Nakṣatra 14 of 27
Citrā · चित्रा
The lunar mansion 23°20′ Kanya – 6°40′ Tula 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
23°20′ Kanya – 6°40′ Tula
in Kanya and Tula · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Tvaṣṭṛ
the divine craftsman — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.4
Vimśottarī lord
Mangala
Mars · 7-year daśā
The four pādas of Citrā
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
23°20′ – 26°40′ Kanya
navāṃśa Simha
Pāda 2
26°40′ – 0°00′ Kanya
navāṃśa Kanya
Pāda 3
0°00′ – 3°20′ Tula
navāṃśa Tula
Pāda 4
3°20′ – 6°40′ Tula
navāṃśa Vrishchika
Citrā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
tiger
the animal token used when two charts are matched
Nāḍī
madhya
middle — the pitta channel
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 Citrā
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.
bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ । sāvitraśca tathā hastā citrā tvaṣṭā prakīrtitaḥ । garp_1,59.4 ॥
prāsādatoraṇārāmaprākārādyaṃ ca siddhyati // narp_1,56.176 // sthiraṃ rohiṇyuttarākhyaṃ kṣipraṃ sūrayāśvipuṣyabham / sādhāraṇaṃ dvidaivatyaṃ vahnibhaṃ ca prakīrtitam // narp_1,56.177// vasvadityaṃvupuṣyāṇi viṣṇubhaṃ carasaṃjñitam / mṛdvindumitracitrāntyamugraṃ pūrvāmaghātrikam // narp_1,56.178 //
yāmyadiggamanaṃ tyaktvā sarvakāṣṭhāsu yāyinām // narp_1,56.650 // abhijitkṣaṇayogo 'yamabhīṣṭaphalasiddhidaḥ / pañcāṅgaśuddhirahite divase 'pi phalapradaḥ // narp_1,56.651 // yātrāyogā vicitrāstānyogānvakṣye yatastataḥ / phalasiddhiryāgalagnādrājñāṃ vipraśya dhiṣṇyataḥ // narp_1,56.652 //