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NAKṢATRA 06 / 27 · 66°40′00″–80°00′00″ · 4 PĀDAS

आर्द्रा · Ārdrā

Ardra. The 6th of the 27 lunar mansions, ruled by Rāhu, with presiding deity Rudra and the symbol of a teardrop. Each nakṣatra spans 13°20′, divided into four pādas of 3°20′ each.

arc
66°40′00″–80°00′00″
vimśottarī lord
Rāhu
deity · devatā
Rudra
symbol
teardrop
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Classical structure

  • position → 6th of the 27 nakṣatras, spanning 66°40′00″–80°00′00″ of the sidereal ecliptic.
  • pādas → four quarters of 3°20′ each (the 4 navāṃśa pādas; 108 pādas across all 27).
  • vimśottarī lord → Rāhu — seeds the Vimśottarī daśā sequence for a Moon in this nakṣatra.
  • gaṇa → मनुष्य · manuṣya
  • nāḍī → आदि · ādi
  • yogatāra (junction star) → α Orionis (Betelgeuse) vmag 0.42

Arc · pāda · lord · Tier-S (iii) period-derivation. Deity · symbol · gaṇa · nāḍī · yogatāra · Tier-W (vii) classical provenance.

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Rāśi placement

2¼ mansions per sign
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Deity & tradition

Tier-W (vii) provenance

आह्वानम् · INVOCATION

ॐ रुद्राय नमः · षष्ठं नक्षत्रम्।

Salutations to Rudra, the sixth nakṣatra — the tear that washes the cosmos.

कथा · STORY

Ārdrā means 'the wet one' — ruled by Rudra, the cosmic storm-deity. It is the teardrop nakṣatra: where the old world dissolves so the new may emerge. The first monsoon belongs to Ārdrā.

मुहूर्त-योग्यता · TRADITIONAL MUHŪRTA USES

  • good for destruction of the obsolete
  • good for research and deep enquiry
  • good for invoking Śiva and Rudra
  • avoid for marriage, travel, and new ventures

Deity stories and muhūrta uses are cultural provenance — honored as tradition, not algebraically derived and not a prediction.

COMPUTE · YOUR CHART

Is your Moon in Ardra?

Moon within ~1′ of NASA/JPL Horizons · your janma-nakṣatra and pāda computed from birth date, time and place.

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The twenty-seven mansions

27 nakṣatras × 13°20′ · Tier-S (iii) arc-derivation. Deity · gaṇa · nāḍī · Tier-W (vii) provenance (BPHS Ch. 14 · Bṛhat-Saṃhitā Ch. 9).