# Krittika Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Krittika

Krittika spans 26°40' Aries - 10°00' Taurus, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Krittika is the first nakshatra to straddle two rashis: it begins at 26°40′ Aries and ends at 10°00′ Taurus, under the Sun's lordship with Agni as deity. That split matters as much as the navamsa sequence, because pada 1 answers to Mars's fire while padas 2 to 4 answer to Venus's earth. The table below shows exactly where each quarter falls.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Krittika at a glance

| Pada                                     | Degree span         | Rashi  | Navamsa (D9)                  | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/1) | 26°40′-30°00′ Aries | Aries  | Sagittarius (Dhanu) - Jupiter | अ (A)           | Friend (mitra)          |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/2) | 0°00′-3°20′ Taurus  | Taurus | Capricorn (Makara) - Saturn   | ई (I)           | Adversary (shatru)      |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/3) | 3°20′-6°40′ Taurus  | Taurus | Aquarius (Kumbha) - Saturn    | उ (U)           | Adversary (shatru)      |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/4) | 6°40′-10°00′ Taurus | Taurus | Pisces (Meena) - Jupiter      | ए (E)           | Friend (mitra)          |

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 quarter26°40′-30°00′ AriesNavamsa sign: Sagittarius (Dhanu), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter0°00′-3°20′ TaurusNavamsa sign: Capricorn (Makara), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter3°20′-6°40′ TaurusNavamsa sign: Aquarius (Kumbha), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter6°40′-10°00′ TaurusNavamsa sign: Pisces (Meena), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/krittika/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Krittika sits in the zodiac

Only the first pada of Krittika lies in Aries; the remaining three sit in Taurus. Two people born under Krittika can therefore have different Moon signs entirely, and it shows. The Aries quarter is the razor in motion: confrontational, fast, at its best cutting through pretense in real time. The Taurus quarters are the hearth rather than the wildfire; the same purifying instinct turns toward building, feeding and protecting what has been cleansed. Commentators often note the shift by symbol, the flame that burns in Aries and the flame that cooks in Taurus. When reading a Krittika placement, settle the rashi first, then the pada; the sign boundary at 30°00′ Aries is the single biggest dividing line inside this star.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Krittika unfold

The navamsa journey runs Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces. Pada 1 pairs the Aries rashi with a Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius navamsa, a friend to the Sun: conviction plus courage, the quarter most likely to lead openly. Padas 2 and 3 pass through Saturn's signs, Capricorn and Aquarius, and Saturn sits opposite the Sun in the classical friendship tables. These middle quarters are Krittika's proving ground; authority is earned through work and system rather than claimed, and natives here often carry responsibility young. Pada 4, in the Pisces navamsa, returns to friendly Jupiter territory and softens the blade: discernment with compassion, the critic who corrects in order to heal. No quarter of Krittika lacks edge. What changes is whether the edge serves speed, structure, principle or mercy.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Krittika's padas

Agni, the sacrificial fire, receives every offering and purifies it, and the Sun gives Krittika its steady, sovereign will; the six Krittika mothers who raised Kartikeya add a fierce protectiveness to the mix. The Rakshasa-gana label here marks intensity, not malice. Pada by pada, the deity's fire takes different forms: the torch carried into new territory in the first quarter, the forge fire of the Capricorn quarter, the shared flame of the Aquarius quarter, and the lamp lit for others in Pisces. The Sun-Saturn friction of the middle padas is the star's engine room, where its famous discipline is actually made.

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. Krittika occupies 26°40' Aries - 10°00' Taurus, 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 Krittika is my Moon in?

Krittika occupies 26°40' Aries - 10°00' Taurus, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 26°40′-30°00′ Aries; pada 2 covers 0°00′-3°20′ Taurus; pada 3 covers 3°20′-6°40′ Taurus; pada 4 covers 6°40′-10°00′ Taurus. 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 Krittika fall in the same rashi?

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

Which pada of Krittika is considered strongest?

Krittika 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. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Krittika matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Krittika carries its own starting syllable -- अ (A) for pada 1, ई (I) for pada 2, उ (U) for pada 3, ए (E) 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.