Nakṣatra 5 of 27
Mṛgaśirā · मृगशिरा
The lunar mansion 23°20′ Vrishabha – 6°40′ 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
23°20′ Vrishabha – 6°40′ Mithuna
in Vrishabha and Mithuna · Lahiri ayanāṃśa
Devatā · presiding deity
Soma
the Moon — the verse names the star by its old name Ilvalā — Garuḍa Purāṇa garp_1,59.2
Vimśottarī lord
Mangala
Mars · 7-year daśā
The four pādas of Mṛgaśirā
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′ Vrishabha
navāṃśa Simha
Pāda 2
26°40′ – 0°00′ Vrishabha
navāṃśa Kanya
Pāda 3
0°00′ – 3°20′ Mithuna
navāṃśa Tula
Pāda 4
3°20′ – 6°40′ Mithuna
navāṃśa Vrishchika
Mṛgaśirā in the aṣṭakūṭa reckoning
Gaṇa
deva
the divine temperament — gentle, generous, drawn to harmony
Yoni
serpent
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 Mṛgaśirā
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 ॥