Find your Janma Nakshatra, Pada and Chandra Rashi instantly from your date and time of birth — from real planetary mathematics, not guesswork.
For those born in India (IST). The Moon's position does not depend on the place, so the date and time alone are enough.
Divide the 360° of the sky into 27 equal parts and each part is one Nakshatra (of 13°20′). The Nakshatra the Moon occupied at the moment of your birth is called your Janma Nakshatra. Every Nakshatra has 4 Padas (quarters), from which the auspicious first letter of a name is drawn.
The whole Vimshottari Dasha calculation begins from the Janma Nakshatra — so it is the basis for when the periods of your life will change. In Kundali Milan, 3 of the 36 Gunas (Tara koota) and Nadi dosha are read from the Nakshatra as well. Muhurta too looks at the Nakshatra of the day.
This calculator uses the same mathematics from our Kundali engine that builds the full report — the Moon's real position on the Lahiri ayanamsha. To know the complete reading of your Nakshatra (nature, career, Milan), create your free complete Kundali.