Nakshatra
Rohini Nakshatra
Also in: हिन्दी
Rohini (रोहिणी) is the 4th of the 27 nakshatras of Vedic astrology, spanning 40°00' - 53°20' of the zodiac in Vrishabha. Its lord is Chandra and its deity Brahma/Prajapati. Symbol: Cart / chariot. It is of manushya gana, serpent yoni and antya nadi, and its lord's Vimshottari dasha lasts 10 years.
Classical facts
| Number | 4 |
|---|---|
| Sanskrit name | Rohini |
| Hindi name | रोहिणी |
| Lord | Chandra |
| Deity | Brahma/Prajapati |
| Symbol | Cart / chariot |
| Gana | Manushya |
| Yoni | Serpent, male |
| Nadi | Antya |
| Degree range | 40°00' - 53°20' |
| Rashi | Vrishabha |
| Vimshottari dasha of its lord | 10 years |
The four padas
| Pada | Degrees | Rashi | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40°00' - 43°20' | Vrishabha | Mesha |
| 2 | 43°20' - 46°40' | Vrishabha | Vrishabha |
| 3 | 46°40' - 50°00' | Vrishabha | Mithuna |
| 4 | 50°00' - 53°20' | Vrishabha | Karka |
Articles about Rohini Nakshatra
- Choosing a wedding nakshatra, and what it does not decideTradition favours about eleven nakshatras for a wedding muhurta and avoids a few others. Here is the working list, and what the day's star really settles.
- How Hindu wedding dates are chosen, and why some months have almost noneMarriage muhurat is chosen from the panchang and the couple's charts. Whole stretches of the year are closed by Chaturmas, Pitru Paksha and Kharmas.
- Favourable letters and numbers, and where the tradition comes fromThe letter tradition comes from your birth nakshatra and is used for naming a child. The number tradition is numerology. They are two different things.
- Famous people born under a nakshatra, and why most of those lists are guessesA birth date alone fixes the Moon's nakshatra on only about four days in a hundred, so most celebrity lists are guesses. Here is the checkable version.
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