Nakṣatra 2 of 27
Bharaṇī · भरणी
The lunar mansion 13°20′ – 26°40′ Mesha 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
13°20′ – 26°40′ Mesha
in Mesha · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Yama
lord of dharma and the dead — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.9
Vimśottarī lord
Shukra
Venus · 20-year daśā
The four pādas of Bharaṇī
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
13°20′ – 16°40′ Mesha
navāṃśa Simha
Pāda 2
16°40′ – 20°00′ Mesha
navāṃśa Kanya
Pāda 3
20°00′ – 23°20′ Mesha
navāṃśa Tula
Pāda 4
23°20′ – 26°40′ Mesha
navāṃśa Vrishchika
Bharaṇī in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
manushya
the human temperament — balanced, striving, worldly
Yoni
elephant
the animal token used when two charts are matched
Nāḍī
madhya
middle — the pitta 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 Bharaṇī
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.
pauṣṇaṃ ca revatī ṛkṣamaśvayukcāśvadaivatam । garp_1,59.9 । bharaṇyṛkṣaṃ tathā yāmyaṃ proktāste ṛkṣadevatāḥ ॥
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 /
garp_1,59.48 । kuryācchatabhiṣāyāṃ ca jātakarmādi mānavaḥ । viśākhā cottarātrīṇi maghārdrā bharaṇī tathā ॥
Kindred stars
Also ruled by Shukra
- Pūrva Phalgunī · 13°20′ – 26°40′ Simha
- Pūrvāṣāḍhā · 13°20′ – 26°40′ Dhanu
The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 20-year daśā.