Viśākhā — Vishakha
Viśākhā is the 16th of the twenty-seven nakṣatras, the 13°20′ arc from 200° to 213°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, within Tulā (Libra) and Vṛścika (Scorpio). A Moon born here opens the Vimśottarī cycle in the daśā of Jupiter (16 years), with only the untraversed fraction of the arc remaining. In Kundli Milan its gaṇa is rākṣasa, its yoni vyāghra (tiger), its nāḍī antya.
At a glance
- Number
- 16 / 27computed
- Span
- 200° – 213°20′ (13°20′)computed
- Rāśi
- Tulā (Libra) · Vṛścika (Scorpio)computed
- Pādas (navāṃśa rāśi)
- 1: Meṣa (Aries) · 2: Vṛṣabha (Taurus) · 3: Mithuna (Gemini) · 4: Karka (Cancer)BPHS shodashavarga.11
- Lord (Vimśottarī)
- Guru (Jupiter)BPHS C29.80
- Vimśottarī years
- 16BPHS C29.80
- Gaṇa
- rākṣasaMILAN.GANA
- Yoni
- vyāghra (tiger)MILAN.YONI
- Nāḍī
- antyaMILAN.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.
विशाखा च ततो ज्येष्ठा मूलं च शततारकम् । भरणीपूर्वफाल्गुन्यौ विश्वजिच्च ततो भवेत् ।।३।। उत्तराप्रौष्ठपाच्चैव रेवती च ततः परम् । अभिजिच्चोत्तरा चाथ कृत्तिका रोहिणी ततः ।।४।।
Edition gloss (Hindi)विशाखा, ज्येष्ठा, मूल, शततारक, भरणी, पूर्वाफाल्गुनी, विश्वजित् अभिजित ये १५ दिन के मुहूर्त हैं।।३।। उत्तराभाद्रपदा, रेवती, अभिजित्, उत्तरा, कृत्तिका, रोहिणी।।४।।
विशाखा च ततो ज्येष्ठा मूलं च शततारकम् । भरणीपूर्वफाल्गुन्यौ विश्वजिच्च ततो भवेत् ।।३।।
Gloss (English)The auspicious moments are these 15 days: Viśākhā, Jyeṣṭhā, Mūla, Śatatāraka, Bharaṇī, Pūrvaphalgunī, Viśvajit, and Abhijit.
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 Vishakha nakshatra?
Jupiter (Guru) in the Vimśottarī scheme — the first mahādaśā of a person born with the Moon in Vishakha is Jupiter's, 16 years long in full.
What are the gana, yoni and nadi of Vishakha?
Gaṇa rākṣasa, yoni vyāghra (tiger), nāḍī antya — the three nakṣatra-based kūṭas of Kundli Milan, carrying 6, 4 and 8 guṇas.
Which rashi is Vishakha in?
Tulā (Libra) and Vṛścika (Scorpio) — 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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