Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra (उत्तराषाढा)

Uttara Ashadha belongs to the Vishvedevas, the ten universal gods who together stand for every virtue. Its symbol is an elephant’s tusk. Where Purva Ashadha is the confidence before victory, Uttara Ashadha is the victory that lasts, won fairly.

Your janma (birth) nakshatra is the one the Moon occupied when you were born. It is read as the clearest picture of the mind and temperament. When the Moon is in Uttara Ashadha:

Principled and persistent, you win final, lasting victories through patience and integrity. Leadership comes to you because you are trusted.

Uttara Ashadha gives integrity, patience and a sense of responsibility. These people are principled and dependable, slow to start but impossible to stop. They win in the end, and they win fairly.

The nakshatra is one layer of a chart. The sign the Moon is in, the planets aspecting it and the rest of the chart all change how these traits show.

Government and law, leadership, the military, research, and long-term projects that need steady hands.

Faithful and dutiful. They take commitment seriously and expect the same.

Each nakshatra is divided into four padas (quarters) of 3°20′. Each pada falls in a navamsa sign, which colours the nakshatra with that sign's temperament. This is why two people born in the same nakshatra can read quite differently.

In the naming tradition (namakarana) followed across India and Nepal, a child's name begins with the syllable of the pada the Moon occupied at birth. For Uttara Ashadha the four syllables are:

You need the pada, not just the nakshatra, so the birth time matters. A few panchangs differ by a syllable, so families often follow the one their priest uses. Find the nakshatra and pada for a birth.

The average guna milan score between Uttara Ashadha and each other nakshatra, taken over every Moon position in both and counted either way round. A real match depends on the exact padas and on who is the bride, so use these as a guide and check the exact pair.

The Vimshottari dasha, the most widely used timing system in Vedic astrology, starts from the Moon's nakshatra. If you were born with the Moon in Uttara Ashadha, your first mahadasha is the Sun's, which lasts 6 years in full. Only the part the Moon had not yet travelled through Uttara Ashadha remains at birth: a Moon early in the nakshatra leaves most of the period to run, and a Moon near its end leaves little.

Calculate your own dasha periods with exact dates, down to the prana dasha.

Manushya gana, the "human" temperament: balanced and practical, with worldly ambition.

Its yoni, the animal that stands for a nakshatra's instinctive nature, is the mongoose. Both gana and yoni are among the eight factors (kootas) compared in traditional kundli matching. Uttara Ashadha is the only nakshatra with the mongoose yoni. Its sworn enemy is the serpent, the yoni of Rohini and Mrigashira, which scores no yoni points in matching.

In muhurta, the choosing of auspicious times, Uttara Ashadha is classed as fixed (dhruva): favoured for lasting foundations, such as building, planting and long commitments.