Purva Bhadrapada
20°00′ Aquarius – 3°20′ Pisces
The 25th nakshatra, ruled by Jupiter (Guru), 3 padas in Aquarius + 1 pada in Pisces. Four padas of 3°20′, each with its navamsa sign and naam akshar.
Where Purva Bhadrapada is
#25 of 27Purva Bhadrapada runs from 20°00′ Aquarius – 3°20′ Pisces: 13°20′ of the ecliptic, measured sidereally from 0° Aries with the Lahiri ayanamsa. It is 3 padas in Aquarius + 1 pada in Pisces. It follows Shatabhisha and is followed by Uttara Bhadrapada.
Characteristics of one born in Purva Bhadrapada
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 Purva Bhadrapada, 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 Purva Bhadrapada is clear of speech and skilled at earning money, and leaves the household’s wealth in his wife’s hands. The verse also speaks of sorrow and of a tight fist. 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 16.13
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 | Manushya | Temperament class: Deva, Manushya or Rakshasa. Worth 6 of the 36 gun in kundli matching. |
| Yoni | Lion (male) | An animal, used for the 4-gun Yoni koota in matching. The rules are about the animals, not the people. |
| Nadi | Aadi | Aadi, Madhya or Antya. 8 gun, the largest single koota; two charts sharing one is Nadi dosha. |
Below, the matching engine scores Purva Bhadrapada with each of the 27 on these and on Tara.
Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttara Bhadrapada | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| Rohini | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Purva Phalguni | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Purva Ashadha | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Uttara Ashadha | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Nakshatra | Tara | Yoni | Gana | Nadi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jyeshtha | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Mula | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Shatabhisha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ashwini | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Hasta | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.5 |
Nadi dosha. Purva Bhadrapada is Aadi nadi, and so are Ashwini, Ardra, Punarvasu, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Jyeshtha, Mula and Shatabhisha. 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 Purva Bhadrapada share its nadi too; the dosha is treated as cancelled when their padas differ.
Gana. Purva Bhadrapada is Manushya gana. The lowest it scores on Gana is 1 of 6, with Krittika, Ashlesha, Magha, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Dhanishta and Shatabhisha.
Yoni. With Bharani and Revati the Yoni koota gives 0 of 4: their animal and Purva Bhadrapada’s, the lion, are sworn enemies in the yoni table.
Purva Bhadrapada with all 27
| Nakshatra | Tara | Yoni | Gana | Nadi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwini | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Bharani | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15.5 |
| Krittika | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11.5 |
| Rohini | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Mrigashira | 1.5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16.5 |
| Ardra | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Punarvasu | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Pushya | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| Ashlesha | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Magha | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Purva Phalguni | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Uttara Phalguni | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Hasta | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Chitra | 1.5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13.5 |
| Swati | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| Vishakha | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| Anuradha | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| Jyeshtha | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Mula | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Purva Ashadha | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Uttara Ashadha | 1.5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17.5 |
| Shravana | 1.5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16.5 |
| Dhanishta | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14.5 |
| Shatabhisha | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Purva Bhadrapada | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Uttara Bhadrapada | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| Revati | 1.5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14.5 |
What a day in Purva Bhadrapada is good for
its class, and the muhurat rulesThis is about days, not people. The Moon passes through Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada among the Ugra (fierce) nakshatras, with Bharani, Magha, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha.
Brihat Samhita gives the fierce nakshatras destructive work: pulling down, fire, poison, weapons and imprisonment.
Brihat Samhita 98.8
When the Moon is in Purva Bhadrapada, the muhurat rules allow the day for buying land or a house and vidyarambha (starting study). They keep it out for a wedding, griha pravesh (moving into a new 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), a planned operation and building work on the house.
Purva Bhadrapada does not make Sarvartha Siddhi yoga on any weekday.
The dasha you are born into
Jupiter, and how much of it is leftVimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra the Moon was in. Purva Bhadrapada is ruled by Jupiter (Guru), so anyone born with the Moon here begins life inside a 16-year Jupiter 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 | Jupiter mahadasha remaining | Of the arc still ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 20°00′ Aquarius | 16.0 – 12.0 years | 75–100% |
| Pada 2 | 23°20′ Aquarius | 12.0 – 8.0 years | 50–75% |
| Pada 3 | 26°40′ Aquarius | 8.0 – 4.0 years | 25–50% |
| Pada 4 | 0°00′ Pisces | 4.0 – 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 Purva Bhadrapada?
Purva Bhadrapada’s deity is Ajaikapada and its symbol the front legs of a funeral cot. Brihat Jataka gives the person born in it a verse of its own (16.13), 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada (18 of 21), Rohini (17.5 of 21), Purva Phalguni (17.5 of 21), Purva Ashadha (17.5 of 21) and Uttara Ashadha (17.5 of 21). With Ashwini, Ardra, Punarvasu, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Jyeshtha, Mula and Shatabhisha it has Nadi dosha. The other 15 gun go by the two Moon rashis, so the full match needs both kundlis.
Is Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra good for marriage and other muhurat?
A day with the Moon in Purva Bhadrapada is allowed for buying land or a house and vidyarambha (starting study), by the muhurat rules here; the tithi, weekday and season must agree too.
What degrees is Purva Bhadrapada?
20°00′ Aquarius to 3°20′ Pisces: 13°20′ of the sidereal ecliptic, Lahiri ayanamsa.
Which planet rules Purva Bhadrapada?
Jupiter (Guru). Anyone born with the Moon here begins life in a 16-year Jupiter mahadasha, with the part already elapsed depending on how far through the nakshatra the Moon was.
What are the naam akshar of Purva Bhadrapada?
One per pada: pada 1 Se (से), pada 2 So (सो), pada 3 Da (दा), pada 4 Di (दी). A child is named from the syllable of the pada the Moon was in.
What is the gana, yoni and nadi of Purva Bhadrapada?
Gana Manushya, yoni Lion (male), nadi Aadi. Kundli matching uses them: 6 gun for gana, 4 for yoni and 8 for nadi, out of 36.
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