Padas: quarters of a nakshatra
Each nakshatra has four padas of 3°20′: 108 in all, nine in every sign.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Four quarters
- Find the pada
A first look at the lesson
Each nakshatra splits into 4 padas (quarters) of 3°20′. That makes 27 × 4 = 108 padas, and every sign holds exactly 9.
To find the pada of a degree, find the nakshatra first, then count 3°20′ steps from where it begins. Not every sign begins a nakshatra: Taurus begins in the second pada of Krittika.
More lessons on this subject
- What a nakshatra isTwenty-seven lunar mansions of 13°20′, from Ashwini to Revati, two and a quarter in every sign.
- The nine nakshatra lordsNine lords in a fixed order, Ketu to Mercury, three rounds over the 27 nakshatras.
- Ketu's nakshatrasAshwini, Magha and Mula: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- Venus's nakshatrasBharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
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