Uttara Bhadrapada
Nakshatra 26 · 3°20′ Pisces – 16°40′ Pisces
Uttara Bhadrapada is the 26th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Ahir Budhnya, serpent of the deep, its symbol twins, the back legs of a funeral cot, a snake in the water, and its ruling planet Saturn. Tradition reads in it wisdom, calm, depth.
Attributes
- Deity : Ahir Budhnya, serpent of the deep
- Symbol : twins, the back legs of a funeral cot, a snake in the water
- Lord : Saturn
- Animal (yoni) : the cow
Gana : Manushya (human)
A human temperament, between ambition and sensitivity.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 3°20′ Pisces – 6°40′ Pisces · navamsa ♌︎ Leo
- Pada 2 : 6°40′ Pisces – 10°00′ Pisces · navamsa ♍︎ Virgo
- Pada 3 : 10°00′ Pisces – 13°20′ Pisces · navamsa ♎︎ Libra
- Pada 4 : 13°20′ Pisces – 16°40′ Pisces · navamsa ♏︎ Scorpio
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 Bhadrapada
- From Friday 20 November at 02:25 to Saturday 21 November at 02:18
- From Thursday 17 December at 10:59 to Friday 18 December at 11:38
- From Wednesday 13 January at 17:32 to Thursday 14 January at 18:46
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.