, the celestial architect, presiding. The star is split evenly between two rashis and carries two consecutive vargottama quarters at its centre, a structural signature few nakshatras share. The table below sets out all four padas exactly.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Chitra at a glance

| Pada                                             | Degree span         | Rashi | Navamsa (D9)                | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity   |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------- | ----- | --------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/1)           | 23°20′-26°40′ Virgo | Virgo | Leo (Simha) - Sun           | पे (Pe)         | Friend (mitra)            |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/2)Vargottama | 26°40′-30°00′ Virgo | Virgo | Virgo (Kanya) - Mercury     | पो (Po)         | Adversary (shatru)        |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/3)Vargottama | 0°00′-3°20′ Libra   | Libra | Libra (Tula) - Venus        | रा (Ra)         | Neutral                   |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/4)           | 3°20′-6°40′ Libra   | Libra | Scorpio (Vrishchika) - Mars | री (Ri)         | Same lord - Mars own sign |

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 quarter23°20′-26°40′ VirgoNavamsa sign: Leo (Simha), ruled by Sun.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter26°40′-30°00′ VirgoNavamsa sign: Virgo (Kanya), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter0°00′-3°20′ LibraNavamsa sign: Libra (Tula), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter3°20′-6°40′ LibraNavamsa sign: Scorpio (Vrishchika), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/chitra/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Chitra sits in the zodiac

Chitra divides cleanly: padas 1 and 2 in Virgo, padas 3 and 4 in Libra. The Virgo half designs from the workbench, precision first, beauty as the proof of good method; the Libra half designs from the gallery, proportion first, method hidden behind grace. A Chitra Moon is accordingly a Virgo Moon or a Libra Moon, engineer or aesthete by sign. Unusually, the sign seam is reinforced from the navamsa side: the second and third quarters are both vargottama, each rashi meeting its own navamsa at the boundary, so the centre of Chitra is doubly emphasized ground. The jewel has two faces, and both are cut to be worn.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Chitra unfold

Pada 1, Virgo with a Leo navamsa and the Sun friendly to Mars, is the ambitious apprentice: brilliant work that intends to be seen. Pada 2, vargottama Virgo in Virgo, is the perfectionist's quarter; Mars chafes under Mercury's double rule, and the friction is productive, the file and the temper that finish a blade. Pada 3 crosses into Libra and is vargottama again, Libra in Libra: composition, balance, the designer's eye at its cleanest, with Venus neutral toward Mars. Pada 4 is the strongest classical seat: a Scorpio navamsa returns the star to Mars's own sign, and the architect acquires depth, building what endures pressure. Two vargottama quarters in the middle and an own-sign lord at the end: Chitra's second half is built like its own best work.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Chitra's padas

Tvashtar, the shaper of the gods' weapons and forms, presides over Chitra, and Mars supplies the cutting force; together they make the zodiac's craftsman-warrior. Rakshasa-gana intensity here is the intensity of standards. Tvashtar's workshop assigns each quarter a bench: rough brilliance in the Leo-navamsa pada, tolerances and finish in the vargottama Virgo pada, proportion and setting in the vargottama Libra pada, and load-bearing structure in the Scorpio pada, where Mars works on home metal. The jewel symbol is exact: pressure, cutting and polish, in that order, and Chitra natives usually recognize the sequence from their own lives.

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. Chitra occupies 23°20' Virgo - 6°40' Libra, 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 Chitra is my Moon in?

Chitra occupies 23°20' Virgo - 6°40' Libra, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 23°20′-26°40′ Virgo; pada 2 covers 26°40′-30°00′ Virgo; pada 3 covers 0°00′-3°20′ Libra; pada 4 covers 3°20′-6°40′ Libra. 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 Chitra fall in the same rashi?

No -- Chitra straddles a sign boundary, which is its most practical structural fact. Padas 1 and 2 fall in Virgo, while padas 3 and 4 sit in Libra. Two people born under Chitra can therefore have different Moon signs, so settle the rashi first and the pada second when reading a chart.

Which pada of Chitra is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Chitra the notable quarters are: pada 2, where the quarter is vargottama (rashi and navamsa agree); pada 3, where the quarter is vargottama (rashi and navamsa agree); pada 4, where Mars occupies its own navamsa sign. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Chitra matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Chitra carries its own starting syllable -- पे (Pe) for pada 1, पो (Po) for pada 2, रा (Ra) for pada 3, री (Ri) 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.