The 11th of the twelve rashis · 300°–330° of the sidereal zodiac
Kumbh Rashi
Aquarius Moon sign · ruled by Shani
Kumbh is your rashi if the Moon was in Aquarius when you were born: the rashi your rashifal, Sade Sati and naam akshar go by. People with the Moon in Kumbh are thoughtful, independent and humane. Its lord is Shani, its nakshatras are Dhanishta (padas 3–4), Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada (padas 1–3), and a Kumbh child’s name traditionally begins with one of Gu (गू), Ge (गे), Go (गो), Sa (सा), Si (सी), Su (सू), Se (से), So (सो), Da (दा).
Also written Kumbha, Kumbam.
Kumbh at a glance
The sign’s own facts, the same for every Kumbh Moon.
People with the Moon in Kumbh
The Moon is the karaka (significator) of the mind, so its rashi says how a person feels and takes things. Your lagna and the rest of the chart shape it further.
They think differently, care about society and friends, and like to help in practical ways. They can seem detached and can be stubborn about their ideas. Kumbh is Shani's rashi, so they do well in science, technology, social work and large organisations.
What Varahamihira says
Brihat Jataka says a person born with Chandra in Kumbha (Aquarius) is tall and sturdily built, loves flowers and perfumes, stays devoted to friends and can walk long distances without tiring. The verse says such a person's fortunes rise and fall by turns, and cautions against a leaning towards another's wife, another's wealth and wrong deeds. Varahamihira adds (17.13) that this holds in full only when the Moon, Kumbh and its lord Shani are all strong at birth.
Brihat Jataka 17.11
Strengths
In Parashara's royal court of grahas, Kumbh's lord Shani is the servant, and Kumbh carries the same humility: it treats the peon and the manager alike and does not mind the unglamorous jobs. Holding to an idea for years, as a Sthira (fixed) air sign does, suits it to slow, shared work such as a residents' committee, the running of a temple or a blood-donation camp.
What to watch
Evenings given to the committee, a cause or a friend in need can leave Kumbh's own home waiting its turn. Shani's slow pace may also show as putting off personal matters, a health check-up or the nominee on a bank account, long after the right time. One fixed family evening a week, and a set date for pending paperwork, keeps both sides of life in step.
Work, marriage and health for Kumbh
Jyotish also reads a chart with the Moon sign as its lagna (Chandra lagna): the 10th from the Moon for work, the 7th for marriage, and the rashi’s own limb and element for health. The 7th sign describes the partner’s nature, not the rashi your partner will have. This is tradition, not a forecast; your full kundli decides.
Work and career
For Kumbh the 10th sign from the Moon is Vrishchik (Scorpio), ruled by Mangal (Mars), so the tradition looks to engineering, surgery, the police, the army and work that handles a crisis. Kumbh's own lord Shani (Saturn) adds labour, land and discipline, which makes an engineer's post in a large public undertaking, a technical branch of the forces or research work a close fit. Because fortunes here rise and fall by turns, as the verse above says, a steady job with regular savings suits Kumbh better than a gamble.
Marriage
The 7th sign from the Moon is Singh (Leo), ruled by Surya (Sun), so tradition reads a partner who is proud, generous and warm and likes to lead. Singh is a Sthira (fixed) sign, as Kumbh is; the shaadi does well when independent, somewhat detached Kumbh shows feeling openly and gives the partner the respect a proud partner like this looks for. Making the spouse part of Kumbh's wide circle of friends, rather than keeping the two apart, keeps home life close.
Health
Tradition links Kumbh to the shanks (lower legs) in the Kalapurusha, the zodiac pictured as one body (Brihat Jataka 1.4), and as a Vayu (air) rashi to movement and a busy mind. Walking suits this sturdy rashi, as the verse above suggests, with care for the lower legs on long journeys and in later years.
Kumbh’s nakshatras and naam akshar
Each rashi holds nine padas, a quarter of a nakshatra each. The pada the Moon was in gives the syllable a name traditionally begins with.
| Nakshatra | Lord | Span in Kumbh | Padas in Kumbh | Naam akshar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanishta | Mangal (Mars) | 0°–6°40′ | 3–4 | Gu (गू), Ge (गे) |
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 6°40′–20° | all four | Go (गो), Sa (सा), Si (सी), Su (सू) |
| Purva Bhadrapada | Guru (Jupiter) | 20°–30° | 1–3 | Se (से), So (सो), Da (दा) |
Shani, Guru and Rahu for Kumbh now
These houses are counted from your Moon, as the rashifal counts them. Sade Sati is Shani in the 12th, 1st or 2nd from the Moon, about seven and a half years; a dhaiyya is Shani in the 4th (Kantaka) or 8th (Ashtama), about two and a half. The same for every Kumbh Moon; your own chart decides how they land.
- Shani (Saturn)Kumbh is in Sade Sati, which runs until 23 February 2028. Right now it is the setting (last) phase, with Shani in the 2nd from your Moon, until 3 June 2027. Shani goes vakri (moves backward) for about four and a half months every year, so near the edge of a sign it crosses back and forth, and the phases run:
· a pause from 3 June 2027 until 20 October 2027, while Shani is in Mesh
· back in the setting (last) phase from 20 October 2027 until 23 February 2028
Next comes Kantaka Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 4th) from 8 August 2029 until 5 October 2029, then from 17 April 2030 until 31 May 2032. Sade Sati · dhaiyya dates. - Guru (Jupiter)Now in your 6th house from the Moon, the house of work under pressure, rivals, debts and illness. After that it moves to your 7th (marriage, partners and business dealings) from 31 October 2026, back to your 6th from 25 January 2027, back to your 7th from 26 June 2027 and to your 8th (health, sudden events, hidden matters and in-laws) from 26 November 2027.
- RahuNow in your 1st house from the Moon, the house of your own health, confidence and how others see you. After that it moves to your 12th (expenses, sleep, travel abroad and letting go) from 5 December 2026.
Upay for Kumbh: its lord Shani
A rashi is kept strong through its lord. These are free; each says what it is for.
- Shani’s mantra, 108 times on Saturdaysॐ शं शनैश्चराय नमःOm Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah. The simplest mantra of Kumbh’s lord, said for steady work, patience and discipline.
- Beej mantra (the seed mantra), for regular japa (chanting on a mala)ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमःOm Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah. For a fuller japa of Shani, said 108 times a day, when Kumbh’s lord needs strengthening: in its dasha (its planetary period), or when it is weak in your chart.
- Worship of Shani DevThe deity tradition links with Kumbh, worshipped for patience and steady effort; a temple visit or a lamp at home is the simplest form.
A gemstone is not given by rashi. A stone that suits one chart can harm another, so it is chosen from your whole kundli.
Kumbh in kundli matching
Of the eight kootas (the parts of gun milan), four are read from the rashi alone, worth 15 of the 36 points: Varna (1, the sign’s class), Vashya (2, mutual attraction), Graha Maitri (5, the lords’ friendship) and Bhakoot (7, love and the family’s wellbeing).
- Best and hardest on the rashi aloneTaking Kumbh as the boy’s rashi, Kumbh scores highest of the other eleven with Vrishabh (13/15) and lowest with Kark (1.5/15). Two Kumbh Moons together score the full 15 on these four. Swap the boy’s and girl’s rashis and Varna and Vashya can score differently, so each pair page gives both ways. The other four kootas, 21 points, need both nakshatras.
- BhakootBhakoot, worth 7 points, scores 0 when the two rashis sit 2nd–12th, 5th–9th or 6th–8th from each other. With Meen, Mithun, Kark and Kanya the dosha stands. With Makar and Tula it is cancelled, because the two lords are the same graha or friends to each other: Bhakoot still scores 0 of 7, but astrologers do not treat the match as blocked by it.
- Vashya (2 points)Kumbh is Manava (human). Vashya, the koota of mutual attraction, gives Kumbh the full 2 points with a partner whose Moon is in Kumbh, Mithun, Kanya, Tula or Dhanu (first half). Dhanu and Makar change class at 15°, and the counts here take their first half: with a Moon in Dhanu’s second half Kumbh gets 1 point.
Kumbh with every rashi, koota by koota → · Full kundli matching
Kumbh as Parashara describes it
The sign’s own make-up, apart from any graha in it.
- Colour: deep brown
- Medium build
- Image: a man holding a pot
- Biped (two-footed)
- Very strong by day
- Direction: west
- Lives in deep water
- Tamasic (heavy)
- Airy
- Shirshodaya: rises with its head
- Lord: Shani (Saturn)
- Sthira (fixed), male, krura (harsh)
- Mixed (sama) temperament: vata, pitta and kapha in balance
Sattva, rajas and tamas are the three gunas (calm clarity, drive and inertia). Vata, pitta and kapha are the three doshas of Ayurveda (air, fire and water in the body). A sign rises head first (shirshodaya) or back first (prishtodaya) by how its figure comes up in the east; the texts use this, with day or night strength, to time results. Parashara describes the sign itself; Varahamihira, above, the person whose Moon is in it, so the two can differ.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.5, 4.21
Common questions
What is Kumbh rashi?
Kumbh (Aquarius) is the 11th of the twelve rashis, 300°–330° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Shani. It is your rashi if the Moon was in it when you were born.
What are the naam akshar for Kumbh rashi?
Gu (गू), Ge (गे), Go (गो), Sa (सा), Si (सी), Su (सू), Se (से), So (सो), Da (दा): one for each of the nine padas, in order. The pada of the Moon at birth gives the one to use.
Which rashis match Kumbh best?
On the four kootas a rashi decides, Kumbh scores highest of the other eleven with Vrishabh (13 of 15, Kumbh taken as the boy’s rashi); two Kumbh Moons together score the full 15. A real match needs both kundlis: the nakshatra kootas carry 21 of the 36 points.
What is the mantra for Kumbh rashi?
Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah, the mantra of its lord Shani, 108 times on Saturdays. The upay section above gives the beej mantra and the deity too.
Is Kumbh rashi in Sade Sati or dhaiyya now?
Yes: in Sade Sati, which runs until 23 February 2028. You are in the setting (last) phase now, with Shani in the 2nd from your Moon, until 3 June 2027. After it: Kantaka Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 4th) from 8 August 2029 until 5 October 2029, then from 17 April 2030 until 31 May 2032. Shani is in Meen, the 2nd from Kumbh.
How is 2027 for Kumbh rashi?
2027 is at its best in July, September and October and slowest in February, March and December. The 2027 rashifal gives every month, with the Shani, Guru and Rahu moves above.
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