Nakṣatra 3 of 27
Kṛttikā · कृत्तिका
The lunar mansion 26°40′ Mesha – 10°00′ Vrishabha 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
26°40′ Mesha – 10°00′ Vrishabha
in Mesha and Vrishabha · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Agni
fire — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.1
Vimśottarī lord
Surya
Sun · 6-year daśā
The four pādas of Kṛttikā
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
26°40′ – 29°60′ Mesha
navāṃśa Dhanu
Pāda 2
0°00′ – 3°20′ Vrishabha
navāṃśa Makara
Pāda 3
3°20′ – 6°40′ Vrishabha
navāṃśa Kumbha
Pāda 4
6°40′ – 10°00′ Vrishabha
navāṃśa Meena
Kṛttikā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
sheep
the animal token used when two charts are matched
Nāḍī
antya
last — the kapha 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 Kṛttikā
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.
garp_1,59.1 । hariruvāca । kṛttikāstvagnidevatyā rohiṇyo brahmaṇaḥ smṛtāḥ ॥
vyādhyagnicauraśastrāstrabhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ bhavet / anāvṛṣṭiṃ bhūmnanibhaḥ karoti surapūjitaḥ // narp_1,56.58 // divādṛṣṭo nṛpavadhyāmayaṃvārāṣṭranāśanam / saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā /
aruṇāḥ śyāmalākārā arkaputrāśca pāpadāḥ / śukrajā ṛkṣasadṛśāḥ ke tavaḥ śubhadāyakāḥ // narp_1,56.106 // kṛttikāsu bhavo dhūmaketurnūnaṃ prajākṣayaḥ / prāsādavṛkṣaśaileṣu jāto rājñāṃ vināśakṛt // narp_1,56.107 // subhikṣakṛtkaumudākhyaḥ ketuḥ kumudasannibhaḥ /
In the Purāṇic knowledge graph
Relationship lines mined from the corpus into this project’s 9,000-entity graph, each carrying its verse citations.
- Krittikahas as sonKumara· BrP_3.41
- Agnipresides overKrittika· garp_1,59.2
- Krittikahas as sonSkanda· vamp_32.101
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Surya
- Uttara Phalgunī · 26°40′ Simha – 10°00′ Kanya
- Uttarāṣāḍhā · 26°40′ Dhanu – 10°00′ Makara
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 6-year daśā.