Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra

About Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra

Purva Bhadrapada is the 25th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 20°00′ Aquarius to 3°20′ Pisces in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Jupiter, its deity is Aja Ekapada, the one footed goat, and its symbol is the front of a funeral cot or two swords.

People born with the Moon in Purva Bhadrapada are traditionally described as idealistic, intense, generous and philosophical.

• Lord: Jupiter
• Deity: Aja Ekapada, the one footed goat
• Symbol: the front of a funeral cot or two swords
• Gana: Manushya
• Yoni: lion
• Nadi: Adi
• Nature: fierce

Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Se, Aquarius (Kumbh) rashi, navamsa Aries.
• Pada 2: letter So, Aquarius (Kumbh) rashi, navamsa Taurus.
• Pada 3: letter Da, Aquarius (Kumbh) rashi, navamsa Gemini.
• Pada 4: letter Di, Pisces (Meen) rashi, navamsa Cancer.

Purva Bhadrapada in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Purva Bhadrapada gives Manushya gana (6 points), lion 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.

Purva Bhadrapada personality, love and career

Idealistic, intense, generous and philosophical. In love, the manushya gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: idealistic, intense, generous and philosophical.
• Nature in muhurat: fierce.
• Planet to know: Jupiter.

Purva Bhadrapada and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Purva Bhadrapada 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

Purva Bhadrapada in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Purva Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada sits at position 25 in that circle, after Shatabhisha and before Uttara Bhadrapada.

The deity of Purva Bhadrapada is Aja Ekapada, the one footed goat. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, the front of a funeral cot or two swords, 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 Purva Bhadrapada directly. Gana describes temperament, and Purva Bhadrapada is Manushya gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Purva Bhadrapada carries the lion yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Purva Bhadrapada 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, Purva Bhadrapada 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 Bhadrapada gives a different starting letter: Se, So, Da, Di. 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.