नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 26 of 27 · 3°20′–16°40′ Mīna
उत्तर भाद्रपदा Uttara Bhādrapadā(Uttara Bhadrapada)
Data
| Span | 3°20′–16°40′ Mīna |
|---|---|
| Lord | शनि Śani |
| Deity | Ahirbudhnya, the serpent of the deep |
| Symbol | The back legs of a ceremonial cot; twins; a serpent in the waters |
| Gana | manushya |
| Temperament | Fixed and profound (dhruva) — the stillness of deep water that supports everything above it. |
Uttara Bhadrapada is the wisdom of stillness: emotional depth, patience, and a compassion so stable that others anchor to it in storms. Saturn's lordship in Jupiter's watery sign produces the zodiac's quiet sages — natives who control anger, keep counsel, and do their most powerful work beneath the surface, where the serpent of the deep holds up the world.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Siṃha navāṁśa (Sun): the serene authority — depth that leads without raising its voice. |
| 2 | Kanyā navāṁśa (Mercury): the contemplative analyst — wisdom organized into usable service. |
| 3 | Tulā navāṁśa (Venus): the peacemaker of the deep — stability offered to relationships and communities. |
| 4 | Vṛścika navāṁśa (Mars): the hidden mystic — stillness concealing formidable transformative power. |
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.