The 27 nakshatras
Punarvasu nakshatra पुनर्वसु
Star 7 of 27, ruled by Jupiter, watched over by Aditi, the boundless mother. Its symbol is a bow returning its arrow to the quiver.
The essentials
Punarvasu spans 20°00' Gemini to 3°20' Cancer. Dasha lord Jupiter (16 years). Deity Aditi, the boundless mother. Gana Deva, yoni cat, nadi Adya (Vata). Naming syllables के, को, हा, ही. A birth Moon here makes Punarvasu your janma nakshatra and opens your Vimshottari timeline in a Jupiter period.
The four padas
| Pada | Span | Navāṁśa | Syllable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 20°00' Gemini to 23°20' Gemini | Aries navāṁśa | के |
| Pada 2 | 23°20' Gemini to 26°40' Gemini | Taurus navāṁśa | को |
| Pada 3 | 26°40' Gemini to 0°00' Cancer | Gemini navāṁśa | हा |
| Pada 4 | 0°00' Cancer to 3°20' Cancer | Cancer navāṁśa | ही |
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 Punarvasu
Punarvasu means the return of the light. Its people recover, rebuild, and restore, in houses, in health, in families. Whatever they lose comes back in a wiser form, and their optimism is not naivety but experience.
Punarvasu in kundli matching
A Deva gana star of the cat yoni, sharing its animal with Ashlesha. 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 Jupiter
Born under Punarvasu, your Vimshottari sequence opens in a Jupiter 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 Punarvasu fall?
20°00' Gemini to 3°20' Cancer, in four padas of 3°20' each. The table above names each pada's navāṁśa.
Which dasha starts for Punarvasu births?
Jupiter's, up to 16 years, scaled by how far the Moon had walked through the star at birth.
What are the naming syllables?
के, को, हा, ही, one for each pada.