🪷 मृगशिरा · Mṛgaśira (Mṛgaśira)
Nakshatra #5 · Span: 23°20' Vṛṣabha - 6°40' Mithuna · Ruling planet: Mars · Deity: Soma (moon-god)
Today's Moon (2026-09-09)
The Moon currently transits Āśleṣā · pāda 4 · 119.04° sidereal.
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
Does the calculated Moon or Ascendant fall in Mṛgaśira? Submit birth data to calculate the chart →. The result is positional astronomy, not a spiritual or personal verdict.
Classical attributes
- Number
- #5 of 27
- Span
- 23°20' Vṛṣabha - 6°40' Mithuna
- Ruling planet
- Mars
- Ruling deity
- Soma (moon-god)
- Symbol
- Deer's head
- Vimśottarī Daśā
- 7 years
- Pāda → Rāśis
- 1: Taurus · 2: Taurus · 3: Gemini · 4: Gemini
- Guṇa
- Tamas
- Social category (received dataset)
- Servant
Cross-references
- Ruling planet: Mars
- Find your own Janma-nakshatra
- Calculated chart context
- Bhagavad Gītā Chapter 11 reader
Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from Mṛgaśira's received reference attributes, pādas, present calculated sky, and chart context to its dataset ruling-graha, the Jyotiṣa reference, and the reader-local calculator.
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📚 See Also
- Mars · dataset ruling-graha of Mṛgaśira · Received Vimśottarī duration: 7 years; no event prediction is inferred here
- Pāda 1 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 1
- Pāda 2 → Taurus · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 2
- Pāda 3 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 3
- Pāda 4 → Gemini · Navāṁśa rāśi for Pāda 4
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · Calculate whether the Moon or Ascendant position falls in Mṛgaśira
📖 References
- Vidhyamitra received Jyotiṣa reference dataset — Names, spans, rulers, deity labels, symbols, pāda signs, guṇa, social categories, and Vimśottarī durations require edition-level verification before stronger textual claims
- Sūrya-Siddhānta calculation model — Local sidereal Moon-position computation used for the present-sky and submitted-chart context
- Interpretation boundary — The page reports dataset categories and calculated positions; it does not prescribe worship, diagnose a person, or predict destiny