Nakṣatra 10 of 27
Maghā · मघा
The lunar mansion 0°00′ – 13°20′ Simha 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
0°00′ – 13°20′ Simha
in Simha · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
the Pitṛs
the ancestral fathers — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.3
Vimśottarī lord
Ketu
south lunar node · 7-year daśā
The four pādas of Maghā
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
0°00′ – 3°20′ Simha
navāṃśa Mesha
Pāda 2
3°20′ – 6°40′ Simha
navāṃśa Vrishabha
Pāda 3
6°40′ – 10°00′ Simha
navāṃśa Mithuna
Pāda 4
10°00′ – 13°20′ Simha
navāṃśa Karka
Maghā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
rat
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 Maghā
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.
aśleṣāḥ sarpadevatyā maghāśca pitṛdevatāḥ । garp_1,59.3 । bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ ॥
vyādhyagnicauraśastrāstrabhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ bhavet / anāvṛṣṭiṃ bhūmnanibhaḥ karoti surapūjitaḥ // narp_1,56.58 // divādṛṣṭo nṛpavadhyāmayaṃvārāṣṭranāśanam / saṃvatsaraśarīraṃ syātkṛttikā rohiṇī tathā // narp_1,56.59 // nābhistvāpāṭhayugalamādrī hṛtkusumaṃ maghā /
iti dvijātimadhyāṃ tu gonṛpastrīsukhaṃ mahat // narp_1,56.62 // niḥsvanāvṛṣṭiphaṇi bhirvṛṣṭiḥ svāsthyaṃ mahotsavaḥ / mahārghamapi saṃpattirdeśanāśo 'tivarṣaṇam // narp_1,56.63 // avairaṃ rogamabhayaṃ rogabhīḥ sasyavarṣaṇe / rogo dhānyaṃ nabho 'dṛṣṭimaghādyṛkṣagate gurau // narp_1,56.64 //
In the Purāṇic knowledge graph
Relationship lines mined from the corpus into this project’s 9,000-entity graph, each carrying its verse citations.
- Pitṛpresides overMagha· garp_1,59.3
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Ketu
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 7-year daśā.
Sharing Simha
- Pūrva Phalgunī · lord Shukra
- Uttara Phalgunī · lord Surya