The 27 nakshatras
Anuradha nakshatra अनुराधा
Star 17 of 27, ruled by Saturn, watched over by Mitra, the friend. Its symbol is a lotus blooming in mud.
The essentials
Anuradha spans 3°20' Scorpio to 16°40' Scorpio. Dasha lord Saturn (19 years). Deity Mitra, the friend. Gana Deva, yoni deer, nadi Madhya (Pitta). Naming syllables ना, नी, नू, ने. A birth Moon here makes Anuradha your janma nakshatra and opens your Vimshottari timeline in a Saturn period.
The four padas
| Pada | Span | Navāṁśa | Syllable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 3°20' Scorpio to 6°40' Scorpio | Leo navāṁśa | ना |
| Pada 2 | 6°40' Scorpio to 10°00' Scorpio | Virgo navāṁśa | नी |
| Pada 3 | 10°00' Scorpio to 13°20' Scorpio | Libra navāṁśa | नू |
| Pada 4 | 13°20' Scorpio to 16°40' Scorpio | Scorpio navāṁśa | ने |
Each pada colours the star through its navāṁśa sign, which is why two people of the same nakshatra can wear it differently. The syllable of the birth pada is the one tradition offers at a naming ceremony.
The character of Anuradha
Anuradha makes friendship a discipline. Its people build alliances in hard soil, stay loyal across distance and years, and flower in circumstances that explain nothing about the flower. Devotion is their method as much as their mood.
Anuradha in kundli matching
A Deva gana star of the deer yoni, sharing its animal with Jyeshtha. In Ashtakoota matching, the gana enters the six point Gana test, the yoni its four point test of instinctive accord, and the nadi the heaviest test of all at eight points, where two identical nadis score nothing. None of these verdicts stands alone, and the full milan arithmetic weighs all eight kutas before anything is concluded.
Your dasha begins with Saturn
Born under Anuradha, your Vimshottari sequence opens in a Saturn mahadasha, and the balance left at birth depends on the Moon's exact degree within the star. The dasha guide explains the whole 120 year wheel. A computed chart names your current period to the day.
Common questions
Where does Anuradha fall?
3°20' Scorpio to 16°40' Scorpio, in four padas of 3°20' each. The table above names each pada's navāṁśa.
Which dasha starts for Anuradha births?
Saturn's, up to 19 years, scaled by how far the Moon had walked through the star at birth.
What are the naming syllables?
ना, नी, नू, ने, one for each pada.