Nakshatra calculator — find your birth star
Discover your janma nakshatra, its pada and ruling planet, and what your lunar mansion reveals about your nature.
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A nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions, each spanning 13°20′ of the zodiac. Your janma (birth) nakshatra is the one your Moon occupies at birth — a finer, more personal layer than your Moon sign alone.
Sivayan calculates your nakshatra and its pada (quarter) precisely from your birth details, along with its ruling planet — which also sets the starting point of your Vimshottari dasha.
What you’ll discover
Your birth nakshatra
Which of the 27 lunar mansions your Moon occupies.
Pada (quarter)
The precise quarter of the nakshatra, which refines its meaning.
Ruling planet
The nakshatra lord — and your starting Vimshottari dasha lord.
Symbol & deity
The classical symbolism that shapes the nakshatra’s themes.
Personality traits
The strengths and tendencies associated with your birth star.
Gana & compatibility
Your temperament class, used in marriage matching.
Common questions
One of 27 lunar mansions of 13°20′ each. Your birth nakshatra is determined by the Moon’s position at birth and is central to Vedic personality and timing analysis.
Your Moon sign (Rashi) is one of 12; your nakshatra is one of 27 — a finer division that gives more specific personality and timing detail.
The nakshatra’s ruling planet sets your first Vimshottari dasha lord, and the Moon’s progress through it sets the balance of that period at birth.
Date, exact time, and place of birth — the Moon moves quickly, so precise time matters.