Krittika
26°40′ Aries – 10°00′ Taurus
The 3rd nakshatra, ruled by Sun (Surya), 1 pada in Aries + 3 padas in Taurus. Four padas of 3°20′, each with its navamsa sign and naam akshar.
Where Krittika is
#3 of 27Krittika runs from 26°40′ Aries – 10°00′ Taurus: 13°20′ of the ecliptic, measured sidereally from 0° Aries with the Lahiri ayanamsa. It is 1 pada in Aries + 3 padas in Taurus. It follows Bharani and is followed by Rohini.
Characteristics of one born in Krittika
as Brihat Jataka gives themBrihat Jataka, Varahamihira’s sixth-century text on the birth chart, gives each nakshatra a verse on the person born with the Moon in it. This is its verse for Krittika, in paraphrase. It reads the Moon’s nakshatra alone and, like every text of its age, speaks of a male native: your lagna, the Moon’s rashi and the rest of the kundli decide how much of it shows.
Brihat Jataka says a person born with the Moon in Krittika has a large appetite, a bright presence and a name known far and wide. The verse also warns that such a man’s eye may stray to other men’s wives. The note to the chapter in the 1885 translation adds that these results come in full only when the Moon is strong at birth.
Brihat Jataka 16.2
The four padas
3°20′ each, with naam aksharEach nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′. Each pada maps to a navamsa sign (the D9 chart is built from exactly this) and carries a naam akshar, the syllable a child born in it is named by. The Moon crosses a pada in about six hours, so it is the first thing an imprecise birth time puts in doubt.
How it is classified
traditional, and what each is used forThese are classifications from the tradition rather than anything computed from the arc. They are given because kundli matching uses them, and each line says which part.
| Classification | This nakshatra | What it is used for |
|---|---|---|
| Gana | Rakshasa | Temperament class: Deva, Manushya or Rakshasa. Worth 6 of the 36 gun in kundli matching. |
| Yoni | Sheep (female) | An animal, used for the 4-gun Yoni koota in matching. The rules are about the animals, not the people. |
| Nadi | Antya | Aadi, Madhya or Antya. 8 gun, the largest single koota; two charts sharing one is Nadi dosha. |
Below, the matching engine scores Krittika with each of the 27 on these and on Tara.
Krittika in marriage matching
the four kootas that need only the nakshatras, 21 of 36 gunKundli matching counts 36 gun over eight kootas. Four of them go by the two birth nakshatras alone: Tara (3), Yoni (4), Gana (6) and Nadi (8), 21 of the 36. Below is how Krittika scores with each of the 27 on those four, by the rules the kundli matching tool uses. The other 15 gun (Varna, Vashya, Graha Maitri and Bhakoot) go by the two Moon rashis, so a pair that does well here can still lose gun there, and the other way round.
| Nakshatra | Tara | Yoni | Gana | Nadi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jyeshtha | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18.5 |
| Shatabhisha | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18.5 |
| Mula | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Chitra | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16.5 |
| Dhanishta | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16.5 |
| Nakshatra | Tara | Yoni | Gana | Nadi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shravana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Swati | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Revati | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Rohini | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Uttara Ashadha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Nadi dosha. Krittika is Antya nadi, and so are Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana and Revati. With any of them the Nadi koota gives 0 of 8: that is Nadi dosha, the heaviest single loss in matching. Two people both born in Krittika share its nadi too; the dosha is treated as cancelled when their padas differ.
Gana. Krittika is Rakshasa gana. The lowest it scores on Gana is 0 of 6, with Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Shravana and Revati, the Deva–Rakshasa pairing usually called Gana dosha.
Yoni. With Purva Ashadha and Shravana the Yoni koota gives 0 of 4: their animal and Krittika’s, the sheep, are sworn enemies in the yoni table.
Krittika with all 27
| Nakshatra | Tara | Yoni | Gana | Nadi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwini | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Bharani | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| Krittika | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Rohini | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mrigashira | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11.5 |
| Ardra | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Punarvasu | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Pushya | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13.5 |
| Ashlesha | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Magha | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Purva Phalguni | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| Uttara Phalguni | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| Hasta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| Chitra | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16.5 |
| Swati | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Vishakha | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Anuradha | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Jyeshtha | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18.5 |
| Mula | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Purva Ashadha | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| Uttara Ashadha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Shravana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dhanishta | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16.5 |
| Shatabhisha | 1.5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18.5 |
| Purva Bhadrapada | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11.5 |
| Uttara Bhadrapada | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13.5 |
| Revati | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
What a day in Krittika is good for
its class, and the muhurat rulesThis is about days, not people. The Moon passes through Krittika once in about 27 days and stays a little over a day, and a muhurat (an auspicious time) is chosen partly by that nakshatra.
Muhurta Chintamani puts Krittika among the Mishra (mixed) nakshatras, with Vishakha.
Brihat Samhita calls the mixed nakshatras soft and sharp at once, so what is begun in them gives mixed results.
Brihat Samhita 98.11
The muhurat rules take no day with the Moon in Krittika for a wedding, griha pravesh (moving into a new house), buying land or a house, buying a vehicle, opening a shop or business, joining a job, setting out on a journey, namkaran (naming a baby), mundan (the first haircut), janeu (the sacred thread), vidyarambha (starting study), a planned operation or building work on the house.
Krittika on a Tuesday or Wednesday makes Sarvartha Siddhi yoga, a day the muhurat pages count good for any work.
The dasha you are born into
Sun, and how much of it is leftVimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra the Moon was in. Krittika is ruled by Sun (Surya), so anyone born with the Moon here begins life inside a 6-year Sun mahadasha, but almost nobody gets the whole of it: the part remaining is the part of the nakshatra the Moon had not yet crossed.
| Moon in | From | Sun mahadasha remaining | Of the arc still ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 26°40′ Aries | 6.0 – 4.5 years | 75–100% |
| Pada 2 | 0°00′ Taurus | 4.5 – 3.0 years | 50–75% |
| Pada 3 | 3°20′ Taurus | 3.0 – 1.5 years | 25–50% |
| Pada 4 | 6°40′ Taurus | 1.5 – 0.0 years | 0–25% |
The exact figure needs the Moon's degree, not just the pada: find yours, and the dasha pages carry the 120-year sequence that follows it.
All 27
in order round the eclipticCommon questions
7 questionsWhat are the characteristics of a person born in Krittika?
Krittika’s deity is Agni and its symbol a razor or a flame. Brihat Jataka gives the person born in it a verse of its own (16.2), quoted above; it reads the Moon’s nakshatra alone; the rest of the kundli decides how much of it shows.
Which nakshatras match best with Krittika for marriage?
On the four kootas that go by the nakshatras alone (Tara, Yoni, Gana and Nadi, 21 of the 36 gun), the highest are Jyeshtha (18.5 of 21), Shatabhisha (18.5 of 21) and Mula (17.5 of 21). With Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana and Revati it has Nadi dosha. The other 15 gun go by the two Moon rashis, so the full match needs both kundlis.
Is Krittika nakshatra good for marriage and other muhurat?
The muhurat rules here take no day with the Moon in Krittika for a wedding, griha pravesh or any of the other purposes they list.
What degrees is Krittika?
26°40′ Aries to 10°00′ Taurus: 13°20′ of the sidereal ecliptic, Lahiri ayanamsa.
Which planet rules Krittika?
Sun (Surya). Anyone born with the Moon here begins life in a 6-year Sun mahadasha, with the part already elapsed depending on how far through the nakshatra the Moon was.
What are the naam akshar of Krittika?
One per pada: pada 1 A (अ), pada 2 I (ई), pada 3 U (उ), pada 4 E (ए). A child is named from the syllable of the pada the Moon was in.
What is the gana, yoni and nadi of Krittika?
Gana Rakshasa, yoni Sheep (female), nadi Antya. Kundli matching uses them: 6 gun for gana, 4 for yoni and 8 for nadi, out of 36.
Your nakshatra is where the Moon was, to the minute.
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