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Nakshatra 13 of 27 · হস্তা

Hasta Nakshatra

Skill of the hand. Dexterous, clever and practical; craft, healing and precise work.

Dasha lord

Moon · 10 yrs

Deity

Savitr · সবিতা

Symbol

Open hand · উন্মুক্ত হাত

Gana · Nadi · Yoni

deva · adi · Buffalo (female)

Exact span in the sidereal zodiac

Hasta occupies 160° 00' 00" to 173° 20' 00" measured from 0° sidereal Aries — that is 10° 00' 00" Virgo (Kanya) up to 23° 20' 00" Virgo (Kanya). Every nakshatra is exactly 13°20′ wide, so 27 of them tile the 360° circle with no gap and no overlap.

The four padas

Each pada is 3°20′ wide and corresponds to one navamsa. The pada of your Moon is what fixes the exact starting balance of your first Vimshottari mahadasha.

PadaFromToNavamsa sign
110° 00' 00" Virgo (Kanya)13° 20' 00" Virgo (Kanya)Aries (Mesha)
213° 20' 00" Virgo (Kanya)16° 40' 00" Virgo (Kanya)Taurus (Vrishabha)
316° 40' 00" Virgo (Kanya)19° 60' 00" Virgo (Kanya)Taurus (Vrishabha)
420° 00' 00" Virgo (Kanya)23° 20' 00" Virgo (Kanya)Cancer (Karka)

Characteristics

Skill of the hand. Dexterous, clever and practical; craft, healing and precise work.

হাতের দক্ষতা। নিপুণ, চতুর ও বাস্তববাদী; কারুকাজ, নিরাময় ও সূক্ষ্ম কাজ।

In matching, Hasta belongs to the deva gana, the adi nadi and the Buffalo yoni — these three classifications feed the Gana, Nadi and Yoni kootas of Ashtakoota Guna Milan.

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