Nakshatra 8 of 27 · পুষ্যা
Pushya Nakshatra
The most nourishing nakshatra. Caring, dutiful and spiritually inclined; a natural protector.
Dasha lord
Saturn · 19 yrs
Deity
Brihaspati · বৃহস্পতি
Symbol
Cow's udder · গাভীর স্তন
Gana · Nadi · Yoni
deva · madhya · Sheep (male)
Exact span in the sidereal zodiac
Pushya occupies 93° 20' 00" to 106° 40' 00" measured from 0° sidereal Aries — that is 3° 20' 00" Cancer (Karka) up to 16° 40' 00" Cancer (Karka). 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.
| Pada | From | To | Navamsa sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3° 20' 00" Cancer (Karka) | 6° 40' 00" Cancer (Karka) | Leo (Simha) |
| 2 | 6° 40' 00" Cancer (Karka) | 9° 60' 00" Cancer (Karka) | Virgo (Kanya) |
| 3 | 10° 00' 00" Cancer (Karka) | 13° 20' 00" Cancer (Karka) | Libra (Tula) |
| 4 | 13° 20' 00" Cancer (Karka) | 16° 40' 00" Cancer (Karka) | Scorpio (Vrishchika) |
Characteristics
The most nourishing nakshatra. Caring, dutiful and spiritually inclined; a natural protector.
সর্বাধিক পুষ্টিদায়ক নক্ষত্র। যত্নশীল, কর্তব্যপরায়ণ ও আধ্যাত্মিক; স্বাভাবিক রক্ষাকর্তা।
In matching, Pushya belongs to the deva gana, the madhya nadi and the Sheep yoni — these three classifications feed the Gana, Nadi and Yoni kootas of Ashtakoota Guna Milan.
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