Nakshatra 11 of 27

Purva Phalguni Nakshatra

पूर्वा फाल्गुनी

13°20′ Leo to 26°40′ Leo of the sidereal zodiac

Purva Phalguni is the former of the two Phalgunis, the stars that form the back and the tail of the Lion. Its symbol is the front legs of a bed or a hammock, a place of rest, and its deity is Bhaga, the Aditya of good fortune and of the share each person receives, whose name survives in the word bhagya, fortune. The tradition associates Purva Phalguni with pleasure, ease, affection, marriage and the arts, and it is often described as a star of rest after effort. Purva Phalguni lies wholly within Leo. Its pair, Uttara Phalguni, follows it: the two are images of the two ends of the same bed, and the tradition reads them together. Below are the facts the site's tables give for Purva Phalguni: its span, its lord and the years that lord's dasha lasts, its gana, yoni and nadi as kundali matching scores them, and the navamsa sign of each of its quarters.

At a glance

Span
13°20′ Leo to 26°40′ Leo
Sign
Leo
Lord
Venus (20 years in the Vimshottari dasha)
Deity
Bhaga
Symbol
Front legs of bed / hammock
Nature
Fierce/Severe
Gana
Manushya
Yoni
Rat
Nadi
Madhya

Where it lies

The zodiac of the nakshatras divides the circle into 27 equal parts of 13°20′, beginning with Ashwini at the first point of Aries, the same point from which the signs are counted. Purva Phalguni, the 11th, runs from 13°20′ Leo to 26°40′ Leo. It lies wholly within Leo. Positions here are sidereal, reckoned with the Lahiri ayanamsa, as every chart on this site is.

The four padas

Each nakshatra has four quarters, or padas, of 3°20′. The quarters run through the twelve signs in order from Ashwini's first, so each falls in a navamsa (the ninth-part division, D9) of its own; this is how the navamsa chart in a birth report is drawn.

PadaFromToSignNavamsa
Pada 113°20′ Leo16°40′ LeoLeoLeo
Pada 216°40′ Leo20°00′ LeoLeoVirgo
Pada 320°00′ Leo23°20′ LeoLeoLibra
Pada 423°20′ Leo26°40′ LeoLeoScorpio

Pada 1 lies in Leo and falls in the Leo navamsa, its own sign: a planet there is vargottama, in the same sign in the birth chart and the navamsa. Pada 2 lies in Leo and falls in the Virgo navamsa. Pada 3 lies in Leo and falls in the Libra navamsa. Pada 4 lies in Leo and falls in the Scorpio navamsa.

Its lord and the Vimshottari dasha

Purva Phalguni is ruled by Venus, who also rules Bharani and Purva Ashadha. The Vimshottari dasha, the system of planetary periods the site's reports use, begins from the nakshatra the Moon was in at birth: a person born with the Moon in Purva Phalguni begins life in the period of Venus, which lasts 20 years in all. How much of it is left at birth depends on how far through Purva Phalguni the Moon had gone: the further through, the less of the period remains. After it the periods follow in their fixed order, round a cycle of 120 years.

The birth report adds that the lord of the birth star brings a refined, sensual and relationship-oriented mind drawn to beauty, comfort and creativity.

Purva Phalguni in kundali matching

Three of the eight kootas of Ashtakoota matching are read from the nakshatra. Gana: Purva Phalguni is of the Manushya gana, with Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Uttara Phalguni, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Bhadrapada. Out of 6 points, two of the same gana score 6. With a Deva it scores 5 when the Manushya is the groom and 6 when the Manushya is the bride. With a Rakshasa it scores 0.

Yoni: its animal is the Rat, which it shares with Magha. Two of the same yoni score the full 4 points; the Rat's sworn enemy is the Cat, the yoni of Punarvasu and Ashlesha, and with it the score is 0.

Nadi: Purva Phalguni is of the Madhya nadi, with Bharani, Mrigashira, Pushya, Chitra, Anuradha, Purva Ashadha, Dhanishtha and Uttara Bhadrapada. Nadi carries the most points of any koota, 8, and two people of the same nadi score none: that is Nadi Dosha. The site's matching cancels it where the two have the same nakshatra in different signs, the same sign in different nakshatras, or the same nakshatra in different quarters, and says which applies.

The birth star in the report

When the Moon was in Purva Phalguni at birth, this is the birth star, and the site's birth report describes it in these terms. Its nature is given as fierce/severe, and the traits it names are pleasure-loving, creative, generous, romantic and relaxed.

Drawn to enjoyment, rest, romance and the arts; warm and generous, valuing leisure and luxury. The path it points to: to balance pleasure and creativity with responsibility and purpose.

The work it is associated with: Entertainment, arts, hospitality, fashion, luxury, event management.

These are the tendencies of one factor in a chart. The whole chart, the strength of the Moon and of Venus, and the periods being run decide how much of them a life shows.

Tara bala from Purva Phalguni

The day's nakshatra counted from the birth star falls into one of nine taras, which come round three times in the twenty-seven. Five are counted good, three unfavourable, and the birth star's own, Janma, mixed. For someone born under Purva Phalguni:

The horoscope's personal reading and the muhurta finder use this count, and the panchang gives the day's nakshatra.

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