Nakṣatra 1 of 27
Aśvinī · अश्विनी
The lunar mansion 0°00′ – 13°20′ Mesha of the sidereal zodiac — its presiding deity as the Garuḍa Purāṇa states it, its Vimśottarī lord as the engine computes it, and the Purāṇic passages that actually name it. Cited context; never a forecast.
Position · sidereal
0°00′ – 13°20′ Mesha
in Mesha · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
the Aśvins
the twin horsemen-physicians of the gods — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.9
Vimśottarī lord
Ketu
south lunar node · 7-year daśā
The four pādas of Aśvinī
Each nakṣatra spans 13°20′, divided into four quarters of 3°20′. A pāda’s navāṃśa (the ninth division, D9) is what a chart reading leans on when the birth time is known — computed here, not asserted.
Pāda 1
0°00′ – 3°20′ Mesha
navāṃśa Mesha
Pāda 2
3°20′ – 6°40′ Mesha
navāṃśa Vrishabha
Pāda 3
6°40′ – 10°00′ Mesha
navāṃśa Mithuna
Pāda 4
10°00′ – 13°20′ Mesha
navāṃśa Karka
Aśvinī in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
deva
the divine temperament — gentle, generous, drawn to harmony
Yoni
horse
the animal token used when two charts are matched
Nāḍī
adi
first — the vāta channel in Āyurvedic pairing
Standard aṣṭakūṭa tradition (BPHS-derived), uniform across classical practice — not from this project's Purāṇic corpus, and not cited as if it were.
Where the Purāṇas name Aśvinī
Verbatim passages from this project’s own tagged astrology corpus — saṁhitā, muhūrta and calendrical contexts that mention the star. Supplementary context from the texts, not personality claims or predictions.
pauṣṇaṃ ca revatī ṛkṣamaśvayukcāśvadaivatam । garp_1,59.9 । bharaṇyṛkṣaṃ tathā yāmyaṃ proktāste ṛkṣadevatāḥ ॥
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥
dvirāṣāḍhaḥ sa vijñeyo viṣṇuḥ svapiti karkaṭe । garp_1,60.10 । aśvinī revatī citrā dhaniṣṭhā syādalaṅkṛtau ॥