Purva Ashadha Nakshatra

About Purva Ashadha nakshatra

Purva Ashadha is the 20th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 13°20′ Sagittarius to 26°40′ Sagittarius in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Venus, its deity is Apah, the waters, and its symbol is a winnowing fan.

People born with the Moon in Purva Ashadha are traditionally described as confident, persuasive, hopeful and hard to defeat.

• Lord: Venus
• Deity: Apah, the waters
• Symbol: a winnowing fan
• Gana: Manushya
• Yoni: monkey
• Nadi: Madhya
• Nature: fierce

Purva Ashadha nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Bhu, Sagittarius (Dhanu) rashi, navamsa Leo.
• Pada 2: letter Dha, Sagittarius (Dhanu) rashi, navamsa Virgo.
• Pada 3: letter Pha, Sagittarius (Dhanu) rashi, navamsa Libra.
• Pada 4: letter Dha, Sagittarius (Dhanu) rashi, navamsa Scorpio.

Purva Ashadha in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Purva Ashadha gives Manushya gana (6 points), monkey 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.

Purva Ashadha personality, love and career

Confident, persuasive, hopeful and hard to defeat. In love, the manushya gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: confident, persuasive, hopeful and hard to defeat.
• Nature in muhurat: fierce.
• Planet to know: Venus.

Purva Ashadha and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Purva Ashadha natives begin in Venus mahadasha (20 years in full).

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

Purva Ashadha in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Purva Ashadha as fierce. 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.

Purva Ashadha 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. Purva Ashadha sits at position 20 in that circle, after Mula and before Uttara Ashadha.

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

Matching uses three attributes of Purva Ashadha directly. Gana describes temperament, and Purva Ashadha is Manushya gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Purva Ashadha carries the monkey yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Purva Ashadha 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, Purva Ashadha is a fierce 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 Purva Ashadha gives a different starting letter: Bhu, Dha, Pha, Dha. 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.