Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
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Uttara Ashadha is the 21st of the 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its name is traditionally read as “the later victor”; its symbol is an elephant's tusk, and its presiding deity is The Vishvadevas, the universal gods.
- Number
- 21 of 27
- Ruling planet
- Sun
- Deity
- The Vishvadevas, the universal gods
- Symbol
- An elephant's tusk
- Zodiac span
- 26°40′ Sagittarius – 10° Capricorn
- Gana
- Manushya
- Yoni
- Mongoose
- Nadi
- Kapha
- Pada navamsas
- Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
Character and symbolism
Uttara Ashadha is the victory that lasts — won slowly and kept permanently. Its classical themes are integrity, endurance and achievement with a long horizon.
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 Uttara Ashadha sits in the zodiac
Each nakshatra spans 13°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, divided into four padas (quarters) of 3°20′. Uttara Ashadha occupies 26°40′ Sagittarius – 10° Capricorn, bridging Sagittarius and Capricorn. Its four padas take the navamsa signs Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces — the sub-chart positions used in the D9 (Navamsa) divisional chart.
Ruling planet and your starting dasha
Uttara Ashadha is ruled by Sun, which carries a 6-year period in the Vimshottari dasha cycle. If your Moon sits in Uttara Ashadha, Sun’s mahadasha is the period your life begins in, and the themes classical texts associate with Sun colour how this nakshatra expresses itself.
Uttara Ashadha in marriage matching
Three of this nakshatra’s classifications feed the 36-point Guna Milan used in Kundali matching. Uttara Ashadha 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 Mongoose, 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 Uttara Ashadha nakshatra?
Uttara Ashadha is ruled by Sun. In the Vimshottari dasha system, a person born with the Moon in Uttara Ashadha begins life in a Sun mahadasha of up to 6 years — how much of it remains depends on how far the Moon had moved through the nakshatra at birth.
Which rashi (sign) does Uttara Ashadha fall in?
Uttara Ashadha bridges two signs — it spans 26°40′ Sagittarius – 10° Capricorn, so its four padas fall across Sagittarius and Capricorn.
What are Uttara Ashadha's gana, yoni and nadi?
Uttara Ashadha is classified as Manushya gana, Mongoose 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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