Nakshatra 20 of 27
Purva Ashadhaपूर्वाषाढ़ा
13°20' Sagittarius – 26°40' Sagittarius sidereal
The waters, and invincibility. Associated with conviction that does not yield — persuasion, and a resistance to being told otherwise.
Classical attributes
Used directly in compatibility scoring
- Ruling planet
- Venus
- Deity
- Apas
- Symbol
- Elephant tusk
- Gana
- ManushyaTemperament group
- Yoni
- Monkey (male)
- Nadi
- MadhyaConstitutional humour
- Varna
- Brahmin
- Element
- Air
- Nature
- Fierce
The four padas
Each quarter falls in a different navamsha sign
- Pada 1
- Sagittarius13°20' Sagittarius – 16°40' Sagittarius
- Pada 2
- Sagittarius16°40' Sagittarius – 20°00' Sagittarius
- Pada 3
- Sagittarius20°00' Sagittarius – 23°20' Sagittarius
- Pada 4
- Sagittarius23°20' Sagittarius – 26°40' Sagittarius
What this nakshatra decides in a chart
If the Moon sits here at birth, Purva Ashadha is the birth nakshatra — and it fixes the entire Vimshottari dasha sequence. The first mahadasha is Venus'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.