Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra

About Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra

Uttara Bhadrapada is the 26th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 3°20′ Pisces to 16°40′ Pisces in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Saturn, its deity is Ahirbudhnya, serpent of the deep, and its symbol is the back of a funeral cot or twins.

People born with the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada are traditionally described as calm, wise, disciplined and compassionate.

• Lord: Saturn
• Deity: Ahirbudhnya, serpent of the deep
• Symbol: the back of a funeral cot or twins
• Gana: Manushya
• Yoni: cow
• Nadi: Madhya
• Nature: fixed

Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Du, Pisces (Meen) rashi, navamsa Leo.
• Pada 2: letter Tha, Pisces (Meen) rashi, navamsa Virgo.
• Pada 3: letter Jha, Pisces (Meen) rashi, navamsa Libra.
• Pada 4: letter Na, Pisces (Meen) rashi, navamsa Scorpio.

Uttara Bhadrapada in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Uttara Bhadrapada gives Manushya gana (6 points), cow 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.

Uttara Bhadrapada personality, love and career

Calm, wise, disciplined and compassionate. In love, the manushya gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: calm, wise, disciplined and compassionate.
• Nature in muhurat: fixed.
• Planet to know: Saturn.

Uttara Bhadrapada and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Uttara Bhadrapada natives begin in Saturn mahadasha (19 years in full).

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

Uttara Bhadrapada in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Uttara Bhadrapada as fixed. 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.

Uttara 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. Uttara Bhadrapada sits at position 26 in that circle, after Purva Bhadrapada and before Revati.

The deity of Uttara Bhadrapada is Ahirbudhnya, serpent of the deep. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, the back of a funeral cot or twins, gives a picture that is easy to remember. The ruling planet (swami grah) Saturn adds its own colour, and because Vimshottari dasha begins from the birth nakshatra lord, Saturn becomes the first planetary period in the life of anyone born with the Moon here.

Matching uses three attributes of Uttara Bhadrapada directly. Gana describes temperament, and Uttara Bhadrapada is Manushya gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Uttara Bhadrapada carries the cow yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Uttara Bhadrapada 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, Uttara Bhadrapada is a fixed 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 Uttara Bhadrapada gives a different starting letter: Du, Tha, Jha, Na. 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.