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NAKṢATRA 07 / 27 · 80°00′00″–93°20′00″ · 4 PĀDAS

पुनर्वसु · Punarvasu

Punarvasu. The 7th of the 27 lunar mansions, ruled by Guru, with presiding deity Aditi and the symbol of a quiver of arrows. Each nakṣatra spans 13°20′, divided into four pādas of 3°20′ each.

arc
80°00′00″–93°20′00″
vimśottarī lord
Guru
deity · devatā
Aditi
symbol
quiver of arrows
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Classical structure

  • position → 7th of the 27 nakṣatras, spanning 80°00′00″–93°20′00″ of the sidereal ecliptic.
  • pādas → four quarters of 3°20′ each (the 4 navāṃśa pādas; 108 pādas across all 27).
  • vimśottarī lord → Guru — seeds the Vimśottarī daśā sequence for a Moon in this nakṣatra.
  • gaṇa → देव · deva
  • nāḍī → आदि · ādi
  • yogatāra (junction star) → β Geminorum (Pollux) vmag 1.14

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 अदित्यै नमः · सप्तमं नक्षत्रम्।

Salutations to Aditi, the seventh nakṣatra — the boundless mother who restores.

कथा · STORY

Punarvasu means 'the return of the light' — ruled by Aditi, mother of the Ādityas. It is the nakṣatra of renewal, of coming home, of the prodigal restored. Rāma was born under Punarvasu.

मुहूर्त-योग्यता · TRADITIONAL MUHŪRTA USES

  • good for return journeys and reunions
  • good for housewarming and re-occupation
  • good for restoration and repair
  • good for spiritual study and Vedānta

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 Punarvasu?

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).