Hasta — Hasta
Hasta is the 13th of the twenty-seven nakṣatras, the 13°20′ arc from 160° to 173°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, within Kanyā (Virgo). A Moon born here opens the Vimśottarī cycle in the daśā of Moon (10 years), with only the untraversed fraction of the arc remaining. In Kundli Milan its gaṇa is deva, its yoni mahiṣa (buffalo), its nāḍī ādi.
At a glance
- Number
- 13 / 27computed
- Span
- 160° – 173°20′ (13°20′)computed
- Rāśi
- Kanyā (Virgo)computed
- Pādas (navāṃśa rāśi)
- 1: Meṣa (Aries) · 2: Vṛṣabha (Taurus) · 3: Mithuna (Gemini) · 4: Karka (Cancer)BPHS shodashavarga.11
- Lord (Vimśottarī)
- Candra (Moon)BPHS C29.80
- Vimśottarī years
- 10BPHS C29.80
- Gaṇa
- devaMILAN.GANA
- Yoni
- mahiṣa (buffalo)MILAN.YONI
- Nāḍī
- ādiMILAN.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.
यदि पश्येद्ग्रहस्तत्र विपरीतार्गलसंस्थितः। प्रथमां तु विजानीयाद्विपरीतार्गलां द्विज।।२८।।
Edition gloss (Hindi)यदि अर्गला के प्रतिबंधकस्थानीय ग्रह यानि विपरीत अर्गलायोग कारक ग्रह देखते हों तो विपरीत फल होता है।।२८।।
सुते सुतं विजानीयाद्दारा सप्तमभावतः। सुतस्थाने ग्रहस्तिष्ठेत्सोऽपि कारक उच्यते।।३६।।
Gloss (English)The 5th house signifies the 7th woman.
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 Hasta nakshatra?
Moon (Candra) in the Vimśottarī scheme — the first mahādaśā of a person born with the Moon in Hasta is Moon's, 10 years long in full.
What are the gana, yoni and nadi of Hasta?
Gaṇa deva, yoni mahiṣa (buffalo), nāḍī ādi — the three nakṣatra-based kūṭas of Kundli Milan, carrying 6, 4 and 8 guṇas.
Which rashi is Hasta in?
Kanyā (Virgo) — its four pādas fall in the navāṃśa signs Meṣa (Aries), Vṛṣabha (Taurus), Mithuna (Gemini), Karka (Cancer).
See these verses fire on your own chart.
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Related
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