Moon nakshatra calculator
Your birth nakshatra is the segment of the sidereal zodiac occupied by the Moon at birth. This calculator identifies its name, quarter (pada) and traditional ruling planet from the Moon’s sidereal position.
Don’t know your Moon’s degree? Calculate your birth chart from date, time and birthplace first. Then use the Moon’s sign and degree, not the Sun’s.
Find your Moon’s nakshatra
Use a sidereal sign and degree from your birth chart, not a tropical position. Choose your Moon’s position.
Calculated on your device. This lookup does not upload the position you enter.
What is being calculated?
The 360° zodiac is divided into 27 equal nakshatras of 13°20′ each. Each has four padas of 3°20′. For example, a sidereal Moon at Aries 0° is Ashwini pada 1; Taurus 10° begins Rohini pada 1. A position exactly on a boundary belongs to the next segment.
Can I find it without a birth time?
Sometimes the Moon stays in one nakshatra for the entire birth date, but sometimes it crosses a boundary. A noon approximation cannot settle a boundary-day result. A pada is narrower and more sensitive to the time. Use the recorded local birth time when available.
What does the ruling planet mean?
The traditional sequence is Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury, repeated three times. The birth nakshatra is used in Vimshottari dasha calculations. The ruling planet is an interpretive convention, not a physical ruler of that part of the sky.
Read the nakshatra guide · See all 27 nakshatras
Start with your own birth chart
Enter your birth date, local birth time and birthplace. Your chart and introductory AI reading are free, with no account required. Extra questions and detailed reports are optional one-time purchases.
Create your free birth chart →Astrological interpretations are for reflection and entertainment. Calculated positions do not establish predictions about life events.