Enter your birth date, exact time and place to find your Janma Nakshatra (birth star), Nakshatra Pada, Moon Sign / Janma Rashi, Nakshatra Lord, Rashi Lord and traditional naming syllable using Lahiri sidereal calculations.
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Janma Nakshatra, also called Birth Star, is the Nakshatra occupied by the Moon at the time of birth in Vedic astrology. The sidereal zodiac is divided into 27 Nakshatras of 13°20′ each, and every Nakshatra is divided into four Padas of 3°20′. The exact Moon longitude therefore identifies both your Nakshatra and Pada.
A date alone can be insufficient near a Nakshatra or Pada boundary. This calculator uses the birth time, timezone and place details with Lahiri sidereal Moon longitude. Place is also useful for keeping the birth record complete, while the Moon-sign and Nakshatra calculation depends on the correct universal birth moment.
In Vedic astrology, Janma Rashi is the zodiac sign occupied by the Moon at birth. It is different from the Western Sun sign. This page returns the Moon Sign together with Janma Nakshatra because the two are calculated from the same sidereal Moon position.
Traditional Namakarana practice associates one starting sound with each Nakshatra Pada, giving 108 Pada sounds across 27 Nakshatras. Transliteration can vary across regional Panchangas, so the result shows a traditional reference sound and all four sounds for the birth Nakshatra.
জন্মতারিখ, সঠিক জন্মসময় এবং জন্মস্থান দিয়ে আপনার জন্ম নক্ষত্র, নক্ষত্র পদ, চন্দ্র রাশি, নক্ষত্র অধিপতি এবং নামের প্রথাগত প্রথম ধ্বনি জানা যায়। জন্মসময় নক্ষত্রের boundary বা Pada boundary-এর কাছে বিশেষ গুরুত্বপূর্ণ।
This reference grid supports the calculator result and helps users understand the full 27-Nakshatra system. Pada-sound spellings can have regional transliteration variants.
Enter your date of birth, exact birth time and birth place. The calculator finds the Lahiri sidereal longitude of the Moon and maps it to one of the 27 Nakshatras and four Padas.
Rashi divides the zodiac into 12 signs of 30° each. Nakshatra divides it into 27 lunar segments of 13°20′ each. Both are derived from the Moon's sidereal longitude for Janma Rashi and Janma Nakshatra.
Sometimes a date may be enough for a rough idea, but it is not reliable near Nakshatra or Pada boundaries. Exact birth time and correct timezone are recommended for a precise result.
Each Nakshatra has four equal quarters called Padas. Each Pada spans 3°20′ and is traditionally associated with a naming sound.
In the Janma Rashi context, yes. It means the sidereal zodiac sign occupied by the Moon at birth.
This tool uses Lahiri / Chitrapaksha ayanamsha for the sidereal Moon, a widely used Vedic astrology reference. Your KP horoscope report can use a different ayanamsha for KP-specific work.