Hasta pada 3
16°40′ Virgo – 20°00′ Virgo
The third quarter of Hasta: a Gemini navamsa, naam akshar Na, and a birth that starts in Chandra’s mahadasha with 5 years to 2.5 years of it left.
Where Hasta pada 3 is
3°20′ of the zodiac, and what falls in itHasta pada 3 is the third 3°20′ of Hasta, 16°40′ Virgo – 20°00′ Virgo, in Virgo. A Moon here is named by the syllable Na and falls in a Gemini navamsa.
What this pada adds
its navamsa and its aimHasta in Brihat Jataka (16.7) Brihat Jataka gives Hasta a hard verse: it says a person born with the Moon here is energetic and resourceful, but also brazen and hard-hearted, and it speaks of drink and of taking what belongs to others. (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.
Hasta gives the Moon its nature through Chandra; pada 3 sends it into a Gemini navamsa, ruled by Budh. The navamsa (D9) is the chart read for marriage and for the strength behind a placement, so in this pada Budh colours what Hasta gives.
By natural friendship Budh counts Chandra an enemy, and Chandra counts Budh a friend, so the two pull against each other and the pada asks for balance.
The pada tradition reads each quarter by its navamsa’s element: an air navamsa makes this a Kama pada, turned towards desire, relationships and enjoyment.
Names for Na (ण)
the naam akshar of this pada, for a namkaranAlmost no Hindi names begin with Na (ण). Families then often choose a name that begins with the nearest sound, or one of the nakshatra’s other syllables, and use Na in the namkaran rite itself.
More names, by nakshatra and pada: baby name finder
The dasha it starts
Chandra, and how much is leftA Moon in Hasta starts life in the mahadasha of Chandra, 10 years in all. How much is left at birth depends on how far the Moon had gone: at the start of pada 3 it is 5 years, at its end 2.5 years.
Upay for Hasta pada 3
- Chandra, the nakshatra lord: ॐ सोमाय नमः108 times on Monday, with a daan of rice and white cloth.
- Budh, the navamsa lord: ॐ बुधाय नमः108 times on Wednesday, with a daan of green moong and green cloth.
A suggestion, as your faith allows: the grahas this pada answers to, each on its own day.
A real birth in Hasta pada 3
19 August 1985, 23:00, Mumbai: the Moon at 16.99° Virgo, in Hasta pada 3, with Aries rising. The engine gives 4 years, 9 months, 1 day of Chandra’s mahadasha left at birth.
In the 8,349 real births the site’s figures are counted on, 0.97% had the Moon in this pada, about one in 103.
The four padas of Hasta
Common questions
4 questionsWhat is the naam akshar of Hasta pada 3?
Na (ण). A child born with the Moon in this pada is traditionally given a name beginning with it.
Which rashi and navamsa is Hasta pada 3?
Rashi Virgo, navamsa Gemini. It runs 16°40′ Virgo to 20°00′ Virgo.
Which mahadasha does Hasta pada 3 start?
Chandra, with 5 years to 2.5 years of its 10 years left at birth, depending on the Moon’s exact degree.
Is Hasta pada 3 gand mool?
No. Hasta is not one of the six Gand Mool nakshatras. 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.
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