Nakṣatra 9 of 27
Āśleṣā · आश्लेषा
The lunar mansion 16°40′ – 29°60′ Karka 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
16°40′ – 29°60′ Karka
in Karka · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
the Sarpas
the serpent deities — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.3
Vimśottarī lord
Budha
Mercury · 17-year daśā
The four pādas of Āśleṣā
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
16°40′ – 20°00′ Karka
navāṃśa Dhanu
Pāda 2
20°00′ – 23°20′ Karka
navāṃśa Makara
Pāda 3
23°20′ – 26°40′ Karka
navāṃśa Kumbha
Pāda 4
26°40′ – 29°60′ Karka
navāṃśa Meena
Āśleṣā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
rakshasa
the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move
Yoni
cat
the animal token used when two charts are matched
Nāḍī
antya
last — the kapha channel
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 Āśleṣā
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.
aśleṣāḥ sarpadevatyā maghāśca pitṛdevatāḥ । garp_1,59.3 । bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ ॥
viśākhā cottarātrīṇi maghārdrā bharaṇī tathā । āśleṣā kṛttikā rudra ! prasthāne maraṇapradāḥ । garp_1,59.49 ॥