# Hasta Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Hasta

Hasta spans 10°00'-23°20' Virgo, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Hasta sits wholly inside Virgo, from 10°00′ to 23°20′, ruled by the Moon with Savitar, the golden-handed sun, as deity. Its navamsa sequence, Aries to Cancer, hands the star two classically excellent Moon quarters back to back at the close. Every span, syllable and lord relation is tabulated below.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Hasta at a glance

| Pada                                  | Degree span         | Rashi | Navamsa (D9)               | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity   |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ----- | -------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/1) | 10°00′-13°20′ Virgo | Virgo | Aries (Mesha) - Mars       | पू (Pu)         | Neutral                   |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/2) | 13°20′-16°40′ Virgo | Virgo | Taurus (Vrishabha) - Venus | ष (Sha)         | Neutral - Moon exalted    |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/3) | 16°40′-20°00′ Virgo | Virgo | Gemini (Mithuna) - Mercury | ण (Na)          | Friend (mitra)            |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/4) | 20°00′-23°20′ Virgo | Virgo | Cancer (Karka) - Moon      | ठ (Tha)         | Same lord - Moon 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 quarter10°00′-13°20′ VirgoNavamsa sign: Aries (Mesha), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter13°20′-16°40′ VirgoNavamsa sign: Taurus (Vrishabha), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter16°40′-20°00′ VirgoNavamsa sign: Gemini (Mithuna), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter20°00′-23°20′ VirgoNavamsa sign: Cancer (Karka), ruled by Moon.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/hasta/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Hasta sits in the zodiac

All four padas of Hasta fall in Virgo, Mercury's exacting earth, so the star's gift, skill you can watch happening, always works through detail, method and practice. The Moon ruling a star inside Mercury's sign is a fortunate pairing here: feeling guides the hand, analysis steadies it. With no sign change across the span, the quarters are distinguished by navamsa alone, and the distribution is notably kind: the middle and end of the star hold an exalted Moon quarter and an own-sign Moon quarter, so Hasta strengthens as it goes. The four padas are less four personalities than four stages of the same craftsman's day: rough work, fine work, explanation and care.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Hasta unfold

Pada 1, in an Aries navamsa, is the quick hand: speed, improvisation, the surgeon's decisiveness, with Mars neutral toward the Moon. Pada 2 is the first of the star's two summits: in Taurus the Moon is exalted, and the craft settles into patience and touch, the quarter of the maker whose work lasts. Pada 3, in Gemini with Mercury friendly, is the articulate hand: teaching, writing, trade, the skill explained as clearly as it is executed. Pada 4 closes in Cancer, the Moon's own sign, lord and quarter unified: craft in service of care, the healer's hands the star is named for. Two strong lunar quarters in the second half give Hasta an unusually settled finish; the star opens clever and ends wise.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Hasta's padas

Savitar, the Aditya with hands of gold who sets the world in motion each morning, presides over Hasta, and the Moon rules it: animation plus sensitivity, which is a fair definition of skill. Deva-gana, the star's instincts are helpful by default. Savitar's golden hand does different work in each quarter: it acts in the Aries pada, shapes in the exalted Taurus pada, writes in the Gemini pada and soothes in the own-sign Cancer pada. The fist in the symbol is not a threat; it is a grip, and each pada decides what is worth holding.

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. Hasta occupies 10°00'-23°20' Virgo, 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 Hasta is my Moon in?

Hasta occupies 10°00'-23°20' Virgo, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 10°00′-13°20′ Virgo; pada 2 covers 13°20′-16°40′ Virgo; pada 3 covers 16°40′-20°00′ Virgo; pada 4 covers 20°00′-23°20′ Virgo. 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 Hasta fall in the same rashi?

Yes. The whole of Hasta sits inside Virgo, 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 Hasta natives with the same rashi can still feel noticeably different.

Which pada of Hasta is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Hasta the notable quarters are: pada 2, where Moon is exalted in its Taurus navamsa; pada 4, where Moon occupies its own navamsa sign. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Hasta matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Hasta carries its own starting syllable -- पू (Pu) for pada 1, ष (Sha) for pada 2, ण (Na) for pada 3, ठ (Tha) 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.