Uttara Ashadha
Nakshatra 21 · 26°40′ Sagittarius – 10°00′ Capricorn
Uttara Ashadha is the 21th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is the Vishvadevas, its symbol an elephant's tusk, and its ruling planet Sun. Tradition reads in it lasting victory, integrity.
Attributes
- Deity : the Vishvadevas
- Symbol : an elephant's tusk
- Lord : Sun
- Animal (yoni) : the mongoose
Gana : Manushya (human)
A human temperament, between ambition and sensitivity.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 26°40′ Sagittarius – 30°00′ Sagittarius · navamsa ♐︎ Sagittarius
- Pada 2 : 0°00′ Capricorn – 3°20′ Capricorn · navamsa ♑︎ Capricorn
- Pada 3 : 3°20′ Capricorn – 6°40′ Capricorn · navamsa ♒︎ Aquarius
- Pada 4 : 6°40′ Capricorn – 10°00′ Capricorn · 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 Uttara Ashadha
- From Saturday 14 November at 15:52 to Sunday 15 November at 18:57
- From Friday 11 December at 22:31 to Sunday 13 December at 01:40
- From Friday 8 January at 04:40 to Saturday 9 January at 07:44
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.