Vishakha
20°00′ Libra – 3°20′ Scorpio
The 16th nakshatra, ruled by Jupiter, 3 padas in Libra + 1 pada in Scorpio. Four padas of 3°20′, each with its navamsa sign.
Where Vishakha is
#16 of 27Vishakha runs from 20°00′ Libra – 3°20′ Scorpio — 13°20′ of the ecliptic, measured sidereally from 0° Aries with the Lahiri ayanamsa. It is 3 padas in Libra + 1 pada in Scorpio. It follows Swati and is followed by Anuradha.
The four padas
3°20′ eachEach nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′, and each pada maps to a navamsa sign — the D9 chart is built from exactly this. The pada is usually the first thing an imprecise birth time puts in doubt — the Moon crosses one in about six hours, so how much slack you have depends on how near a boundary the Moon actually was.
| Pada | From | To | Rashi | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20°00′ Libra | 23°20′ Libra | Libra | Aries |
| 2 | 23°20′ Libra | 26°40′ Libra | Libra | Taurus |
| 3 | 26°40′ Libra | 0°00′ Scorpio | Libra | Gemini |
| 4 | 0°00′ Scorpio | 3°20′ Scorpio | Scorpio | Cancer |
The dasha you are born into
Jupiter, and how much of it is leftVimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra the Moon was in. Vishakha is ruled by Jupiter, 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, so a Moon at the very start gets 16 years and a Moon near the end gets months.
| Moon in | From | Jupiter mahadasha remaining | Of the arc still ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 20°00′ Libra | 16.0 – 12.0 years | 75–100% |
| Pada 2 | 23°20′ Libra | 12.0 – 8.0 years | 50–75% |
| Pada 3 | 26°40′ Libra | 8.0 – 4.0 years | 25–50% |
| Pada 4 | 0°00′ Scorpio | 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.
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 actually 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 six of the thirty-six Ashtakoot points in kundli matching. |
| Yoni | Tiger (male) | an animal, used for the four-point Yoni koota in matching. The pairing rules are about the animals, not the people. |
| Nadi | Antya | Aadi, Madhya or Antya. Eight points — the largest single koota — and two charts sharing one is the Nadi dosha. |
Nothing on this page says what a person born in Vishakha is like. The arc and the padas above are arithmetic; a temperament is a reading, and it depends on the rest of the chart rather than on the Moon alone.
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4 questionsWhat degrees is Vishakha?
20°00′ Libra to 3°20′ Scorpio — 13°20′ of the sidereal ecliptic, Lahiri ayanamsa. It is 3 padas in Libra + 1 pada in Scorpio.
Which planet rules Vishakha?
Jupiter. That is what makes it the start of Jupiter’s mahadasha: anyone born with the Moon here begins life in a 16-year Jupiter period, with the part already elapsed depending on how far through the nakshatra the Moon was.
What are the padas of Vishakha?
Four, of 3°20′ each: pada 1 20°00′ Libra in Libra, navamsa Aries; pada 2 23°20′ Libra in Libra, navamsa Taurus; pada 3 26°40′ Libra in Libra, navamsa Gemini; pada 4 0°00′ Scorpio in Scorpio, navamsa Cancer.
What is the gana, yoni and nadi of Vishakha?
Gana Rakshasa, yoni Tiger (male), nadi Antya. These are the classifications kundli matching uses — six points for gana, four for yoni and eight for nadi out of thirty-six.
Your nakshatra is where the Moon was, to the minute.
It needs a birth time, because the Moon crosses a nakshatra in about a day. The free kundli gives you the nakshatra, the pada and the dasha that follows from it.