Nakṣatra 18 of 27
Jyeṣṭhā · ज्येष्ठा
The lunar mansion 16°40′ – 0°00′ Vrishchika 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
16°40′ – 0°00′ Vrishchika
in Vrishchika · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Indra (Śakra)
king of the gods — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.5
Vimśottarī lord
Budha
Mercury · 17-year daśā
The four pādas of Jyeṣṭhā
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
16°40′ – 20°00′ Vrishchika
navāṃśa Dhanu
Pāda 2
20°00′ – 23°20′ Vrishchika
navāṃśa Makara
Pāda 3
23°20′ – 26°40′ Vrishchika
navāṃśa Kumbha
Pāda 4
26°40′ – 0°00′ Vrishchika
navāṃśa Meena
Jyeṣṭhā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
deer
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 Jyeṣṭhā
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.
indrāgnidevatā proktā viśākhā vṛṣabhadhvaja । garp_1,59.5 । maitramṛkṣamanūrādhā jyeṣṭhā śākraṃ prakīrtitam ॥
garp_1,59.14 । aśvinīmaitrarevatyo mṛgamūlapunarvasu । puṣyā hastā tathā jyeṣṭhā prasthāne śreṣṭhamucyate ॥