Nakṣatra 21 of 27
Uttarāṣāḍhā · उत्तराषाढा
The lunar mansion 26°40′ Dhanu – 10°00′ Makara 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′ Dhanu – 10°00′ Makara
in Dhanu and Makara · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
the Viśvedevas
the all-gods — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.6
Vimśottarī lord
Surya
Sun · 6-year daśā
The four pādas of Uttarāṣāḍhā
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′ Dhanu
navāṃśa Dhanu
Pāda 2
0°00′ – 3°20′ Makara
navāṃśa Makara
Pāda 3
3°20′ – 6°40′ Makara
navāṃśa Kumbha
Pāda 4
6°40′ – 10°00′ Makara
navāṃśa Meena
Uttarāṣāḍhā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
manushya
the human temperament — balanced, striving, worldly
Yoni
mongoose
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 Uttarāṣāḍhā
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 ॥
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Surya
- Kṛttikā · 26°40′ Mesha – 10°00′ Vrishabha
- Uttara Phalgunī · 26°40′ Simha – 10°00′ Kanya
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 6-year daśā.
Sharing Dhanu / Makara
- Mūla · lord Ketu
- Pūrvāṣāḍhā · lord Shukra
- Śravaṇa · lord Chandra
- Dhaniṣṭhā · lord Mangala