Krittika
Nakshatra 3 · 26°40′ Aries – 10°00′ Taurus
Krittika is the 3th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Agni, fire, its symbol a knife or a spear, and its ruling planet Sun. Tradition reads in it frankness, standards, the power to cut through.
Attributes
- Deity : Agni, fire
- Symbol : a knife or a spear
- Lord : Sun
- Animal (yoni) : the sheep
Gana : Rakshasa (demonic)
An intense, independent temperament; in the tradition the word carries no moral judgement, it speaks of strength.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 26°40′ Aries – 30°00′ Aries · navamsa ♐︎ Sagittarius
- Pada 2 : 0°00′ Taurus – 3°20′ Taurus · navamsa ♑︎ Capricorn
- Pada 3 : 3°20′ Taurus – 6°40′ Taurus · navamsa ♒︎ Aquarius
- Pada 4 : 6°40′ Taurus – 10°00′ Taurus · navamsa ♓︎ Pisces
Each pada covers 3°20′. The 108 padas run through the zodiac nine times: the navamsa is the sign of that second cycle, which Vedic astrology reads as a shade of the first.
The Moon's next passages through Krittika
- From Tuesday 27 October at 11:07 to Wednesday 28 October at 08:54
- From Monday 23 November at 21:30 to Tuesday 24 November at 18:53
- From Monday 21 December at 08:37 to Tuesday 22 December at 06:14
- From Sunday 17 January at 18:10 to Monday 18 January at 16:33
Paris time, from the Moon's real position (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa). The Moon goes round the 27 nakshatras in 27.3 days.
Deities, symbols and lords: Wikipedia's nakshatra table, after A. L. Basham (1954). Gana and yoni animal: checked against two Jyotish reference tables. The one-line readings are ours.