नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 12 of 27 · 26°40′ Siṃha – 10°00′ Kanyā
उत्तर फाल्गुनी Uttara Phālgunī(Uttara Phalguni)
Data
| Span | 26°40′ Siṃha – 10°00′ Kanyā |
|---|---|
| Lord | सूर्य Sūrya |
| Deity | Aryaman, god of contracts, patronage and noble alliance |
| Symbol | The back legs of a couch — the support that bears the weight |
| Gana | manushya |
| Temperament | Fixed and dependable (dhruva) — the friend who shows up, in writing. |
Where Purva Phalguni celebrates, Uttara Phalguni commits: this is the mansion of alliances kept, patronage honored and help that arrives when actually needed. Its natives are generous stabilizers — natural patrons, reliable partners in marriage and business — who build their considerable success on being genuinely useful to others.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dhanu navāṁśa (Jupiter): the principled patron — generosity guided by dharma and vision. |
| 2 | Makara navāṁśa (Saturn): the institution-builder — commitments turned into lasting structures. |
| 3 | Kumbha navāṁśa (Saturn): the civic ally — patronage extended to communities and causes. |
| 4 | Mīna navāṁśa (Jupiter): compassionate service — the alliance widens to include everyone in need. |
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.