Purva Phalguni Nakshatra

About Purva Phalguni nakshatra

Purva Phalguni is the 11th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 13°20′ Leo to 26°40′ Leo in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Venus, its deity is Bhaga, god of delight, and its symbol is the front legs of a bed.

People born with the Moon in Purva Phalguni are traditionally described as warm, creative, social and pleasure loving.

• Lord: Venus
• Deity: Bhaga, god of delight
• Symbol: the front legs of a bed
• Gana: Manushya
• Yoni: rat
• Nadi: Madhya
• Nature: fierce

Purva Phalguni nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Mo, Leo (Simha) rashi, navamsa Leo.
• Pada 2: letter Ta, Leo (Simha) rashi, navamsa Virgo.
• Pada 3: letter Ti, Leo (Simha) rashi, navamsa Libra.
• Pada 4: letter Tu, Leo (Simha) rashi, navamsa Scorpio.

Purva Phalguni in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Purva Phalguni gives Manushya gana (6 points), rat 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 Phalguni personality, love and career

Warm, creative, social and pleasure loving. In love, the manushya gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: warm, creative, social and pleasure loving.
• Nature in muhurat: fierce.
• Planet to know: Venus.

Purva Phalguni and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Purva Phalguni 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 Phalguni in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Purva Phalguni 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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni sits at position 11 in that circle, after Magha and before Uttara Phalguni.

The deity of Purva Phalguni is Bhaga, god of delight. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, the front legs of a bed, 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 Phalguni directly. Gana describes temperament, and Purva Phalguni is Manushya gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Purva Phalguni carries the rat yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Purva Phalguni 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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni gives a different starting letter: Mo, Ta, Ti, Tu. 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.