Moon Sign Calculator (Rashi)

Your rashi is the sign the Moon occupied when you were born. In Vedic astrology it matters at least as much as the ascendant, because it describes the mind and emotional life. It is the sign daily horoscopes (rashifal) are written for. Transits are counted from it, Sade Sati is judged from it, and it is one of the factors compared in kundli matching. Read about each of the 12 signs.

Western astrology's star sign is the position of the Sun in the tropical zodiac. Your rashi is the position of the Moon in the sidereal zodiac, which today sits about 24° behind the tropical one. They are different planets measured against different zodiacs, so most people's rashi is not their Western sign.

The Moon stays in each sign for about two and a quarter days, so the date alone is usually enough. If the Moon changed sign on your birth date, you need the time to know which side of the change you were born on.

Planetary positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, the reference used by professional astrology software, converted to the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa, the standard in India and Nepal.

Your birth time is converted using the timezone history of your birthplace, including old offsets such as Nepal's +05:30 before 1986 and wartime clock changes. Getting that wrong shifts every position, and generic calculators often do. The chart is calculated in your browser: your birth date and time are never sent to us, and the place search sends only the town name you type.