# Swati Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Swati

Swati spans 6°40'-20°00' Libra, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Swati occupies 6°40′ to 20°00′ of Libra, ruled by Rahu with Vayu, the wind, as its deity. All four of its quarters answer to a navamsa lord of real weight, Jupiter or Saturn, and the two Saturn quarters in the middle are counted friends of Rahu. The table below gives each pada's exact span, syllable and relation.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Swati at a glance

| Pada                                  | Degree span         | Rashi | Navamsa (D9)                  | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ----- | ----------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/1) | 6°40′-10°00′ Libra  | Libra | Sagittarius (Dhanu) - Jupiter | रू (Ru)         | Neutral                 |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/2) | 10°00′-13°20′ Libra | Libra | Capricorn (Makara) - Saturn   | रे (Re)         | Friend (mitra)          |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/3) | 13°20′-16°40′ Libra | Libra | Aquarius (Kumbha) - Saturn    | रो (Ro)         | Friend (mitra)          |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/4) | 16°40′-20°00′ Libra | Libra | Pisces (Meena) - Jupiter      | ता (Ta)         | Neutral                 |

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 quarter6°40′-10°00′ LibraNavamsa sign: Sagittarius (Dhanu), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter10°00′-13°20′ LibraNavamsa sign: Capricorn (Makara), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter13°20′-16°40′ LibraNavamsa sign: Aquarius (Kumbha), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter16°40′-20°00′ LibraNavamsa sign: Pisces (Meena), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/swati/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Swati sits in the zodiac

Swati never leaves Libra, so its independence is practised entirely inside Venus's most social sign: the young shoot bends in the wind, but it grows in a garden full of other people. That is the star's productive contradiction. Every pada shares the Libra instinct for balance, partnership and fair exchange, while Rahu and Vayu push each quarter toward self-direction; the navamsa decides how the two urges settle. No sign boundary or junction interrupts the span, and no quarter carries an exalted or debilitated lord, which suits Swati: nothing here is extreme, everything is in negotiation, and the star's strength is precisely its ability to adjust without snapping.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Swati unfold

Pada 1 takes a Sagittarius navamsa: the wind as a carrier of ideas, restless for meaning, trade routes and teachers, with Jupiter standing neutral toward Rahu. Padas 2 and 3 are the star's working middle, both under Saturn, Rahu's classical friend. The Capricorn quarter gives the wind a windmill: independence funded by discipline, the self-made streak Swati is known for. The Aquarius quarter distributes what the second built, the networker and reformer, moving easily through groups it never quite joins. Pada 4, in Pisces under neutral Jupiter, lets the wind settle over water: the most flexible and most easily scattered quarter, best when its freedom serves something gentle. From meaning to means to network to release, Swati's journey is the wind learning what it is for.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Swati's padas

Vayu, the wind god, breath of the cosmos, presides over Swati, and Rahu rules it, an airy, unconfined pairing on both counts. Deva-gana by class, the star's independence stays courteous; it detaches without cruelty. Vayu's breath serves each quarter differently: it carries doctrine in the Sagittarius pada, turns machinery in the Capricorn pada, circulates through assemblies in the Aquarius pada and stills into meditation in the Pisces pada. Rahu adds appetite to the air, the wish to go further than the map. What holds all four together is Libra's promise underneath: however far the wind ranges, it deals fairly when it lands.

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. Swati occupies 6°40'-20°00' 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 Swati is my Moon in?

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

Yes. The whole of Swati sits inside Libra, so all four padas share the same Moon sign. What changes from quarter to quarter is the navamsa sign -- Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces -- which is why two Swati natives with the same rashi can still feel noticeably different.

Which pada of Swati is considered strongest?

Swati 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 Swati matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Swati carries its own starting syllable -- रू (Ru) for pada 1, रे (Re) for pada 2, रो (Ro) for pada 3, ता (Ta) 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.