Nakṣatra 14 of 27 · चित्रा

Citrā — Chitra

Citrā is the 14th of the twenty-seven nakṣatras, the 13°20′ arc from 173°20′ to 186°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, within Kanyā (Virgo) and Tulā (Libra). A Moon born here opens the Vimśottarī cycle in the daśā of Mars (7 years), with only the untraversed fraction of the arc remaining. In Kundli Milan its gaṇa is rākṣasa, its yoni vyāghra (tiger), its nāḍī madhya.

At a glance

Number
14 / 27computed
Span
173°20′ – 186°40′ (13°20′)computed
Rāśi
Kanyā (Virgo) · Tulā (Libra)computed
Pādas (navāṃśa rāśi)
1: Siṃha (Leo) · 2: Kanyā (Virgo) · 3: Tulā (Libra) · 4: Vṛścika (Scorpio)BPHS shodashavarga.11
Lord (Vimśottarī)
Maṅgala (Mars)BPHS C29.80
Vimśottarī years
7BPHS C29.80
Gaṇa
rākṣasaMILAN.GANA
Yoni
vyāghra (tiger)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.

BPHS C34.366Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra · अथान्तर्दशादिफलविचाराध्यायः v54, folio 534

दायेशात्केन्द्रकोणे वा दुश्चिक्येलाभभेऽपिवा । शुभयुक्ते नृपप्रीतिर्विचित्राम्बरभूषणम् ।।५४।।

Edition gloss (Hindi)दशेश से केन्द्र वा कोण में गुरु हो वा तीसरे वा लाभ स्थान में हो शुभग्रह से पुण्य हो तो राजा से प्रीति, विचित्र वस्त्र आभूषण का लाभ।।५४।।

BPHS C49.34Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra · अब्दचर्याध्यायः v7, folio 707

दस्रश्च मृगशीर्षश्च शर्वः पुष्यश्च सैंद्रभम् । उत्तराविश्वजिच्छ्रोणी चित्रा पुष्यश्च वायुभम् ।।७।। अभिजिद्वसुभं पौष्णं कृत्तिका च पुनर्वसुः । पूर्वोत्तरप्रोष्ठपदौ शततारा च विश्वभम् ।।८।।

Edition gloss (Hindi)अश्विनी, मृगशिरा, आर्द्रा, पुष्य, आर्द्रा, उत्तरा, पूर्वाषाढ़, श्रवण, चित्रा, पुष्य, स्वाती।।७।। अभिजित्, धनिष्ठा, रेवती, कृत्तिका, पुनर्वसु, पूर्वाभाद्रपद, उत्तरा भाद्रपद, शतभिष, उत्तराषाढ।।८।।

Melāpaka doctrine

MILAN.GANAMelāpaka doctrine · Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition · Melāpaka · Gaṇa kūṭa (Vivāha-prakaraṇa tradition)

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.

MILAN.YONIMelāpaka doctrine · Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition · Melāpaka · Yoni kūṭa (Vivāha-prakaraṇa tradition)

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.

MILAN.NADIMelāpaka doctrine · Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition · Melāpaka · Nāḍī kūṭa (Vivāha-prakaraṇa tradition)

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 Chitra nakshatra?

Mars (Maṅgala) in the Vimśottarī scheme — the first mahādaśā of a person born with the Moon in Chitra is Mars's, 7 years long in full.

What are the gana, yoni and nadi of Chitra?

Gaṇa rākṣasa, yoni vyāghra (tiger), nāḍī madhya — the three nakṣatra-based kūṭas of Kundli Milan, carrying 6, 4 and 8 guṇas.

Which rashi is Chitra in?

Kanyā (Virgo) and Tulā (Libra) — its four pādas fall in the navāṃśa signs Siṃha (Leo), Kanyā (Virgo), Tulā (Libra), Vṛścika (Scorpio).

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