Ashlesha Nakshatra

What Ashlesha Nakshatra means

Ashlesha is number 9 in the sequence of 27 nakshatras. In the equal 27-part sidereal system it runs from 16°40′ Cancer up to 0°00′ Leo, excluding the ending boundary. Your birth nakshatra is the segment occupied by the Moon at birth.

The ruler and the theme

Mercury is the Vimshottari ruler assigned to Ashlesha. The original reflection theme used on this page is “attention and attachment.” The ruler is a timing-system reference; it does not mean Mercury replaces the Moon or that its current period is active.

A useful reflection

Ask whether a close connection leaves both people enough room to choose. Compare that question with your own experience. A nakshatra name does not establish a profession, a personality type, or an event that must occur.

The four padas of Ashlesha

Each pada spans 3°20′. The following ranges are reference boundaries, not four separate predictions.

• Pada 1: 16°40′ Cancer to 20°00′ Cancer; corresponding Navamsa sign Sagittarius.
• Pada 2: 20°00′ Cancer to 23°20′ Cancer; corresponding Navamsa sign Capricorn.
• Pada 3: 23°20′ Cancer to 26°40′ Cancer; corresponding Navamsa sign Aquarius.
• Pada 4: 26°40′ Cancer to 0°00′ Leo; corresponding Navamsa sign Pisces.

How the personal check works

The returned lunar nakshatra name is compared with Ashlesha, and the returned quarter is shown alongside it. If the Moon is in another nakshatra, the result names that actual placement. Close to a boundary, the exact birth time and calculation settings deserve particular attention.

Nakshatra is not the same as a dasha prediction

The Moon’s position within its nakshatra is one input to the starting balance in Vimshottari dasha. The nakshatra ruler alone does not give the current mahadasha or its dates. Read the dasha guide if your question concerns a period rather than a natal placement.

Try your own chart

Use your recorded birth date, local birth time, and birthplace. Choose the correct location from the search results so that coordinates and the historical time zone can be resolved. If your birth time is uncertain, start with the birth-time guide before relying on houses or the Ascendant. The free result shows the placement actually returned for your birth details. A different placement is shown as a different result, and missing data is marked incomplete. The optional ₹1 reading interprets those specific facts. It does not turn a page title into a finding about your chart.