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Ashlesha nakshatra
Ashlesha is the 9th of the 27 nakshatras, ruled by Mercury, and falls in Karka. The first half of this page is computed from the sky as it loaded; the second half is the classical reference.
- LordMercury
- GanaRakshasa
- NadiAntya
- YoniCat
- Planets in it now2
Which planets are in Ashlesha today
| Planet | Sign | Degree | Pada | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | Cancer | 22°28′ | pada 2 | direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 29°37′ | pada 4 | direct |
When the slow planets next reach Ashlesha
| Planet | Enters |
|---|---|
| Jupiter | in it now |
| Saturn | 17 August 2035 |
| Rahu | 24 March 2036 |
| Ketu | 5 December 2026 |
A retrograde re-entry counts as an entry. Rahu and Ketu move backwards, so they enter from the far edge.
The four padas of Ashlesha
Ashlesha spans Cancer 16°40′ to Cancer 30°00′. Each quarter falls in a different navamsa sign, which is what the D9 chart reads.
| Pada | Span | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Cancer 16°40′ to Cancer 20°00′ | Sagittarius |
| Pada 2 | Cancer 20°00′ to Cancer 23°20′ | Capricorn |
| Pada 3 | Cancer 23°20′ to Cancer 26°40′ | Aquarius |
| Pada 4 | Cancer 26°40′ to Cancer 30°00′ | Pisces |
Ashlesha in guna milan
The other Antya nadi nakshatras are Krittika, Rohini, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Revati.
| Koota | Ashlesha | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Gana | Rakshasa | Up to 6 points, by the other person's gana |
| Nadi | Antya | All 8 points lost if both Moons share this nadi |
| Yoni | Cat | 0 of 4 against the Rat yoni |
The lord of Ashlesha and its dasha
Ashlesha is ruled by Mercury. A Moon in Ashlesha at birth begins life in a Mercury mahadasha, which runs 17 years in full, shortened by however much of Ashlesha the Moon had already crossed.
What Ashlesha signifies: the coiled serpent; penetrating insight, strategy, hypnotic pull.
Knowing Ashlesha 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 Ashlesha, 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 Ashlesha?
Mercury, in the Vimshottari scheme, which is why a Moon in Ashlesha starts life in a Mercury dasha.
What is the gana of Ashlesha?
Rakshasa. In guna milan the gana koota is worth up to six points.
Is the Moon in Ashlesha today?
The Moon is not in Ashlesha right now. It is in Krittika. It next enters Ashlesha on 2 November 2026, 4:30 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.