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Citrā · चित्रा

The lunar mansion 23°20′ Kanya – 6°40′ Tula 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

23°20′ Kanya – 6°40′ Tula

in Kanya and Tula · Lahiri ayanāṃśa

Devatā · presiding deity

Tvaṣṭṛ

the divine craftsman — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.4

Vimśottarī lord

Mangala

Mars · 7-year daśā

The four pādas of Citrā

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

23°20′ – 26°40′ Kanya

navāṃśa Simha

Pāda 2

26°40′ – 0°00′ Kanya

navāṃśa Kanya

Pāda 3

0°00′ – 3°20′ Tula

navāṃśa Tula

Pāda 4

3°20′ – 6°40′ Tula

navāṃśa Vrishchika

Citrā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning

Gaṇa

rakshasa

the fierce temperament — forceful, independent, hard to move

Yoni

tiger

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 Citrā

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.

bhāgyāśca pūrvaphalgunya aryamā ca tathottaraḥ । sāvitraśca tathā hastā citrā tvaṣṭā prakīrtitaḥ । garp_1,59.4 ॥
— Garuḍa Purāṇa · 59.2807 · garuda-59-2807
prāsādatoraṇārāmaprākārādyaṃ ca siddhyati // narp_1,56.176 // sthiraṃ rohiṇyuttarākhyaṃ kṣipraṃ sūrayāśvipuṣyabham / sādhāraṇaṃ dvidaivatyaṃ vahnibhaṃ ca prakīrtitam // narp_1,56.177// vasvadityaṃvupuṣyāṇi viṣṇubhaṃ carasaṃjñitam / mṛdvindumitracitrāntyamugraṃ pūrvāmaghātrikam // narp_1,56.178 //
— Nārada Purāṇa · 0.3805 · narada-0-3805
yāmyadiggamanaṃ tyaktvā sarvakāṣṭhāsu yāyinām // narp_1,56.650 // abhijitkṣaṇayogo 'yamabhīṣṭaphalasiddhidaḥ / pañcāṅgaśuddhirahite divase 'pi phalapradaḥ // narp_1,56.651 // yātrāyogā vicitrāstānyogānvakṣye yatastataḥ / phalasiddhiryāgalagnādrājñāṃ vipraśya dhiṣṇyataḥ // narp_1,56.652 //
— Nārada Purāṇa · 0.4121 · narada-0-4121

Kindred stars

Also ruled by Mangala

  • Mṛgaśirā · 23°20′ Vrishabha – 6°40′ Mithuna
  • Dhaniṣṭhā · 23°20′ Makara – 6°40′ Kumbha

The three stars sharing a Vimśottarī lord share its 7-year daśā.

Sharing Kanya / Tula

  • Uttara Phalgunī · lord Surya
  • Hasta · lord Chandra
  • Svātī · lord Rahu
  • Viśākhā · lord Guru
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