Uttara Phalguni nakshatra

Uttara Phalguni is the 12th of the 27 nakshatras, occupying 26°40' Leo to 10°00' Virgo in the sidereal zodiac. If the Moon stood in this stretch of sky at your birth, this is your Janma Nakshatra, your birth star.

What is the character of Uttara Phalguni?

The traditional reading is: generous, loyal, helpful, likes clear commitments.

The behavioural marker most often named: gives real, practical help and expects the friendship or deal to be honoured in return.

The classical anchor for this is the shakti, the power assigned to each nakshatra in the Taittiriya Brahmana. For Uttara Phalguni it is prosperity through union (patronage, and the deity Aryaman and symbol back legs of a bed carry the same idea in image form.

What are the four padas of Uttara Phalguni?

Every nakshatra is quartered. Each quarter, a pada, is 3 degrees 20 minutes wide and maps onto a navamsa sign, which shades the reading:

Pada	Span (sidereal)	Navamsa sign
Pada 1	26°40' Leo – 0°00' Virgo	Sagittarius
Pada 2	0°00' Virgo – 3°20' Virgo	Capricorn
Pada 3	3°20' Virgo – 6°40' Virgo	Aquarius
Pada 4	6°40' Virgo – 10°00' Virgo	Pisces

Because a pada lasts roughly six hours, you need your birth time to know which of the four is yours.

Which planet rules Uttara Phalguni, and why does it matter?

Uttara Phalguni is ruled by Sun.

Because Uttara Phalguni is ruled by Sun, anyone born with the Moon here begins life in the Sun period of the Vimshottari dasha cycle, which runs 6 years. That starting point shifts the timing of every period that follows, which is why two people of the same age can be in completely different chapters.

Common questions

What is the Uttara Phalguni nakshatra?

Uttara Phalguni is nakshatra number 12 of 27, spanning 26°40' Leo to 10°00' Virgo in the sidereal zodiac. Its ruling lord is Sun, its presiding deity is Aryaman, and its symbol is back legs of a bed.

What are the padas of Uttara Phalguni?

Each nakshatra is quartered into padas of 3 degrees 20 minutes. For Uttara Phalguni the four padas fall in the navamsa signs Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, in that order.

Which planet rules Uttara Phalguni?

Sun rules Uttara Phalguni. In the Vimshottari dasha system the Sun period lasts 6 years.

Where these details come from

The span and the pada boundaries are arithmetic and exact. The lord, deity and symbol follow the classical sources and vary little between them. The character reading renders the shakti, deity and symbol in plain words; the classical texts themselves are terse here, and anything longer is later compilation.

Recorded source for this entry: BPHS; shakti of prosperity through union (patronage); deity Aryaman, symbol back legs of a bed, lord Sun