The 10th of the twelve rashis · 270°–300° of the sidereal zodiac
Makar Rashi
Capricorn Moon sign · ruled by Shani
Makar is your rashi if the Moon was in Capricorn when you were born: the rashi your rashifal, Sade Sati and naam akshar go by. People with the Moon in Makar are disciplined, practical and ambitious. Its lord is Shani, its nakshatras are Uttara Ashadha (padas 2–4), Shravana and Dhanishta (padas 1–2), and a Makar child’s name traditionally begins with one of Bho (भो), Ja (जा), Ji (जी), Khi (खी), Khu (खू), Khe (खे), Kho (खो), Ga (गा), Gi (गी).
Also written Makara, Magaram.
Makar at a glance
The sign’s own facts, the same for every Makar Moon.
Guru (Jupiter): debilitated (at its weakest)
People with the Moon in Makar
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 work hard, plan for the long term and take on responsibility early in life; they show care through duty more than words. They can seem reserved, and they worry about security. Makar is Shani's rashi, so their success comes slowly but lasts.
What Varahamihira says
Brihat Jataka says a person born with Chandra in Makara (Capricorn) is devoted to spouse and children, is keen to be seen doing what is right, takes advice well and has pleasant manners. Such a person is strong, writes, likes to wander, works at an unhurried pace and cannot bear the cold. The verse also calls them close-fisted, and describes good eyes, a slim waist and thin legs. Varahamihira adds (17.13) that this holds in full only when the Moon, Makar and its lord Shani are all strong at birth.
Brihat Jataka 17.10
Strengths
Shani rules Makar and is the graha of patient labour, so this rashi is not put off by work that takes years to show results, like building a house floor by floor or clearing a loan early. A chara (movable) earth sign, it also gets moving on practical problems instead of waiting: the leaking roof gets mended, the pension papers get filed.
What to watch
Rest, for Makar, can feel like something to be earned, and years of long hours may pass before it notices what they cost in health and family time. Shani also lends a sober outlook that may expect the worst of a plan before it starts. A weekly half-day kept for family, a walk or a temple visit, with no office work at all, keeps the long climb from becoming a grind.
Work, marriage and health for Makar
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 Makar the 10th sign from the Moon is Tula (Libra), ruled by Shukra (Venus), so the tradition looks to the arts, design, hospitality, vehicles and trade done in partnership. Makar's own lord Shani (Saturn) adds labour, engineering, land and discipline, which makes construction, property, a transport business or a long sarkari naukri (government job) a close fit. A post that rewards years of service, with a clear ladder to climb, suits Makar better than one that changes every year.
Marriage
The 7th sign from the Moon is Kark (Cancer), ruled by Chandra (Moon), so tradition reads a partner who is caring, emotional and attached to home and family. Makar people bring order to the home, and a warm, home-loving partner like this brings warmth. A few kind words at the end of the day mean a great deal to such a partner.
Health
Tradition links Makar to the knees in the Kalapurusha, the zodiac pictured as one body (Brihat Jataka 1.4), and as a Prithvi (earth) rashi to a lean, enduring frame. Given the dislike of cold that the verse above notes, warm clothing in winter and care of the knees and legs are the plain counsel.
Makar’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 Makar | Padas in Makar | Naam akshar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttara Ashadha | Surya (Sun) | 0°–10° | 2–4 | Bho (भो), Ja (जा), Ji (जी) |
| Shravana | Chandra (Moon) | 10°–23°20′ | all four | Khi (खी), Khu (खू), Khe (खे), Kho (खो) |
| Dhanishta | Mangal (Mars) | 23°20′–30° | 1–2 | Ga (गा), Gi (गी) |
Shani, Guru and Rahu for Makar 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 Makar Moon; your own chart decides how they land.
- Shani (Saturn)Now in Meen, your 3rd house from the Moon, so neither Sade Sati nor a dhaiyya is running; the 3rd is one of the three houses where Shani does good from the Moon (Phaladeepika 26.2). Next: Kantaka Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 4th) from 3 June 2027 until 20 October 2027, then from 23 February 2028 until 8 August 2029, then from 5 October 2029 until 17 April 2030 and Ashtama Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 8th) from 27 August 2036 until 22 October 2038, then from 5 April 2039 until 13 July 2039. Sade Sati · dhaiyya dates.
- Guru (Jupiter)Now in your 7th house from the Moon, the house of marriage, partners and business dealings. After that it moves to your 8th (health, sudden events, hidden matters and in-laws) from 31 October 2026, back to your 7th from 25 January 2027, back to your 8th from 26 June 2027 and to your 9th (father, fortune, faith and long journeys) from 26 November 2027.
- RahuNow in your 2nd house from the Moon, the house of family, savings and the way you speak. After that it moves to your 1st (your own health, confidence and how others see you) from 5 December 2026.
Upay for Makar: 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 Makar’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 Makar’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 Makar, 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.
Makar 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 Makar as the boy’s rashi, Makar scores highest of the other eleven with Tula (14/15) and lowest with Singh (1/15). Two Makar Moons together score the full 15 on these four (when both are in the same half of Makar). 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 Dhanu, Kanya, Mithun and Singh the dosha stands. With Kumbh and Vrishabh 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)Makar is Chatushpada (four-footed) in the first half, Jalachara (water) in the second. Vashya, the koota of mutual attraction, gives Makar the full 2 points with a partner whose Moon is in Makar, Mesh or Vrishabh. These counts take the first half of Makar. With the Moon past 15° of Makar, it counts as Jalachara (water), and the points change; the site’s kundli matching reads the Moon’s exact degree.
Makar with every rashi, koota by koota → · Full kundli matching
Makar as Parashara describes it
The sign’s own make-up, apart from any graha in it.
- Colour: variegated
- Large body
- First half four-footed, second half footless and moving in water
- Strong at night
- Direction: south
- Lives in forests and on land
- Tamasic (heavy)
- Earthy
- Prishtodaya: rises with its back
- Lord: Shani (Saturn)
- Chara (movable), female, saumya (gentle)
- Vata (windy) temperament
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, 4.19–20
Common questions
What is Makar rashi?
Makar (Capricorn) is the 10th of the twelve rashis, 270°–300° 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 Makar rashi?
Bho (भो), Ja (जा), Ji (जी), Khi (खी), Khu (खू), Khe (खे), Kho (खो), Ga (गा), Gi (गी): one for each of the nine padas, in order. The pada of the Moon at birth gives the one to use.
Which rashis match Makar best?
On the four kootas a rashi decides, Makar scores highest of the other eleven with Tula (14 of 15, Makar taken as the boy’s rashi); two Makar 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 Makar 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 Makar rashi in Sade Sati or dhaiyya now?
Neither now. Shani is in Meen, the 3rd from Makar. Next comes Kantaka Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 4th) from 3 June 2027 until 20 October 2027, then from 23 February 2028 until 8 August 2029, then from 5 October 2029 until 17 April 2030; then Ashtama Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 8th) from 27 August 2036 until 22 October 2038, then from 5 April 2039 until 13 July 2039.
How is 2027 for Makar rashi?
2027 is at its best in April, May and December and slowest in July, August and October. The 2027 rashifal gives every month, with the Shani, Guru and Rahu moves above.
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