26°40′ Aries – 10°00′ Taurus · ruled by Sun · deity Agni, the sacred fire
Krittika, whose deity is Agni, the sacred fire, is the star of the blade and the flame. It cuts through pretence and purifies what it touches.
The gift: clarity, courage, and standards that lift everyone nearby.
The lesson: criticism that lands harder than intended. Named kindly: this is the gift pointed the wrong way, and naming it is most of the work.
| Lord (Vimshottari) | Sun — the planet whose period a Krittika birth begins in |
| Deity | Agni, the sacred fire |
| Span | 26°40′ Aries – 10°00′ Taurus |
| Moon sign (Rashi) | Aries (Mesha) for pada 1, Taurus (Vrishabha) for the rest |
| Gana (temperament) | Rakshasa — the intense class: forceful, penetrating, unignorable — the temperament that says what others only think. |
| Nadi (constitution) | Kapha — the constitutional current used in classical matching |
| Yoni (instinct) | Mesha — the ram, the instinct-symbol used for temperament compatibility |
| Rajju | Nabhi — the navel, an older matching rule read alongside the eight dimensions |
| Quarter | Navamsa shade | Name syllables |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | A Sagittarius shade — the most expansive quarter: the star's nature reaches for meaning, teachers and the long view | A |
| Pada 2 | A Capricorn shade — the most structured quarter: the star's gifts are built into something that lasts | I |
| Pada 3 | An Aquarius shade — the most independent quarter: the star's nature serves the many, on its own terms | U |
| Pada 4 | A Pisces shade — the most dissolving quarter: the star's gifts soften boundaries and lean toward the universal | E |
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 Krittika exactly. These stars pair most naturally with it:
Stars that share Krittika's Kapha nadi — Rohini, Ashlesha, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Revati — 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 Krittika?Sun. In the Vimshottari system the lord of your birth star opens your first planetary period, so a Krittika birth begins life in a Sun chapter.
Which Moon sign is Krittika in?Krittika spans 26°40′ Aries – 10°00′ Taurus — the Moon sign is Aries (Mesha) for pada 1, Taurus (Vrishabha) for the rest.
Which nakshatras match Krittika best?On the four star-based dimensions of classical matching, Jyeshtha, Shatabhisha, Chitra pair most naturally with Krittika. The full 36-point reading also needs both Moon signs and weighs the cancellations the tradition lists.