Nakshatra 26 of 27
Uttara Bhadrapada
Back legs of a funeral cot / serpent in the deep
The depth-serpent. Wisdom earned through stillness, the ocean under the wave.
Ruling planet
Saturn
Presiding deity
Ahir Budhnya (serpent of the depths)
Symbol
Back legs of a funeral cot / serpent in the deep
Zodiac span
Pisces 3°20' – 16°40'
Sidereal — view sign: Pisces
Padas
4 × 3°20'
What the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada favors
Uttara Bhadrapada is the mansion of depth — what is accessible only through stillness and long residence with a question. Saturn-ruled and watery; the Moon here favors introspection, spiritual study, and the kind of insight that doesn't arrive on demand. Favorable for: meditation, solitude, writing, therapy, study of esoteric subjects, time alone with a question. Less favorable for: rushed decisions, superficial social commitments, extraverted output. If you've been needing a day with yourself, today is defensible — and the work that happens under this mansion tends to go further than you expect.
Live reading
Is the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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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