Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
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Uttara Bhadrapada is the 26th of the 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its name is traditionally read as “the latter blessed feet”; its symbol is the back legs of a funeral cot; a serpent in water, and its presiding deity is Ahir Budhnya, the serpent of the deep.
- Number
- 26 of 27
- Ruling planet
- Saturn
- Deity
- Ahir Budhnya, the serpent of the deep
- Symbol
- The back legs of a funeral cot; a serpent in water
- Zodiac span
- 3°20′–16°40′ Pisces
- Gana
- Manushya
- Yoni
- Cow
- Nadi
- Pitta
- Pada navamsas
- Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio
Character and symbolism
Uttara Bhadrapada is the still depth of the ocean floor — wisdom that arrives through calm. Its classical themes are patience, compassion and quiet strength.
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 Bhadrapada sits in the zodiac
Each nakshatra spans 13°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, divided into four padas (quarters) of 3°20′. Uttara Bhadrapada occupies 3°20′–16°40′ Pisces, entirely within Pisces. Its four padas take the navamsa signs Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio — the sub-chart positions used in the D9 (Navamsa) divisional chart.
Ruling planet and your starting dasha
Uttara Bhadrapada is ruled by Saturn, which carries a 19-year period in the Vimshottari dasha cycle. If your Moon sits in Uttara Bhadrapada, Saturn’s mahadasha is the period your life begins in, and the themes classical texts associate with Saturn colour how this nakshatra expresses itself.
Uttara Bhadrapada in marriage matching
Three of this nakshatra’s classifications feed the 36-point Guna Milan used in Kundali matching. Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Cow, one of fourteen animal archetypes whose pairings the Yoni koota (4 points) scores for instinctive compatibility. And its nadi is Pitta (bile) — 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 Bhadrapada nakshatra?
Uttara Bhadrapada is ruled by Saturn. In the Vimshottari dasha system, a person born with the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada begins life in a Saturn mahadasha of up to 19 years — how much of it remains depends on how far the Moon had moved through the nakshatra at birth.
Which rashi (sign) does Uttara Bhadrapada fall in?
Uttara Bhadrapada lies entirely within Pisces, spanning 3°20′–16°40′ Pisces of the sidereal zodiac.
What are Uttara Bhadrapada's gana, yoni and nadi?
Uttara Bhadrapada is classified as Manushya gana, Cow yoni and Pitta 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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