Punarvasu Nakshatra

About Punarvasu nakshatra

Punarvasu is the 7th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 20°00′ Gemini to 3°20′ Cancer in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Jupiter, its deity is Aditi, mother of the gods, and its symbol is a quiver of arrows.

People born with the Moon in Punarvasu are traditionally described as hopeful, forgiving, adaptable and family minded.

• Lord: Jupiter
• Deity: Aditi, mother of the gods
• Symbol: a quiver of arrows
• Gana: Deva
• Yoni: cat
• Nadi: Adi
• Nature: movable

Punarvasu nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Ke, Gemini (Mithun) rashi, navamsa Aries.
• Pada 2: letter Ko, Gemini (Mithun) rashi, navamsa Taurus.
• Pada 3: letter Ha, Gemini (Mithun) rashi, navamsa Gemini.
• Pada 4: letter Hi, Cancer (Kark) rashi, navamsa Cancer.

Punarvasu in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Punarvasu gives Deva gana (6 points), cat 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.

Punarvasu personality, love and career

Hopeful, forgiving, adaptable and family minded. In love, the deva gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: hopeful, forgiving, adaptable and family minded.
• Nature in muhurat: movable.
• Planet to know: Jupiter.

Punarvasu and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Punarvasu natives begin in Jupiter mahadasha (16 years in full).

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

Punarvasu in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Punarvasu 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.

Punarvasu 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. Punarvasu sits at position 7 in that circle, after Ardra and before Pushya.

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

Matching uses three attributes of Punarvasu directly. Gana describes temperament, and Punarvasu is Deva gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Punarvasu carries the cat yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Punarvasu 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, Punarvasu 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 Punarvasu gives a different starting letter: Ke, Ko, Ha, Hi. 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.