The 6th of the twelve rashis · 150°–180° of the sidereal zodiac
Kanya Rashi
Virgo Moon sign · ruled by Budh
Kanya is your rashi if the Moon was in Virgo when you were born: the rashi your rashifal, Sade Sati and naam akshar go by. People with the Moon in Kanya are careful, practical and helpful. Its lord is Budh, its nakshatras are Uttara Phalguni (padas 2–4), Hasta and Chitra (padas 1–2), and a Kanya child’s name traditionally begins with one of Ṭo (टो), Pa (पा), Pi (पी), Pu (पू), Sha (ष), Ṇa (ण), Ṭha (ठ), Pe (पे), Po (पो).
Also written Kanni.
Kanya at a glance
The sign’s own facts, the same for every Kanya Moon.
Shukra (Venus): debilitated (at its weakest)
People with the Moon in Kanya
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 notice details others miss, like things in order and keep their word; health, work and service matter to them. The same eye for detail can turn into worry and fault-finding. Kanya is Budh's rashi, so they do well in accounts, medicine, analysis and teaching.
What Varahamihira says
Brihat Jataka says a person born with Chandra in Kanya (Virgo) is modest, truthful, virtuous and intelligent, with gentle eyes and a graceful walk. Such a person is skilled in dance, music and painting, learned in the shastras (the classical texts), sweet of speech and lives in comfort. The verse adds that they may live away from their homeland and enjoy houses and property that belong to others. Varahamihira adds (17.13) that this holds in full only when the Moon, Kanya and its lord Budh are all strong at birth.
Brihat Jataka 17.6
Strengths
Budh is exalted in Kanya, its own sign, and it shows in a mind that reads the small print: the clause in a rent agreement, the extra charge on a hospital bill, the step everyone else skipped. Two roles side by side, a full working day and a household that still runs on time, come naturally to a Dvisvabhava (dual) earth sign like Kanya.
What to watch
Kanya often does other people's share of the work because it is quicker than explaining, and that slowly piles up. Asking for credit or a fair raise does not come easily either, so good work can go unnoticed. Noting down each month what was done, and saying it once to the person who decides, gives the quiet worker its due.
Work, marriage and health for Kanya
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 Kanya the 10th sign from the Moon is Mithun (Gemini), and Budh (Mercury) rules both, so Budh's work comes through twice: trade, writing, accounts and IT. An accounts office, a bank job, data and software work, or a family shop run on careful books all fit this rashi. A job in another city, or another country, is nothing strange here either, as the verse above suggests.
Marriage
The 7th sign from the Moon is Meen (Pisces), ruled by Guru (Jupiter), so tradition reads a partner who is kind, forgiving and drawn to faith or the arts. Kanya is careful and exact and such a partner dreamy and generous; the shaadi does well when Kanya's eye for detail goes into helping and criticism is kept soft. A word of praise said aloud does more at home than a correction.
Health
Tradition links Kanya to the waist and navel region in the Kalapurusha, the zodiac pictured as one body (Brihat Jataka 1.4), and as a Prithvi (earth) rashi to routine and digestion. The careful eye that serves Kanya at work can turn into worry about health itself, so a fixed daily routine of meals and walks does more good than constant checking.
Kanya’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 Kanya | Padas in Kanya | Naam akshar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttara Phalguni | Surya (Sun) | 0°–10° | 2–4 | Ṭo (टो), Pa (पा), Pi (पी) |
| Hasta | Chandra (Moon) | 10°–23°20′ | all four | Pu (पू), Sha (ष), Ṇa (ण), Ṭha (ठ) |
| Chitra | Mangal (Mars) | 23°20′–30° | 1–2 | Pe (पे), Po (पो) |
A dot under the letter marks the hard sound: Ṭa is ट, not त; Ḍa is ड, not द; Ṇa is ण, not न.
Shani, Guru and Rahu for Kanya 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 Kanya Moon; your own chart decides how they land.
- Shani (Saturn)Now in Meen, your 7th house from the Moon, so neither Sade Sati nor a dhaiyya is running. Next: Ashtama Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 8th) 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 Sade Sati from 27 August 2036 until 11 December 2043, then from 23 June 2044 until 30 August 2044. Sade Sati · dhaiyya dates.
- Guru (Jupiter)Now in your 11th house from the Moon, the house of income, gains and elder siblings. After that it moves to your 12th (expenses, sleep, travel abroad and letting go) from 31 October 2026, back to your 11th from 25 January 2027, back to your 12th from 26 June 2027 and to your 1st (your own health, confidence and how others see you) from 26 November 2027.
- RahuNow in your 6th house from the Moon, the house of work under pressure, rivals, debts and illness. After that it moves to your 5th (children, studies and judgement) from 5 December 2026.
Upay for Kanya: its lord Budh
A rashi is kept strong through its lord. These are free; each says what it is for.
- Budh’s mantra, 108 times on Wednesdaysॐ बुधाय नमःOm Budhaya Namah. The simplest mantra of Kanya’s lord, said for clear speech, studies and trade.
- Beej mantra (the seed mantra), for regular japa (chanting on a mala)ॐ ब्रां ब्रीं ब्रौं सः बुधाय नमःOm Braam Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah. For a fuller japa of Budh, said 108 times a day, when Kanya’s lord needs strengthening: in its dasha (its planetary period), or when it is weak in your chart.
- Worship of GaneshaThe deity tradition links with Kanya, worshipped for removing obstacles and a clean start to work; 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.
Kanya 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 Kanya as the boy’s rashi, Kanya scores highest of the other eleven with Mithun (15/15) and lowest with Mesh (1.5/15). Two Kanya 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 Singh, Makar, Kumbh and Mesh the dosha stands. With Tula 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)Kanya is Manava (human). Vashya, the koota of mutual attraction, gives Kanya the full 2 points with a partner whose Moon is in Kanya, Mithun, Tula, Dhanu (first half) or Kumbh. Dhanu and Makar change class at 15°, and the counts here take their first half: with a Moon in Dhanu’s second half Kanya gets 1 point.
Kanya with every rashi, koota by koota → · Full kundli matching
Kanya as Parashara describes it
The sign’s own make-up, apart from any graha in it.
- Colour: variegated
- Medium build
- Image: a maiden holding grain and fire
- Biped (two-footed)
- Strong by day
- Direction: south
- Roams the hills
- Tamasic (heavy)
- Shirshodaya: rises with its head
- Lord: Budh (Mercury)
- Dvisvabhava (dual), 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, 4.13–14
Common questions
What is Kanya rashi?
Kanya (Virgo) is the 6th of the twelve rashis, 150°–180° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Budh. It is your rashi if the Moon was in it when you were born.
What are the naam akshar for Kanya rashi?
Ṭo (टो), Pa (पा), Pi (पी), Pu (पू), Sha (ष), Ṇa (ण), Ṭha (ठ), Pe (पे), Po (पो): one for each of the nine padas, in order. The pada of the Moon at birth gives the one to use.
Which rashis match Kanya best?
On the four kootas a rashi decides, Kanya scores highest of the other eleven with Mithun (15 of 15, Kanya taken as the boy’s rashi); two Kanya 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 Kanya rashi?
Om Budhaya Namah, the mantra of its lord Budh, 108 times on Wednesdays. The upay section above gives the beej mantra and the deity too.
Is Kanya rashi in Sade Sati or dhaiyya now?
Neither now. Shani is in Meen, the 7th from Kanya. Next comes Ashtama Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 8th) 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 Sade Sati from 27 August 2036 until 11 December 2043, then from 23 June 2044 until 30 August 2044.
How is 2027 for Kanya rashi?
2027 is at its best in April and May and slowest in July and August. The 2027 rashifal gives every month, with the Shani, Guru and Rahu moves above.
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