The 27 nakshatras
Hasta nakshatra हस्त
Star 13 of 27, ruled by Moon, watched over by Savitar, the golden-handed sun. Its symbol is an open hand.
The essentials
Hasta spans 10°00' Virgo to 23°20' Virgo. Dasha lord Moon (10 years). Deity Savitar, the golden-handed sun. Gana Deva, yoni buffalo, nadi Adya (Vata). Naming syllables पू, ष, ण, ठ. A birth Moon here makes Hasta your janma nakshatra and opens your Vimshottari timeline in a Moon period.
The four padas
| Pada | Span | Navāṁśa | Syllable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 10°00' Virgo to 13°20' Virgo | Aries navāṁśa | पू |
| Pada 2 | 13°20' Virgo to 16°40' Virgo | Taurus navāṁśa | ष |
| Pada 3 | 16°40' Virgo to 20°00' Virgo | Gemini navāṁśa | ण |
| Pada 4 | 20°00' Virgo to 23°20' Virgo | Cancer navāṁśa | ठ |
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 Hasta
Hasta is skill living in the hand. Its people fix, craft, write, count, and juggle, and what they touch tends to work afterwards. Their cleverness stays clean as long as the hand serves the heart.
Hasta in kundli matching
A Deva gana star of the buffalo yoni, sharing its animal with Swati. 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 Moon
Born under Hasta, your Vimshottari sequence opens in a Moon 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 Hasta fall?
10°00' Virgo to 23°20' Virgo, in four padas of 3°20' each. The table above names each pada's navāṁśa.
Which dasha starts for Hasta births?
Moon's, up to 10 years, scaled by how far the Moon had walked through the star at birth.
What are the naming syllables?
पू, ष, ण, ठ, one for each pada.