Nakṣatra 24 of 27
Śatabhiṣā · शतभिषा
The lunar mansion 6°40′ – 20°00′ Kumbha 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
6°40′ – 20°00′ Kumbha
in Kumbha · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Varuṇa
lord of the waters and of ṛta — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.8
Vimśottarī lord
Rahu
north lunar node · 18-year daśā
The four pādas of Śatabhiṣā
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
6°40′ – 10°00′ Kumbha
navāṃśa Dhanu
Pāda 2
10°00′ – 13°20′ Kumbha
navāṃśa Makara
Pāda 3
13°20′ – 16°40′ Kumbha
navāṃśa Kumbha
Pāda 4
16°40′ – 20°00′ Kumbha
navāṃśa Meena
Śatabhiṣā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
horse
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 Śatabhiṣā
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.
vāsavastu tathā ṛkṣaṃ dhaniṣṭhā procyate budhaiḥ । tathā śatabhiṣā proktaṃ nakṣatraṃ vāruṇaṃ śiva । garp_1,59.8 ॥
garp_1,59.46 । garau śatabhiṣā rudra ! śukre vai rohiṇī tathā । śanau ca revatī śambho ! viṣayogāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ॥
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Rahu
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 18-year daśā.
Sharing Kumbha
- Dhaniṣṭhā · lord Mangala
- Pūrva Bhādrapadā · lord Guru