Anuradha Nakshatra: Scorpio Degrees and Saturn
Find Anuradha’s Scorpio interval and follow an arcminute-based period-balance example without confusing degree minutes with decimal degrees.
Overview
Anuradha occupies 3°20′–16°40′ sidereal Scorpio, or 213°20′–226°40′ total longitude. Its Vimshottari lord is Saturn. Mars rules Scorpio in the seven-planet sign-rulership framework, a separate role from the nakshatra timing association.
At a glance
- Sidereal interval
- 213°20′–226°40′ total longitude
- Pada starting longitudes
- 213°20′, 216°40′, 220°00′, 223°20′
- Vimshottari association
- Saturn; nineteen-year full period
- Important distinction
- Arcminutes are base sixty, not decimal hundredths
What does the Saturn association mean?
It assigns Anuradha to Saturn in the Vimshottari sequence. It does not place Saturn in Scorpio, establish a Saturn conjunction or replace Mars as the sign ruler. The actual Saturn position must be read independently.
Anuradha lies entirely within Scorpio, but a Scorpio Moon may instead be in Vishakha or Jyeshtha. The unrounded degree is the evidence for choosing among them; a general Scorpio horoscope is not enough.
An example that requires arcminutes
Use an invented Moon at 9° Scorpio, or 219° total longitude. From Anuradha’s 213°20′ start, it has advanced 5°40′ = 340 arcminutes. That falls in pada 2, between offsets 200 and 400 arcminutes.
The remaining arc is 800 − 340 = 460 arcminutes. The Moon-based opening balance is 19 × 460/800 = 10.925 dasha years. Writing 5°40′ as 5.40 decimal degrees would change the result incorrectly; 40′ means forty sixtieths of a degree.
What does precision not establish?
More decimal places in a balance do not make a life forecast more certain. The calculation depends on birth-time quality, the sidereal setting and the chosen year convention. Preserve those assumptions before presenting a calendar date.
Traditional friendship or devotion narratives do not prove loyalty, relationship quality or a moral trait. Use the nakshatra as a chart field, and evaluate real relationships from behavior and communication rather than the Saturn association.
Sources and editorial basis
- P. V. R. Narasimha Rao: Vedic Astrology — An Integrated ApproachRao, §1.3.6 and Table 2, printed pp. 10–11: equal 27-sector convention, four 3°20′ padas and named boundaries. Table 2 entry Anuradha: interval and Vimshottari lord. §1.3.2 and Table 1, p. 6: rashi intervals. §3.3 and Table 6, pp. 34–35: seven-planet sign rulers, distinct from period lords. Original coordinates and boundary examples are editorial arithmetic, not observed birth charts. §16.2 and Table 38, pp. 210–211: Moon-based Vimshottari starting lord, remaining-arc fraction and explicit year-length disagreement. No dates are inferred without a timestamp and year convention.A named practitioner’s introduction to Jyotish. Used for terminology and a stated method, not universal school agreement or scientific validation. The added March 18, 2010 note describes changed views; it does not establish a fully revised 2010 edition.
- OpenFate Editorial MethodologyOpenFate Editorial Methodology, stable sections #editorial-principles, #editorial-workflow, #editorial-ai, and #editorial-context. Used for the calculation/interpretation and evidence-boundary policy.OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.
- Swiss Ephemeris Programmer’s Manual: Time, Sidereal Modes and HousesSwiss Ephemeris Programmer’s Manual, §3: geocentric planetary positions; §9.1–9.2: date, UTC and Julian-day conversion; §11: topocentric setting is distinct; §12.1–12.2: explicitly selected sidereal mode and ayanamsa. These sections support coordinate settings only, not nakshatra symbolism, personality, compatibility or event predictions.Primary software documentation for numerical time and position calculations. Sidereal modes, including named Lahiri variants, are explicit settings. The manual does not validate astrological interpretations.