What is a nakshatra?
The zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras, or lunar mansions, of 13°20′ each, and each nakshatra into four padas. The nakshatra the Moon occupied at your birth is your birth star.
Where is it used?
Your nakshatra decides the order of your Vimshottari dashas, gives the first syllable traditionally used for a baby’s name, supplies the gana and nadi used in kundli matching, and guides the choice of auspicious dates.
More free tools
Charts, matching and panchang
- Free kundliYour birth chart with planets, nakshatra, dashas and a dosha check.
- Kundli matchingGuna milan out of 36 with all eight kootas explained.
- Today's panchangTithi, nakshatra, Rahu kaal and choghadiya for today, or any date and city.
- Festival calendarFestival and vrat dates with their muhurat: Diwali, Holi, every Ekadashi and more.
Astrology calculators
- Moon signFind your Vedic rashi, the sign your horoscope is read from.
- Sun signYour Vedic sun sign, with your Western one alongside.
- Ascendant (lagna)The sign rising at your birth, with its lord and the times it rose.
- NakshatraYour birth star and pada, with its lord, deity, gana and nadi.
- DashaYour Vimshottari mahadashas and antardashas, with the ones running now.
- Love compatibilityA quick check of two moon signs on Bhakoot and graha maitri.
- Mangal doshaCheck Mars from your lagna, Moon and Venus, with the common exceptions.
- Kaal Sarp doshSee whether all seven grahas fall between Rahu and Ketu.
- Sade SatiWhether Saturn's seven-and-a-half years are running for you, with dates.
Numerology
- NumerologyYour mulank, bhagyank and name number, and the planet behind each.
- Lo Shu gridYour date of birth in the 3×3 grid, with repeated and missing numbers.
- Mobile numberAdd up a mobile number and compare it with your mulank and bhagyank.
- Vehicle numberThe total and single digit of a car or bike registration number.
Vastu
Worked out on your device with Astronomy Engine by Don Cross (MIT licence) and the Lahiri ayanamsa. Place data: GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.