Revati Nakshatra: Pisces’ Final Degrees
Locate Revati in late Pisces and see how 360° wraps to Ashwini at 0° Aries. Includes a final-arcminute example and Mercury timing context.
Overview
Revati is the twenty-seventh nakshatra, spanning 16°40′–30° sidereal Pisces, or 346°40′–360° total longitude. Mercury is its Vimshottari lord. The ending 360° is excluded and normalized to 0° Aries, the start of Ashwini.
At a glance
- Sidereal interval
- 346°40′–360°00′ total longitude
- Pada starting longitudes
- 346°40′, 350°00′, 353°20′, 356°40′
- Vimshottari association
- Mercury; seventeen-year full period
- Important distinction
- 360° and 0° describe the same zodiac boundary
What does being the last nakshatra mean?
It identifies the final entry in this coordinate sequence, not the age, spiritual rank or destiny of a person. Revati covers only the last 13°20′ of Pisces; earlier Pisces positions belong to the two Bhadrapada sectors.
Jupiter rules Pisces while Mercury supplies Revati’s Vimshottari association. Their roles remain distinct. A Mercury-ruled star does not establish a Mercury conjunction or make Mercury the ruler of the Pisces sign.
The final arcminute and the circular wrap
For an invented Moon at 359°59′, the sign position is 29°59′ Pisces and the star is Revati pada 4. Only one arcminute remains before the 800-arcminute sector ends. At exactly 360° the normalized value is 0° Aries: Ashwini pada 1.
The Moon-based Revati balance at 359°59′ is 17 × 1/800 = 0.02125 dasha years. Do not create a nakshatra number 28 by dividing the unnormalized 360° value. These are classification exercises, not timed observations of a birth.
What if the displayed coordinate is rounded to 360°?
Retain the unrounded value used by the calculator. A display rounded upward can show 360° even if the actual position is still slightly below the boundary. Lookup should use the actual coordinate, not a manually copied short display.
A correct circular boundary does not guarantee safe travel, protection or a particular life ending. Traditional narratives need separate attribution, and safety decisions require ordinary evidence rather than a final-star label.
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 Revati: 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.