Pushya Nakshatra: Cancer Degrees and Saturn
Find Pushya’s exact Cancer interval, calculate the Saturn period balance at its midpoint, and separate a natal birth star from an electional claim.
Overview
Pushya occupies 3°20′–16°40′ sidereal Cancer, or 93°20′–106°40′ total longitude. Its Vimshottari lord is Saturn. The Moon’s sign rulership of Cancer is a separate relationship, not a contradiction.
At a glance
- Sidereal interval
- 93°20′–106°40′ total longitude
- Pada starting longitudes
- 93°20′, 96°40′, 100°00′, 103°20′
- Vimshottari association
- Saturn; nineteen-year full period
- Important distinction
- A natal sector is not an electional guarantee
What does the Pushya label answer?
It locates a named point within the Cancer portion of the sidereal zodiac. For a birth star, verify that the point is the natal Moon. A calendar saying the Moon occupies Pushya today answers a different, transit-based question.
Saturn’s timing association does not make Cancer a Saturn-ruled sign. Likewise, it does not show that Saturn occupies Cancer. Keep the Moon, Saturn and the sign ruler roles distinct in the position record.
A Moon at 10° Cancer
Use a hypothetical Moon at 100° total longitude, or 10° Cancer. Subtract Pushya’s 93°20′ start: the offset is 6°40′, exactly 400 arcminutes. This is the beginning of pada 3, halfway through the sector.
The Moon-based opening Saturn balance is 19 × 1/2 = 9.5 dasha years. The half-year cannot be turned into a civil end date without choosing a year-length convention. This calculation is not a prediction about what occurs during the period.
Does Pushya make every activity auspicious?
No universal activity guarantee follows from the natal coordinate. Electional astrology has additional rules about the proposed action, timing and other calendar factors. A favorable label copied from a calendar cannot certify a purchase, medical choice or business outcome.
For the narrower lookup task, inspect precision around 93°20′ and 106°40′, where Punarvasu and Ashlesha meet Pushya. An uncertain birth interval that crosses one of those limits requires alternative labels, not a confident single-star interpretation.
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 Pushya: 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.