Pushya nakshatra

Cancer 3°20′–16°40′ (sidereal) · lord Saturn · deity Brihaspati · symbol: cow's udder

The most nourishing nakshatra. Slow, dependable flourishing; classical texts rate it best for almost everything except marriage.

In the vimshottari system

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

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