Anurādhā — Anuradha
Anurādhā is the 17th of the twenty-seven nakṣatras, the 13°20′ arc from 213°20′ to 226°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, within Vṛścika (Scorpio). A Moon born here opens the Vimśottarī cycle in the daśā of Saturn (19 years), with only the untraversed fraction of the arc remaining. In Kundli Milan its gaṇa is deva, its yoni mṛga (deer), its nāḍī madhya.
At a glance
- Number
- 17 / 27computed
- Span
- 213°20′ – 226°40′ (13°20′)computed
- Rāśi
- Vṛścika (Scorpio)computed
- Pādas (navāṃśa rāśi)
- 1: Siṃha (Leo) · 2: Kanyā (Virgo) · 3: Tulā (Libra) · 4: Vṛścika (Scorpio)BPHS shodashavarga.11
- Lord (Vimśottarī)
- Śani (Saturn)BPHS C29.80
- Vimśottarī years
- 19BPHS C29.80
- Gaṇa
- devaMILAN.GANA
- Yoni
- mṛga (deer)MILAN.YONI
- Nāḍī
- madhyaMILAN.NADI
Where the texts name it
The verses below are places where SIA's store prints this nakṣatra by name; the daśā and melāpaka rules above are the doctrine SIA computes with.
मित्रान्नवक्रमात्प्रोक्तास्तत्तदेशेषु सर्वदा । अक्षिणी पंचदश च नखास्तत्त्वं तथामराः ।।७०।। सत्र्यंशाश्चषडंशोनाश्चत्वारिंशत्क्रमादथ । शतं खेष्विंदवः प्रोक्ता विनाडीत्तनयोऽपिच ।।७१।। काल्यंशवद्यर्धहोरांशभोगकालः प्रकीर्त्तितः । प्रमाणराशयश्चैते भागहारा कलात्मकाः ।।७२।। तत्तद्देशकला इच्छाराशयो गुणराशयः । कटुको मधुरत्तिक्तः कषायो लवणाम्लकौ ।।७३।। कालांशेक्रमतो गण्याःषष्ठ्यंशेव्युत्क्रमात्स्मृताः । त्रिंशांशेतु कषायादिःकालहोरांशके पुनः ।।७४।।
Gloss (English)The result that comes from calculating in order is dear to him in that year.
Melāpaka doctrine
Doctrine recordGaṇa (6 guṇas) — each nakṣatra belongs to the deva, manuṣya or rākṣasa gaṇa (temperament class). The same gaṇa earns 6; deva with manuṣya 5–6; deva with rākṣasa 1; manuṣya with rākṣasa 0. A mismatch here (gaṇa-doṣa) signals a clash of basic temperament, softened when the Moon-sign lords are friends.
Doctrine recordYoni (4 guṇas) — each nakṣatra carries an animal nature (aśva, gaja, meṣa, sarpa, śvāna, mārjāra, mūṣaka, go, mahiṣa, vyāghra, mṛga, vānara, nakula, siṃha). The same yoni earns 4; friendly yonis 3; neutral 2; unfriendly 1; the sworn-enemy pairs (horse–buffalo, elephant–lion, sheep–monkey, serpent–mongoose, dog–hare/deer, cat–rat, cow–tiger) earn 0. It measures instinctive, physical compatibility.
Doctrine recordNāḍī (8 guṇas) — the heaviest kūṭa. The 27 nakṣatras cycle through the three nāḍīs (ādi, madhya, antya), the constitutional current. DIFFERENT nāḍīs earn the full 8; the SAME nāḍī earns 0 and is nāḍī-doṣa, the gravest melāpaka objection (held to bear on progeny and health). The doṣa is classically waived when the two Moons share one rāśi with different nakṣatras, or one nakṣatra with different pādas.
Questions
Who is the lord of Anuradha nakshatra?
Saturn (Śani) in the Vimśottarī scheme — the first mahādaśā of a person born with the Moon in Anuradha is Saturn's, 19 years long in full.
What are the gana, yoni and nadi of Anuradha?
Gaṇa deva, yoni mṛga (deer), nāḍī madhya — the three nakṣatra-based kūṭas of Kundli Milan, carrying 6, 4 and 8 guṇas.
Which rashi is Anuradha in?
Vṛścika (Scorpio) — its four pādas fall in the navāṃśa signs Siṃha (Leo), Kanyā (Virgo), Tulā (Libra), Vṛścika (Scorpio).
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