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Ardra nakshatra
Ardra is the 6th of the 27 nakshatras, ruled by Rahu, and falls in Mithuna. The first half of this page is computed from the sky as it loaded; the second half is the classical reference.
- LordRahu
- GanaManushya
- NadiAadi
- YoniDog
- Planets in it now0
Which planets are in Ardra today
No planet is in Ardra as this page loaded.
When the slow planets next reach Ardra
| Planet | Enters |
|---|---|
| Jupiter | 29 May 2037 |
| Saturn | 22 July 2032 |
| Rahu | 18 April 2038 |
| Ketu | 29 December 2028 |
A retrograde re-entry counts as an entry. Rahu and Ketu move backwards, so they enter from the far edge.
The four padas of Ardra
Ardra spans Gemini 6°40′ to Gemini 20°00′. Each quarter falls in a different navamsa sign, which is what the D9 chart reads.
| Pada | Span | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Gemini 6°40′ to Gemini 10°00′ | Sagittarius |
| Pada 2 | Gemini 10°00′ to Gemini 13°20′ | Capricorn |
| Pada 3 | Gemini 13°20′ to Gemini 16°40′ | Aquarius |
| Pada 4 | Gemini 16°40′ to Gemini 20°00′ | Pisces |
Ardra in guna milan
The other Aadi nadi nakshatras are Ashwini, Punarvasu, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Jyeshtha, Mula, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada.
| Koota | Ardra | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Gana | Manushya | Up to 6 points, by the other person's gana |
| Nadi | Aadi | All 8 points lost if both Moons share this nadi |
| Yoni | Dog | 0 of 4 against the Deer yoni |
The lord of Ardra and its dasha
Ardra is ruled by Rahu. A Moon in Ardra at birth begins life in a Rahu mahadasha, which runs 18 years in full, shortened by however much of Ardra the Moon had already crossed.
What Ardra signifies: the tear-drop; storm, grief that clears the air, breakthrough.
Knowing Ardra is the start. Where it sits in your chart is the reading.
Everything on this page is true for everyone born with a planet in Ardra, which is a very large number of people. Which planet you have there, which house it falls in, and when its dasha runs are what make it yours, and that needs your birth minute.
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Questions
Which planet rules Ardra?
Rahu, in the Vimshottari scheme, which is why a Moon in Ardra starts life in a Rahu dasha.
What is the gana of Ardra?
Manushya. In guna milan the gana koota is worth up to six points.
Is the Moon in Ardra today?
The Moon is not in Ardra right now. It is in Krittika. It next enters Ardra on 30 October 2026, 9:04 am IST.
How this is calculated
Positions come from Skyfield and the JPL DE440s ephemeris, with our own Lahiri ayanamsa referred to the mean equinox of date. Every planet agrees with Swiss Ephemeris to under one arcsecond, and the lunar node to under a tenth of one. We publish that because nobody else in this market publishes theirs.
- Skyfield. The astronomy library that computes every position on this site.
- JPL planetary ephemerides. NASA JPL's ephemeris export page. The DE440s kernel we load is the source of every raw planetary position.
- Capitaine, Wallace and Chapront (2003), IAU 2006 precession. The precession expressions our Lahiri ayanamsa is carried forward with from its J2000 anchor.
- Positional Astronomy Centre, Kolkata. The India Meteorological Department office that publishes the Rashtriya Panchang, which defines the Lahiri ayanamsa.
- Swiss Ephemeris. The reference implementation we test against: under one arcsecond on every planet. It is used only in our test suite, never on this site.
. The calculation is live; this date is when the writing on this page was last reviewed.