# Pushya Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Pushya

Pushya spans 3°20'-16°40' Cancer, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Pushya occupies 3°20′ to 16°40′ of Cancer, ruled by Saturn with Brihaspati, priest of the gods, as its deity. Classical texts call it the most auspicious of the twenty-seven nakshatras. Its padas run through the Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio navamsas, and one of them holds Saturn's single strongest dignity in the whole sequence. Details below.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Pushya at a glance

| Pada                                   | Degree span          | Rashi  | Navamsa (D9)                | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity         |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------- | ------ | --------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/1) | 3°20′-6°40′ Cancer   | Cancer | Leo (Simha) - Sun           | हू (Hu)         | Adversary (shatru)              |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/2) | 6°40′-10°00′ Cancer  | Cancer | Virgo (Kanya) - Mercury     | हे (He)         | Friend (mitra)                  |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/3) | 10°00′-13°20′ Cancer | Cancer | Libra (Tula) - Venus        | हो (Ho)         | Friend (mitra) - Saturn exalted |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/4) | 13°20′-16°40′ Cancer | Cancer | Scorpio (Vrishchika) - Mars | ड (Da)          | 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 quarter3°20′-6°40′ CancerNavamsa sign: Leo (Simha), ruled by Sun.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter6°40′-10°00′ CancerNavamsa sign: Virgo (Kanya), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter10°00′-13°20′ CancerNavamsa sign: Libra (Tula), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter13°20′-16°40′ CancerNavamsa sign: Scorpio (Vrishchika), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/pushya/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Pushya sits in the zodiac

The whole of Pushya sits inside Cancer, so all four padas share the Moon's own rashi: protective, loyal, oriented to feeding and sheltering. This is the structural joke of Pushya, kindly meant: the zodiac's most nourishing sign is governed here by its strictest planet, Saturn, and the combination is exactly why the star is trusted. Care without discipline spoils; discipline without care starves; Pushya does neither. Since no pada leaves Cancer, the quarters differ purely by navamsa, and they distribute the star's caretaking across four registers: the visible protector, the practical helper, the fair steward and the fierce guardian. Every one of them keeps Cancer's memory and Saturn's word.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Pushya unfold

Pada 1 passes through a Leo navamsa, and the Sun and Saturn are old adversaries: this is the quarter of public responsibility, where care must also lead, and learns to. Pada 2, in Virgo with friendly Mercury, is the working nurse of the star, competent, modest, indispensable. Pada 3 is the summit: in the Libra navamsa Saturn is exalted, its strongest classical dignity, and duty ripens into justice. This quarter gives Pushya its reputation for incorruptible service; astrologers single it out as the star's steadiest seat. Pada 4 descends into Scorpio, Mars territory and another rival of Saturn, where protection turns intense and private: the guardian who has seen what threatens the nest. The arc runs from the throne room to the clinic to the courtroom to the night watch, and Pushya staffs all four posts well.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Pushya's padas

Brihaspati, guru of the gods, presides over Pushya, and Saturn rules it: the teacher's blessing carried out with the worker's patience. The udder-and-lotus symbolism says the same thing without words; nourishment, offered steadily. Pushya is Deva-gana, divine in class, and even its Scorpio quarter guards rather than strikes. Across the padas Brihaspati's counsel changes register: in Leo it advises the king, in Virgo it runs the temple household, in exalted Libra it sits as judge, and in Scorpio it keeps the secrets. Saturn makes each role a long-term appointment rather than a mood.

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. Pushya occupies 3°20'-16°40' 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 Pushya is my Moon in?

Pushya occupies 3°20'-16°40' Cancer, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 3°20′-6°40′ Cancer; pada 2 covers 6°40′-10°00′ Cancer; pada 3 covers 10°00′-13°20′ Cancer; pada 4 covers 13°20′-16°40′ 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 Pushya fall in the same rashi?

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

Which pada of Pushya is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Pushya the notable quarter is: pada 3, where Saturn is exalted in its Libra navamsa. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Pushya matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Pushya carries its own starting syllable -- हू (Hu) for pada 1, हे (He) for pada 2, हो (Ho) for pada 3, ड (Da) 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.