Rohini nakshatra
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Rohini is the 4th of the 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its name is traditionally read as “the growing one”; its symbol is a cart or chariot; the banyan tree, and its presiding deity is Prajapati (Brahma), the creator.
- Number
- 4 of 27
- Ruling planet
- Moon
- Deity
- Prajapati (Brahma), the creator
- Symbol
- A cart or chariot; the banyan tree
- Zodiac span
- 10°–23°20′ Taurus
- Gana
- Manushya
- Yoni
- Serpent
- Nadi
- Kapha
- Pada navamsas
- Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer
Character and symbolism
Rohini is the Moon's favourite bride in the classical story — fertile, beautiful and steady. Its themes are growth, comfort and the patient building of material life.
As with everything in a chart, these are classical descriptions of a temperament, not a verdict on any person — a nakshatra is one layer of a reading, always weighed with the rest of the chart.
Where Rohini sits in the zodiac
Each nakshatra spans 13°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, divided into four padas (quarters) of 3°20′. Rohini occupies 10°–23°20′ Taurus, entirely within Taurus. Its four padas take the navamsa signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer — the sub-chart positions used in the D9 (Navamsa) divisional chart.
Ruling planet and your starting dasha
Rohini is ruled by Moon, which carries a 10-year period in the Vimshottari dasha cycle. If your Moon sits in Rohini, Moon’s mahadasha is the period your life begins in, and the themes classical texts associate with Moon colour how this nakshatra expresses itself.
Rohini in marriage matching
Three of this nakshatra’s classifications feed the 36-point Guna Milan used in Kundali matching. Rohini belongs to the manushya (human) temperament group — read as practical, social and balanced, which the Gana koota (6 points) compares between partners. Its yoni is the Serpent, one of fourteen animal archetypes whose pairings the Yoni koota (4 points) scores for instinctive compatibility. And its nadi is Kapha (phlegm) — the Nadi koota (8 points) awards full marks only when the two nadis differ.
None of these classifications is good or bad on its own — they only ever describe a pairing, and even then they are a starting point beside the full charts.
Frequently asked
Which planet rules Rohini nakshatra?
Rohini is ruled by Moon. In the Vimshottari dasha system, a person born with the Moon in Rohini begins life in a Moon mahadasha of up to 10 years — how much of it remains depends on how far the Moon had moved through the nakshatra at birth.
Which rashi (sign) does Rohini fall in?
Rohini lies entirely within Taurus, spanning 10°–23°20′ Taurus of the sidereal zodiac.
What are Rohini's gana, yoni and nadi?
Rohini is classified as Manushya gana, Serpent yoni and Kapha nadi. These three classifications are inputs to Guna Milan marriage matching — gana compares temperament groups, yoni instinctive compatibility and nadi constitution.
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