नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 10 of 27 · 0°00′–13°20′ Siṃha
मघा Maghā(Magha)
Data
| Span | 0°00′–13°20′ Siṃha |
|---|---|
| Lord | केतु Ketu |
| Deity | The Pitṛs, the honored ancestors |
| Symbol | A royal throne; a palanquin |
| Gana | rakshasa |
| Temperament | Fierce and regal (ugra) — authority that rests on lineage and earned respect. |
Magha, 'the mighty', seats its natives on the ancestral throne: natural dignity, leadership, and a felt connection to lineage, tradition and those who came before. They shine in roles of honor and ceremony; their deepest strength comes when they serve the lineage forward — mentoring, honoring roots — rather than merely occupying the seat.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meṣa navāṁśa (Mars): the founding sovereign — courage to establish and lead from the front. |
| 2 | Vṛṣabha navāṁśa (Venus): the throne made comfortable — dignity expressed as patronage and generosity. |
| 3 | Mithuna navāṁśa (Mercury): the eloquent ruler — authority carried through speech, counsel and record. |
| 4 | Karka navāṁśa (Moon): the ancestral heart — leadership as care for one's people and their memory. |
Sources
- Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5Taittiriya Brahmana 1.5 (with parallels in Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 and Atharva Veda 19.7): the Vedic nakshatra lists with their presiding deities. Vedic corpus, public domain.
- BPHS, Chs. 46–49Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Chs. 46–49 (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the Vimshottari dasha as the foremost dasha system — sequence and years (Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17; total 120), effects of each graha's dasha, and antardasha doctrine. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- BPHS, Ch. 6Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Ch. 6 'The Sixteen Divisions of a Rashi' (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the navamsa (D9) scheme underlying the pada framework — each pada of 3°20′ is one navamsa. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- Nakshatra traditionCommon Jyotish nakshatra doctrine — symbols, the deva/manushya/rakshasa gana classification, and temperament — standardized across muhurta and jataka manuals and consistent from the medieval synthesis treatises (e.g., Jataka Parijata) onward. Editorial synthesis in our own words; no copyrighted translation reproduced.