Hasta Nakshatra

About Hasta nakshatra

Hasta is the 13th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 10°00′ Virgo to 23°20′ Virgo in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Moon, its deity is Savitar, the Sun god, and its symbol is an open hand.

People born with the Moon in Hasta are traditionally described as skilful with hands, witty, practical and resourceful.

• Lord: Moon
• Deity: Savitar, the Sun god
• Symbol: an open hand
• Gana: Deva
• Yoni: buffalo
• Nadi: Adi
• Nature: light

Hasta nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Pu, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Aries.
• Pada 2: letter Sha, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Taurus.
• Pada 3: letter Na, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Gemini.
• Pada 4: letter Tha, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Cancer.

Hasta in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Hasta gives Deva gana (6 points), buffalo yoni (4 points) and Adi 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.

Hasta personality, love and career

Skilful with hands, witty, practical and resourceful. In love, the deva gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: skilful with hands, witty, practical and resourceful.
• Nature in muhurat: light.
• Planet to know: Moon.

Hasta and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Hasta natives begin in Moon mahadasha (10 years in full).

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

Hasta in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Hasta as light. 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.

Hasta 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. Hasta sits at position 13 in that circle, after Uttara Phalguni and before Chitra.

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

Matching uses three attributes of Hasta directly. Gana describes temperament, and Hasta is Deva gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Hasta carries the buffalo yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Hasta is Adi 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, Hasta is a light 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 Hasta gives a different starting letter: Pu, Sha, Na, Tha. 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.