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title: "Kumbha Rashi (Aquarius) in Vedic Astrology"
url: "https://abhisheksoni.in/learn/rashi/kumbha"
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updated: "2026-10-27"
description: "Kumbha (Aquarius), rashi 11 of 12: Fixed air sign of system, collective and detachment. Lord Shani, 300°00' - 330°00'."
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# Kumbha Rashi (Aquarius)

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Kumbha (Aquarius, कुम्भ) is the 11th of the twelve rashis of Vedic astrology and spans 300°00' to 330°00' of the zodiac. Fixed air sign of system, collective and detachment. Its lord is Shani, and it holds the nakshatras Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada. It is the mooltrikona sign of Shani.

## Classical facts

- **Number:** 11
- **Sanskrit name:** Kumbha
- **Hindi name:** कुम्भ
- **English name:** Aquarius
- **Glyph:** ♒
- **Lord:** Shani
- **Element:** Air
- **Quality:** Fixed (sthira)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Symbol:** Water-bearer
- **Body (Kalapurusha):** calves, ankles
- **Degree range:** 300°00' - 330°00'
- **Nakshatras in this sign:** Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada
- **Mooltrikona here:** Shani 0°-20°
- **Reference:** [Aquarius (astrology) (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_%28astrology%29)

## Articles about Kumbha Rashi (Aquarius)

- [Saturn in Pisces through 2026, rashi by rashi](/learn/saturn-in-pisces-2026): Saturn stays in Pisces for all of 2026 and leaves for Aries on 3 June 2027. Here is where it sits from each moon sign, and who is actually in Sade Sati.
- [Sade Sati, how to tell whether yours is running, and what it is not](/learn/sade-sati-what-it-is): Sade Sati is the seven and a half years Saturn spends crossing your moon sign and the rashi on either side of it. It is read from the moon, not the sun.
- [Rahu and Ketu in 2026 and 2027, without the fear](/learn/rahu-ketu-transit-2026-2027): Rahu is in Aquarius and Ketu in Leo until about the start of December 2026, then Capricorn and Cancer for eighteen months. What the shadow planets do not mean.
- [Shatabhisha nakshatra celebrities, and why most of those lists are guesswork](/learn/shatabhisha-nakshatra-famous-personalities): Shatabhisha is the 24th nakshatra and sits entirely inside Aquarius. Most celebrity lists for it are unverified, and here is how to check one yourself.
- [Saturn in the twelfth house, without the doom](/learn/saturn-in-the-twelfth-house): Saturn in the twelfth house indicates work done out of sight, quiet expenses and a real need for solitude. It is not the sentence it is made out to be.
- [Rahu and Mars together in Aquarius, and what that combination really asks](/learn/rahu-mars-conjunction-aquarius): Rahu met Mars in Aquarius in March 2026. Tradition calls it Angarak yoga, and it indicates heat and haste rather than disaster.
- [Pluto in Aquarius, and what a Vedic chart uses instead](/learn/pluto-in-aquarius-vedic-view): Pluto entered Aquarius in the western zodiac in late 2024. Vedic astrology does not use Pluto, and by the sidereal count it is still in Capricorn.
- [Angarak yoga, Mars with Rahu, and the three things it gets confused with](/learn/angarak-yoga): Angarak yoga is Mars joined with Rahu. In 2026 that happened once, in Aquarius, exact on 14 March. What tradition reads into it, and what it is not.