Nakṣatra 26 of 27
Uttara Bhādrapadā · उत्तर भाद्रपदा
The lunar mansion 3°20′ – 16°40′ Meena 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
3°20′ – 16°40′ Meena
in Meena · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Ahirbudhnya
the serpent of the deep — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.8
Vimśottarī lord
Shani
Saturn · 19-year daśā
The four pādas of Uttara Bhādrapadā
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
3°20′ – 6°40′ Meena
navāṃśa Simha
Pāda 2
6°40′ – 10°00′ Meena
navāṃśa Kanya
Pāda 3
10°00′ – 13°20′ Meena
navāṃśa Tula
Pāda 4
13°20′ – 16°40′ Meena
navāṃśa Vrishchika
Uttara Bhādrapadā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
manushya
the human temperament — balanced, striving, worldly
Yoni
cow
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 Uttara Bhādrapadā
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_1,59.8 । ājaṃ bhādrapadā pūrvā ahirbrudhnyastathottarā । pauṣṇaṃ ca revatī ṛkṣamaśvayukcāśvadaivatam ॥
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Shani
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 19-year daśā.
Sharing Meena
- Pūrva Bhādrapadā · lord Guru
- Revatī · lord Budha