Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra

About Uttara Phalguni nakshatra

Uttara Phalguni is the 12th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 26°40′ Leo to 10°00′ Virgo in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Sun, its deity is Aryaman, god of contracts and friendship, and its symbol is the back legs of a bed.

People born with the Moon in Uttara Phalguni are traditionally described as reliable, kind, loyal and good at partnerships.

• Lord: Sun
• Deity: Aryaman, god of contracts and friendship
• Symbol: the back legs of a bed
• Gana: Manushya
• Yoni: cow
• Nadi: Adi
• Nature: fixed

Uttara Phalguni nakshatra padas and name letters

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

• Pada 1: letter Te, Leo (Simha) rashi, navamsa Sagittarius.
• Pada 2: letter To, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Capricorn.
• Pada 3: letter Pa, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Aquarius.
• Pada 4: letter Pi, Virgo (Kanya) rashi, navamsa Pisces.

Uttara Phalguni in kundli matching (kundli milan)

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

Uttara Phalguni personality, love and career

Reliable, kind, loyal and good at partnerships. In love, the manushya gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: reliable, kind, loyal and good at partnerships.
• Nature in muhurat: fixed.
• Planet to know: Sun.

Uttara Phalguni and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Uttara Phalguni natives begin in Sun mahadasha (6 years in full).

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

Uttara Phalguni in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Uttara Phalguni 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 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. Uttara Phalguni sits at position 12 in that circle, after Purva Phalguni and before Hasta.

The deity of Uttara Phalguni is Aryaman, god of contracts and friendship. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, the back legs of a bed, gives a picture that is easy to remember. The ruling planet (swami grah) Sun adds its own colour, and because Vimshottari dasha begins from the birth nakshatra lord, Sun becomes the first planetary period in the life of anyone born with the Moon here.

Matching uses three attributes of Uttara Phalguni directly. Gana describes temperament, and Uttara Phalguni is Manushya gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Uttara Phalguni carries the cow yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Uttara Phalguni 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, Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni gives a different starting letter: Te, To, Pa, Pi. 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.