# Punarvasu Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Punarvasu

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

Punarvasu, the return of light, runs from 20°00′ Gemini to 3°20′ Cancer under Jupiter, with Aditi as its deity. Three padas sit in Gemini and one in Cancer, and that single Cancer quarter happens to be one of the most celebrated padas in the whole zodiac. Spans, syllables and lord relations for all four are set out below.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Punarvasu at a glance

| Pada                                                | Degree span          | Rashi  | Navamsa (D9)               | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity          |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/1)           | 20°00′-23°20′ Gemini | Gemini | Aries (Mesha) - Mars       | के (Ke)         | Friend (mitra)                   |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/2)           | 23°20′-26°40′ Gemini | Gemini | Taurus (Vrishabha) - Venus | को (Ko)         | Adversary (shatru)               |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/3)Vargottama | 26°40′-30°00′ Gemini | Gemini | Gemini (Mithuna) - Mercury | हा (Ha)         | Adversary (shatru)               |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/4)Vargottama | 0°00′-3°20′ Cancer   | Cancer | Cancer (Karka) - Moon      | ही (Hi)         | Friend (mitra) - Jupiter exalted |

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 quarter20°00′-23°20′ GeminiNavamsa sign: Aries (Mesha), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter23°20′-26°40′ GeminiNavamsa sign: Taurus (Vrishabha), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter26°40′-30°00′ GeminiNavamsa sign: Gemini (Mithuna), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter0°00′-3°20′ CancerNavamsa sign: Cancer (Karka), ruled by Moon.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/punarvasu/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Punarvasu sits in the zodiac

Punarvasu is split unevenly: padas 1 to 3 belong to Mercury's Gemini, pada 4 to the Moon's Cancer. The Gemini three keep the star's searching, articulate, philosophical side in the air, thought ranging widely before it settles. The Cancer quarter brings the theme home, literally: return, in this star's vocabulary, means the arrow coming back to the quiver, and the fourth pada is where it lands. A Punarvasu Moon may therefore be a Gemini Moon (most of the span) or a Cancer Moon (the final quarter), and the difference is the difference between the journey out and the homecoming. Both halves are Jupiter's, hopeful and generous; they differ in whether hope explores or shelters.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Punarvasu unfold

Pada 1 takes an Aries navamsa, Mars friendly to Jupiter: the optimist in motion, first to set out and first to try again. Pada 2, in Taurus, slows the return into something material; Venus and Jupiter are classical rivals, so this quarter works at the tension between meaning and comfort. Pada 3 is vargottama, Gemini in Gemini, the star's own airy intelligence doubled: the teacher and storyteller, even if Mercury keeps its formal distance from Jupiter. Pada 4 is the famous one. Cancer in Cancer, vargottama again, with Jupiter exalted in that very sign: rashi, navamsa and an exalted lord all in agreement. Classical astrologers treat this quarter as Punarvasu fulfilled, wisdom that has come home, and it is traditionally counted among the finest Moon placements available. The star builds toward its last 3°20′.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Punarvasu's padas

Aditi, the boundless mother of the gods, presides over Punarvasu, and she explains its temperament better than any keyword: whatever wanders can return to her, so the star forgives, retries and restores. Jupiter's lordship makes the generosity principled rather than naive. A Deva-gana star, it is gentle by class as well as by habit. The deity's boundlessness reads differently across the quarters: room to explore in the Aries pada, room to rest in the Taurus pada, room to think in the vargottama Gemini pada, and in the exalted Cancer pada, room for everyone else too. That last quarter is Aditi's own house with the lamps lit.

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. Punarvasu occupies 20°00' Gemini - 3°20' 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 Punarvasu is my Moon in?

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

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

Which pada of Punarvasu is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Punarvasu the notable quarters are: pada 3, where the quarter is vargottama (rashi and navamsa agree); pada 4, where Jupiter is exalted in its Cancer navamsa and the quarter is vargottama (rashi and navamsa agree). In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Punarvasu matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Punarvasu carries its own starting syllable -- के (Ke) for pada 1, को (Ko) for pada 2, हा (Ha) for pada 3, ही (Hi) 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.