Your Moon sign (rāśi), nakṣatra and pada
Find your Vedic Moon sign, birth star and pada from your birth date, time and place, computed with NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris, with sources.
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What is my Moon sign in Vedic astrology?
Your Moon sign (chandra rāśi) is the sidereal sign the Moon occupied at the moment of your birth. Vedic astrology uses it alongside the rising sign: your birth star (nakṣatra) and the order of your planetary periods are counted from the Moon. You need the date, time and place of birth to compute it.
How Patri works it out
- The Moon’s position at your birth moment, from NASA JPL’s DE440 ephemeris, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanāṃśa).
- Its sign is your Moon sign; each of the 27 equal parts of 13°20′ is a nakṣatra, each nakṣatra has four padas of 3°20′.
- The Moon moves about 13° a day, so near a boundary the birth time matters: Patri says when it does.
Sources: Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Ch.46 v.12-14 · Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Ch.46 v.15 · Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra, Ch.46 v.15 (Table of Dasas) · Narasimha Rao, Vedic Astrology, §16.2 Table 38