Vedic Astrology Nakshatra Finder APK

App's first release

Find your nakshatra according to the Indian Vedic astrology. Find about your nakshatra and their traits in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The app also features a beautiful animated nakshatra wheel. Visualize how even a few minutes makes the moon move into a new position!

A nakshatra or lunar house is one of the 27 divisions of the sky which are identified by the important star or an asterism in them. This is used extensively in Hindu astrology.

In classical Hindu scriptures the creation of the nakshatras is attributed to Daksha. They are personified as daughters of the deity and as wives of Chandra, the Moon god, or alternatively the daughters of Kashyapa, the brother of Daksha.

Each of the nakshatras is governed as 'lord' by one of the nine graha in the following sequence: Ketu (South Lunar Node), Shukra (Venus), Surya (Sun), Chandra (Moon), Mangala (Mars), Rahu (North Lunar Node), Brihaspati (Jupiter), Shani (Saturn) and Budha (Mercury). This cycle repeats itself three times to cover all 27 nakshatras. The lord of each nakshatra determines the planetary period known as the dasha, which is considered of major importance in forecasting the life path of the individual in Hindu astrology.

The 27 nakhatras covered are:

Ashwini 'the horse-headed twins',
Bharani 'the bearer',
Krittika 'the nurses of Kārttikeya',
Rohini 'the red one',
Mrigashīra 'the deers head',
Ardra 'the moist one',
Punarvasu 'the restorers of goods',
Pushya 'the nourisher',
Ashleshā 'the embrace',
Maghā 'the bountiful',
Pūrva Phalgunī 'first reddish one',
Uttara Phalgunī 'second reddish one',
Hasta 'the hand',
Chitra 'the bright one',
Swāti 'name of Arcturus',
Visakha 'rādhā the gift',
Anuradha 'following rādhā',
Jyeshtha 'the eldest, most excellent',
Mula 'the root',
Purva Ashadha 'the first invincible one',
Uttara Ashadha 'the second invincible one',
Shravana,
Dhanishta 'the most famous',
Shatabhisha 'Comprising a hundred physicians',
Purva Bhadrapada 'the first blessed feet',
Uttara Bhadrapada 'the second blessed feet',
Revati 'prosperous'