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title: "Ashlesha Nakshatra: Lord Budha, Deity, Padas"
url: "https://abhisheksoni.in/learn/nakshatra/ashlesha"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-10-27"
description: "Ashlesha spans 106°40'-120°00' of the zodiac, ruled by Budha, presided by Nagas. Symbol: Coiled serpent. Gana rakshasa, yoni cat, nadi kapha. Its four padas fall in Karka."
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# Ashlesha Nakshatra

*Nakshatra*

Ashlesha (आश्लेषा) is the 9th of the 27 nakshatras of Vedic astrology, spanning 106°40' - 120°00' of the zodiac in Karka. Its lord is Budha and its deity Sarpa (Nagas). Symbol: Coiled serpent. It is of rakshasa gana, cat yoni and antya nadi, and its lord's Vimshottari dasha lasts 17 years.

## Classical facts

- **Number:** 9
- **Sanskrit name:** Ashlesha
- **Hindi name:** आश्लेषा
- **Lord:** Budha
- **Deity:** Sarpa (Nagas)
- **Symbol:** Coiled serpent
- **Gana:** Rakshasa
- **Yoni:** Cat, female
- **Nadi:** Antya
- **Degree range:** 106°40' - 120°00'
- **Rashi:** Karka
- **Vimshottari dasha of its lord:** 17 years
- **Gandamool nakshatra:** Yes
- **Gandanta zone:** Pada 4, 116°40' - 120°00'
- **Reference:** [Ashlesha (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashlesha)

## The four padas

- 1, 106°40' - 110°00', Karka, Dhanu
- 2, 110°00' - 113°20', Karka, Makara
- 3, 113°20' - 116°40', Karka, Kumbha
- 4, 116°40' - 120°00', Karka, Meena

## Articles about Ashlesha Nakshatra

- [The 7th lord in Ashlesha, Swati or Revati, and what it says about marriage](/learn/seventh-lord-in-nakshatra-marriage): The nakshatra of your 7th lord describes the temperature of a partnership, not the person you will marry. Here is what Ashlesha, Swati and Revati indicate.
- [Ketu transits Ashlesha from December 2026, and what that period is about](/learn/ketu-transit-ashlesha-nakshatra): Ketu enters Ashlesha on 5 December 2026 and leaves on 14 August 2027. Here is who it touches, what tradition says about it, and what is worth doing.
- [Ashlesha nakshatra in the kundli, with Ketu there and with the 7th lord there](/learn/ashlesha-nakshatra-ketu-and-seventh-lord): Ashlesha is the coiled serpent at the end of Cancer. Here is what tradition holds when Ketu sits there, and when the ruler of your 7th house does.