Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra (उत्तरा फाल्गुनी)

Uttara Phalguni belongs to Aryaman, the god of contracts, friendship and hospitality, who protects agreements between people. Its symbol is the back legs of a bed. Where Purva Phalguni is the pleasure of union, Uttara Phalguni is the commitment that makes it last.

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 Phalguni:

Reliable, generous and loyal to agreements, you are the friend and partner others can count on. Your word matters to you, and you build lasting alliances.

Uttara Phalguni gives a generous, dependable and principled nature. These people keep their word, help their friends and work steadily for the common good. They are natural organisers and patrons, and are often better at supporting others than at asking for support.

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 administration, social work, management, law and contracts, and any role that holds a group together.

Committed and supportive. Partnership is a contract to them, and they honour it.

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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni 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 Phalguni, your first mahadasha is the Sun's, which lasts 6 years in full. Only the part the Moon had not yet travelled through Uttara Phalguni 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 cow. Both gana and yoni are among the eight factors (kootas) compared in traditional kundli matching. Uttara Phalguni shares the cow yoni with Uttara Bhadrapada, the best yoni match. Its sworn enemy is the tiger, the yoni of Chitra and Vishakha, which scores no yoni points in matching.

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