Nakṣatra 20 of 27
Pūrvāṣāḍhā · पूर्वाषाढा
The lunar mansion 13°20′ – 26°40′ Dhanu 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
13°20′ – 26°40′ Dhanu
in Dhanu · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
the Āpas
the waters — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.6
Vimśottarī lord
Shukra
Venus · 20-year daśā
The four pādas of Pūrvāṣāḍhā
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
13°20′ – 16°40′ Dhanu
navāṃśa Simha
Pāda 2
16°40′ – 20°00′ Dhanu
navāṃśa Kanya
Pāda 3
20°00′ – 23°20′ Dhanu
navāṃśa Tula
Pāda 4
23°20′ – 26°40′ Dhanu
navāṃśa Vrishchika
Pūrvāṣāḍhā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
manushya
the human temperament — balanced, striving, worldly
Yoni
monkey
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 Pūrvāṣāḍhā
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_1,59.6 । āpyāstvāṣāṭhapūrvāstu uttarā vaiśvadevatāḥ । brāhmaścaivābhijitproktaḥ śravaṇā vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ ॥
viśākhātrayamāditye pūrvāṣāḍhātraye śaśī । garp_1,59.35 । dhaniṣṭhātritayaṃ bhaume budhe vai revatītrayam ॥
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Shukra
- Bharaṇī · 13°20′ – 26°40′ Mesha
- Pūrva Phalgunī · 13°20′ – 26°40′ Simha
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 20-year daśā.
Sharing Dhanu
- Mūla · lord Ketu
- Uttarāṣāḍhā · lord Surya