10°00′ – 23°20′ Virgo · ruled by Moon · deity Savitr, the sun before sunrise
Hasta, whose deity is Savitr, the sun before sunrise, is the star of the hand. What it touches becomes real: skill, craft, dexterity, and the quiet power of making.
The gift: practical genius — turning ideas into objects and plans into outcomes.
The lesson: control disguised as competence. Named kindly: this is the gift pointed the wrong way, and naming it is most of the work.
| Lord (Vimshottari) | Moon — the planet whose period a Hasta birth begins in |
| Deity | Savitr, the sun before sunrise |
| Span | 10°00′ – 23°20′ Virgo |
| Moon sign (Rashi) | Virgo (Kanya) |
| Gana (temperament) | Deva — the refined class: cooperative, harmony-seeking, uncomfortable with cruelty even when it would be convenient. |
| Nadi (constitution) | Vata — the constitutional current used in classical matching |
| Yoni (instinct) | Mahisha — the buffalo, the instinct-symbol used for temperament compatibility |
| Rajju | Kantha — the neck, an older matching rule read alongside the eight dimensions |
| Quarter | Navamsa shade | Name syllables |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | An Aries shade — the most direct quarter of the star: initiative first, reflection after | Pu |
| Pada 2 | A Taurus shade — the steadiest quarter: the star's gifts want to become something tangible and kept | Sha |
| Pada 3 | A Gemini shade — the most curious quarter: the star's nature expresses itself through words, pairs and exchange | Na |
| Pada 4 | A Cancer shade — the most feeling quarter: the star's gifts are offered protectively, to a chosen few | Tha |
The pada is the quarter of the star the Moon occupied at your birth. It sets the navamsa sign and the first syllable tradition gives a name. The calculator below tells you yours.
Classical matching reads two birth stars across eight dimensions. Four of them — ease (Tara), instinct (Yoni), temperament (Gana) and constitution (Nadi), 21 of the 36 points — depend on the stars alone, so they can be read for Hasta exactly. These stars pair most naturally with it:
Stars that share Hasta's Vata nadi — Ashwini, Ardra, Punarvasu, Uttara Phalguni, Jyeshtha, Mula, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada — raise the constitutional flag the tradition watches, which comes with listed cancellations and is a conversation, never a verdict. The other fifteen points read from the two Moon signs, which the padas decide; a full check needs both charts.
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Which planet rules Hasta?Moon. In the Vimshottari system the lord of your birth star opens your first planetary period, so a Hasta birth begins life in a Moon chapter.
Which Moon sign is Hasta in?Hasta spans 10°00′ – 23°20′ Virgo — the Moon sign is Virgo (Kanya).
Which nakshatras match Hasta best?On the four star-based dimensions of classical matching, Swati, Shravana, Pushya pair most naturally with Hasta. The full 36-point reading also needs both Moon signs and weighs the cancellations the tradition lists.