Nakṣatra 13 of 27
Hasta · हस्त
The lunar mansion 10°00′ – 23°20′ Kanya 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
10°00′ – 23°20′ Kanya
in Kanya · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Savitṛ
the impelling sun — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.4
Vimśottarī lord
Chandra
Moon · 10-year daśā
The four pādas of Hasta
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
10°00′ – 13°20′ Kanya
navāṃśa Mesha
Pāda 2
13°20′ – 16°40′ Kanya
navāṃśa Vrishabha
Pāda 3
16°40′ – 20°00′ Kanya
navāṃśa Vrishabha
Pāda 4
20°00′ – 23°20′ Kanya
navāṃśa Karka
Hasta in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
deva
the divine temperament — gentle, generous, drawn to harmony
Yoni
buffalo
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 Hasta
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 ॥
madhuśca mādhavaḥ śukraḥ śuciścātha nabhastataḥ / nabhasya iṣa ūrjaśca sahāścaiva sahasyakaḥ // narp_1,56.130 // tapāstapasya kramaśaścaitrādīnāṃ samāhvayā / yasminmāse paurṇamāsī yena dhiṣṇena saṃyutā // narp_1,56.131 // tannakṣatrāhvayo māsaḥ paurṇamāsī tadāhvayā /
sūryabhātsarvapitryarkṣaṃ tvāṣṭramitraptabheṣu ca // narp_1,56.233 // saviṣaaṇubheṣu kramaśo hastabhāñcandrasaṃyutaḥ / dhiṣṇye tāvati satyatra duṣṭayogaḥ patatyasau // narp_1,56.234 // caṇḍīśacaṇḍāyudhākhyastasminnaivācarecchubham / trayodaśa syurmilanasaṃkhyayā tithivārayoḥ // narp_1,56.235 //
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Chandra
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 10-year daśā.
Sharing Kanya
- Uttara Phalgunī · lord Surya
- Citrā · lord Mangala