Nakṣatra 23 of 27
Dhaniṣṭhā · धनिष्ठा
The lunar mansion 23°20′ Makara – 6°40′ Kumbha 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′ Makara – 6°40′ Kumbha
in Makara and Kumbha · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
the Vasus
the eight radiant gods — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.7
Vimśottarī lord
Mangala
Mars · 7-year daśā
The four pādas of Dhaniṣṭhā
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′ Makara
navāṃśa Simha
Pāda 2
26°40′ – 29°60′ Makara
navāṃśa Kanya
Pāda 3
0°00′ – 3°20′ Kumbha
navāṃśa Tula
Pāda 4
3°20′ – 6°40′ Kumbha
navāṃśa Vrishchika
Dhaniṣṭhā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
lion
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 Dhaniṣṭhā
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.
brāhmaścaivābhijitproktaḥ śravaṇā vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ । garp_1,59.7 । vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ ॥
hastādipañcaṛkṣāṇi uttarātrayameva ca । aśvinī rohiṇī puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā ca punarvasū । garp_1,59.16 ॥
garp_1,59.22 । pārśveṣu yāni karmāṇi kuryādeteṣu tānyapi । rohiṇyārdrāṃ tathā puṣyā dhaniṣṭhā cottarātrayam ॥
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Mangala
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 7-year daśā.
Sharing Makara / Kumbha
- Uttarāṣāḍhā · lord Surya
- Śravaṇa · lord Chandra
- Śatabhiṣā · lord Rahu
- Pūrva Bhādrapadā · lord Guru