Ashlesha pada 2
20°00′ Cancer – 23°20′ Cancer
The second quarter of Ashlesha: a Capricorn navamsa, naam akshar Du, and a birth that starts in Budh’s mahadasha with 12.8 years to 8.5 years of it left.
Where Ashlesha pada 2 is
3°20′ of the zodiac, and what falls in itAshlesha pada 2 is the second 3°20′ of Ashlesha, 20°00′ Cancer – 23°20′ Cancer, in Cancer. A Moon here is named by the syllable Du and falls in a Capricorn navamsa.
- Nakshatra
- Ashlesha, ruled by Mercury (Budh)
- Arc
- 20°00′ Cancer – 23°20′ Cancer
- Rashi (Moon sign)
- Cancer, ruled by Chandra
- Navamsa (D9)
- Capricorn, ruled by Shani
- Naam akshar
- Du (डू)
- Deity, gana, nadi
- Sarpa · Rakshasa · Antya
Gand Mool nakshatra. Ashlesha is one of the six Gand Mool nakshatras; many families keep a Mool shanti for a birth in any of its padas, though the junction pada is read as the stronger.
Gand Mool are the six nakshatras on the seams where a water sign gives way to a fire sign: Ashwini, Magha and Mula, ruled by Ketu, and Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati, ruled by Budh. The Mool shanti is traditionally done on the 27th day after birth, when the Moon returns to the birth nakshatra.
What this pada adds
its navamsa and its aimAshlesha in Brihat Jataka (16.5) Brihat Jataka is severe on Ashlesha: it says a person born with the Moon here pays little heed to other people’s work, eats without care for what or where, is ungrateful and clever at deceiving others, and leans towards wrongdoing. (Chapter 16 reads several nakshatras in each verse, one after another.) The text reads the nakshatra as a whole; the pada refines it through its navamsa, below.
Ashlesha gives the Moon its nature through Budh; pada 2 sends it into a Capricorn navamsa, ruled by Shani. The navamsa (D9) is the chart read for marriage and for the strength behind a placement, so in this pada Shani colours what Ashlesha gives.
By natural friendship Shani counts Budh a friend, and Budh counts Shani neutral, so the navamsa neither helps nor hinders much.
The pada tradition reads each quarter by its navamsa’s element: an earth navamsa makes this an Artha pada, turned towards livelihood, wealth and security.
Names for Du (डू)
the naam akshar of this pada, for a namkaranAlmost no Hindi names begin with Du (डू). Families then often choose a name that begins with the nearest sound, or one of the nakshatra’s other syllables, and use Du in the namkaran rite itself.
More names, by nakshatra and pada: baby name finder
The dasha it starts
Budh, and how much is leftA Moon in Ashlesha starts life in the mahadasha of Budh, 17 years in all. How much is left at birth depends on how far the Moon had gone: at the start of pada 2 it is 12.8 years, at its end 8.5 years.
Upay for Ashlesha pada 2
- Budh, the nakshatra lord: ॐ बुधाय नमः108 times on Wednesday, with a daan of green moong and green cloth.
- Shani, the navamsa lord: ॐ शं शनैश्चराय नमः108 times on Saturday, with a daan of black sesame and iron.
A suggestion, as your faith allows: the grahas this pada answers to, each on its own day.
A real birth in Ashlesha pada 2
22 June 1985, 11:00, Mumbai: the Moon at 21.75° Cancer, in Ashlesha pada 2, with Leo rising. The engine gives 10 years, 6 months, 8 days of Budh’s mahadasha left at birth.
In the 8,349 real births the site’s figures are counted on, 0.86% had the Moon in this pada, about one in 116.
The four padas of Ashlesha
Common questions
4 questionsWhat is the naam akshar of Ashlesha pada 2?
Du (डू). A child born with the Moon in this pada is traditionally given a name beginning with it.
Which rashi and navamsa is Ashlesha pada 2?
Rashi Cancer, navamsa Capricorn. It runs 20°00′ Cancer to 23°20′ Cancer.
Which mahadasha does Ashlesha pada 2 start?
Budh, with 12.8 years to 8.5 years of its 17 years left at birth, depending on the Moon’s exact degree.
Is Ashlesha pada 2 gand mool?
Ashlesha is a Gand Mool nakshatra, though this is not its junction pada. The six, and when the shanti is done, are explained above.
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