Nakṣatra 6 of 27
Ārdrā · आर्द्रा
The lunar mansion 6°40′ – 20°00′ Mithuna of the sidereal zodiac — its presiding deity as the Garuḍa Purāṇa states it, its Vimśottarī lord as the engine computes it, and the Purāṇic passages that actually name it. Cited context; never a forecast.
Position · sidereal
6°40′ – 20°00′ Mithuna
in Mithuna · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Rudra
the fierce form of Śiva — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.2
Vimśottarī lord
Rahu
north lunar node · 18-year daśā
The four pādas of Ārdrā
Each nakṣatra spans 13°20′, divided into four quarters of 3°20′. A pāda’s navāṃśa (the ninth division, D9) is what a chart reading leans on when the birth time is known — computed here, not asserted.
Pāda 1
6°40′ – 10°00′ Mithuna
navāṃśa Dhanu
Pāda 2
10°00′ – 13°20′ Mithuna
navāṃśa Makara
Pāda 3
13°20′ – 16°40′ Mithuna
navāṃśa Kumbha
Pāda 4
16°40′ – 20°00′ Mithuna
navāṃśa Meena
Ārdrā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
manushya
the human temperament — balanced, striving, worldly
Yoni
dog
the animal token used when two charts are matched
Nāḍī
adi
first — the vāta channel in Āyurvedic pairing
Standard aṣṭakūṭa tradition (BPHS-derived), uniform across classical practice — not from this project's Purāṇic corpus, and not cited as if it were.
Where the Purāṇas name Ārdrā
Verbatim passages from this project’s own tagged astrology corpus — saṁhitā, muhūrta and calendrical contexts that mention the star. Supplementary context from the texts, not personality claims or predictions.
kṛttikāstvagnidevatyā rohiṇyo brahmaṇaḥ smṛtāḥ । ilvalāḥ somadevatyā raudraṃ cārdramudāhṛtam । garp_1,59.2 ॥
jalamitrāryamāhīndranakṣatreṣu subhikṣakṛt / sacchastrāvṛṣṭido mūle 'hirbudhnyabhayorbhayam // narp_1,56.73 // śravaṇānilahtārdrābharaṇībhāgyameṣu ca / caratrchaiścaro nṝṇāṃ subhikṣārogyasyakṛt // narp_1,56.74 // mukhe caikaṃ gude dve ca trīṇi ke nayane dvayam /
vasvadityaṃvupuṣyāṇi viṣṇubhaṃ carasaṃjñitam / mṛdvindumitracitrāntyamugraṃ pūrvāmaghātrikam // narp_1,56.178 // mūlārdrāhīndrabhaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ svanāmasadṛśaṃ phalam / citrādityaṃbuviṣṇvaṃbāntyādhimitravasūḍuṣu // narp_1,56.179 // samṛgejyeṣu bālānāṃ karṇavedhaṅkriyā hitā /