Insights by Omkar

Nakshatra 22 of 27

Shravana

Three footprints / an ear

The listener. Learning by attention, receiving transmission from a teacher.

Shravana nakshatra — observatory plate (Three footprints / an ear)

Ruling planet

Moon

Presiding deity

Vishnu (preserver)

Symbol

Three footprints / an ear

Zodiac span

Capricorn 10° – 23°20'

Sidereal — view sign: Capricorn

Padas

4 × 3°20'

What the Moon in Shravana favors

Shravana means 'listening' — the Moon here attunes you to transmission. Not the mansion to talk; the mansion to receive. Favorable for: studying with a teacher, attending lectures or seminars, listening to music seriously, long conversations where you're the one asking questions, recording interviews, research where the source is another person. Less favorable for: broadcasting, talks where you're the speaker, situations where your voice is the product. If a teacher or elder is available today, sit with them. What they know is available under this lunar mansion in a way it often isn't.

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Is the Moon in Shravana right now?

The Moon moves through one nakshatra roughly every thirteen hours. The panchanga page computes today’s active mansion from live ephemeris math — if Shravana is the transiting nakshatra at this moment, the panchanga will tell you, along with the active tithi, yoga, karana, and weekday.

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