Purva Ashadha pada 4
23°20′ Sagittarius – 26°40′ Sagittarius
The fourth quarter of Purva Ashadha: a Scorpio navamsa, naam akshar Dha, and a birth that starts in Shukra’s mahadasha with 5 years to almost none of it left.
Where Purva Ashadha pada 4 is
3°20′ of the zodiac, and what falls in itPurva Ashadha pada 4 is the fourth 3°20′ of Purva Ashadha, 23°20′ Sagittarius – 26°40′ Sagittarius, in Sagittarius. A Moon here is named by the syllable Dha and falls in a Scorpio navamsa.
- Nakshatra
- Purva Ashadha, ruled by Venus (Shukra)
- Arc
- 23°20′ Sagittarius – 26°40′ Sagittarius
- Rashi (Moon sign)
- Sagittarius, ruled by Guru
- Navamsa (D9)
- Scorpio, ruled by Mangal
- Naam akshar
- Dha (ढा)
- Deity, gana, nadi
- Apas · Manushya · Madhya
What this pada adds
its navamsa and its aimPurva Ashadha in Brihat Jataka (16.11) Brihat Jataka says a person born with the Moon in Purva Ashadha is proud and holds fast to friends, and the verse gives such a man an agreeable wife. (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.
Purva Ashadha gives the Moon its nature through Shukra; pada 4 sends it into a Scorpio navamsa, ruled by Mangal. The navamsa (D9) is the chart read for marriage and for the strength behind a placement, so in this pada Mangal colours what Purva Ashadha gives.
By natural friendship Mangal counts Shukra neutral, and Shukra counts Mangal neutral, so the navamsa neither helps nor hinders much.
The pada tradition reads each quarter by its navamsa’s element: a water navamsa makes this a Moksha pada, turned towards release, inner life and letting go.
Names for Dha (ढा)
the naam akshar of this pada, for a namkaranAlmost no Hindi names begin with Dha (ढा). Families then often choose a name that begins with the nearest sound, or one of the nakshatra’s other syllables, and use Dha in the namkaran rite itself.
More names, by nakshatra and pada: baby name finder
The dasha it starts
Shukra, and how much is leftA Moon in Purva Ashadha starts life in the mahadasha of Shukra, 20 years in all. How much is left at birth depends on how far the Moon had gone: at the start of pada 4 it is 5 years, at its end almost none.
Upay for Purva Ashadha pada 4
- Shukra, the nakshatra lord: ॐ शुक्राय नमः108 times on Friday, with a daan of white cloth and rice.
- Mangal, the navamsa lord: ॐ मंगलाय नमः108 times on Tuesday, with a daan of red lentils and jaggery.
A suggestion, as your faith allows: the grahas this pada answers to, each on its own day.
A real birth in Purva Ashadha pada 4
12 April 1985, 05:00, Jaipur: the Moon at 25.73° Sagittarius, in Purva Ashadha pada 4, with Pisces rising. The engine gives 1 year, 4 months, 25 days of Shukra’s mahadasha left at birth.
In the 8,349 real births the site’s figures are counted on, 0.85% had the Moon in this pada, about one in 118.
The four padas of Purva Ashadha
Common questions
4 questionsWhat is the naam akshar of Purva Ashadha pada 4?
Dha (ढा). A child born with the Moon in this pada is traditionally given a name beginning with it.
Which rashi and navamsa is Purva Ashadha pada 4?
Rashi Sagittarius, navamsa Scorpio. It runs 23°20′ Sagittarius to 26°40′ Sagittarius.
Which mahadasha does Purva Ashadha pada 4 start?
Shukra, with 5 years to almost none of its 20 years left at birth, depending on the Moon’s exact degree.
Is Purva Ashadha pada 4 gand mool?
No. Purva Ashadha 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.
Your nakshatra is where the Moon was, to the minute.
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