Krittika nakshatra

Aries 26°40′–Taurus 10°00′ (sidereal) · lord Sun · deity Agni · symbol: razor / flame

The cutting flame: sharp discrimination, purification. Krittika separates what is essential from what merely burns.

In the vimshottari system

Krittika's planetary lord is Sun, so a person born with the Moon here starts life in a Sun mahadasha — see Sun mahadasha for what that period carries. The Moon's exact degree within Krittika sets how much of that first period remains at birth; the dasha calculator works it out from your birth details.

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