Find your nakshatra by date of birth
Enter your birth date, time and place. We locate the Moon at your moment of birth and show which of the 27 nakshatras it occupied, with its pada, rashi, ruling planet and deity.
How to find your nakshatra from your birth details
- Enter your date of birth, exact birth time and birth place in the form above.
- The calculator finds the Moon's sidereal position at that moment.
- The zodiac is split into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each; the one holding the Moon is your janma nakshatra.
- Each nakshatra has four padas of 3°20′, so you also see your pada along with Moon rashi, ruling planet, deity, gana, nadi and yoni.
Why birth time matters: the Moon moves roughly 13° a day, so it can change nakshatra within the same date. Use the most accurate time you have.
When to use this tool
Use this when you need the birth nakshatra, pada and lord - required for matching, naming and dasha starts.
- Kundli Matching
…you want full 36-guna compatibility between two charts
- Vimshottari Dasha
…you want the planetary periods that begin from your nakshatra
- Kundli / Birth Chart
…you want the complete chart around that nakshatra
Frequently asked questions
What is a nakshatra?
A nakshatra is one of 27 lunar mansions of 13°20' each. Your birth nakshatra is where the Moon sits at birth and it rules your dasha sequence.
What is a pada?
Each nakshatra has four padas of 3°20'. The pada links your nakshatra to a Navamsa sign and refines personality and career reading.
How do I find my birth star?
Enter date, time and place of birth; the tool computes the sidereal Moon longitude with Lahiri ayanamsa and returns nakshatra, pada and lord.