Dhanishta Nakshatra

About Dhanishta nakshatra

Dhanishta is the 23th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 23°20′ Capricorn to 6°40′ Aquarius in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Mars, its deity is the eight Vasus, and its symbol is a drum.

People born with the Moon in Dhanishta are traditionally described as musical, generous, energetic and team minded.

• Lord: Mars
• Deity: the eight Vasus
• Symbol: a drum
• Gana: Rakshasa
• Yoni: lion
• Nadi: Madhya
• Nature: movable

Dhanishta nakshatra padas and name letters

Each pada is 3°20′ and has its own letter and navamsa sign.

• Pada 1: letter Ga, Capricorn (Makar) rashi, navamsa Leo.
• Pada 2: letter Gi, Capricorn (Makar) rashi, navamsa Virgo.
• Pada 3: letter Gu, Aquarius (Kumbh) rashi, navamsa Libra.
• Pada 4: letter Ge, Aquarius (Kumbh) rashi, navamsa Scorpio.

Dhanishta in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Dhanishta gives Rakshasa gana (6 points), lion yoni (4 points) and Madhya nadi (8 points), together 18 of the 36 points.

1. Find both birth nakshatras.
2. Compare nadi: same nadi scores 0.
3. Compare gana and yoni.
4. Add the remaining kootas for a score out of 36.

Dhanishta personality, love and career

Musical, generous, energetic and team minded. In love, the rakshasa gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: musical, generous, energetic and team minded.
• Nature in muhurat: movable.
• Planet to know: Mars.

Dhanishta and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Dhanishta natives begin in Mars mahadasha (7 years in full).

1. Mars mahadasha, 7 years
2. Rahu mahadasha, 18 years
3. Jupiter mahadasha, 16 years
4. Saturn mahadasha, 19 years
5. Mercury mahadasha, 17 years
6. Ketu mahadasha, 7 years
7. Venus mahadasha, 20 years
8. Sun mahadasha, 6 years
9. Moon mahadasha, 10 years

Dhanishta in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Dhanishta as movable. Light nakshatras suit travel and trade, fixed ones suit foundations, soft ones suit art and marriage, sharp and fierce ones suit firm or bold tasks.

Dhanishta nakshatra in depth

The word nakshatra is often translated as lunar mansion. The Moon moves roughly 13 degrees a day, so it spends about one day in each of the 27 nakshatras and completes the circle in a little over 27 days. Ancient astronomers used these star groups as a calendar long before the twelve signs became popular, and that is why Indian families still ask for the janma nakshatra before anything else. Dhanishta sits at position 23 in that circle, after Shravana and before Shatabhisha.

The deity of Dhanishta is the eight Vasus. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, a drum, gives a picture that is easy to remember. The ruling planet (swami grah) Mars adds its own colour, and because Vimshottari dasha begins from the birth nakshatra lord, Mars becomes the first planetary period in the life of anyone born with the Moon here.

Matching uses three attributes of Dhanishta directly. Gana describes temperament, and Dhanishta is Rakshasa gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Dhanishta carries the lion yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Dhanishta is Madhya nadi. Together these three kootas carry 18 of the 36 guna milan points, which is why two people's nakshatras matter so much in kundli milan.

In muhurat, Dhanishta is a movable nakshatra. Muhurat texts sort nakshatras into groups such as fixed, movable, soft, light, sharp and fierce, and each group suits certain kinds of work. Families look at this when choosing a day for naamkaran, griha pravesh, travel, purchases or a wedding, along with tithi, weekday and lagna.

For a newborn, the pada matters most. Each of the four padas of Dhanishta gives a different starting letter: Ga, Gi, Gu, Ge. Families who follow the custom pick a name that begins with the letter of the birth pada, then often check the name number (naam ka ank) in numerology (ank jyotish) as a second, lighter step.

How to find your nakshatra

Your janma nakshatra is where the Moon stood at birth.

1. Open the free nakshatra calculator.
2. Enter date, time and place of birth.
3. Note the nakshatra and pada.
4. Read this guide for your nakshatra.