Nakshatra 18 of 27
Jyeshthaज्येष्ठा
16°40' Scorpio – 0°00' Sagittarius sidereal
Indra as king — the eldest. Associated with seniority, protectiveness, and the burden that comes with being the one responsible.
Classical attributes
Used directly in compatibility scoring
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Deity
- Indra
- Symbol
- Circular amulet
- Gana
- RakshasaTemperament group
- Yoni
- Deer (male)
- Nadi
- AdiConstitutional humour
- Varna
- Shudra
- Element
- Air
- Nature
- Sharp
The four padas
Each quarter falls in a different navamsha sign
- Pada 1
- Scorpio16°40' Scorpio – 20°00' Scorpio
- Pada 2
- Scorpio20°00' Scorpio – 23°20' Scorpio
- Pada 3
- Scorpio23°20' Scorpio – 26°40' Scorpio
- Pada 4
- Scorpio26°40' Scorpio – 0°00' Sagittarius
What this nakshatra decides in a chart
If the Moon sits here at birth, Jyeshtha is the birth nakshatra — and it fixes the entire Vimshottari dasha sequence. The first mahadasha is Mercury's, and how far the Moon had travelled into these 13.33° decides how much of it had already elapsed before birth. Every dasha date in the chart follows from that one number.
The gana, yoni and nadi above are not decorative. They are read directly in Ashtakoota matching, where nadi alone carries eight of the thirty-six points.