Udaya

Nakshatra 13 of 27

Hastham (Hasta)

dexterous, witty and hard-working, the star of the hand that makes things

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The star in short#

Where it sits
10°00′ to 23°20′ of Kanni
Lord
Chandran (Moon) · a 10-year mahadasha
Gana
Deva (gentle, godly)
Yoni
the female Buffalo
Rajju
Kanta (neck) — second of the five, behind Siro only, read for the wife’s life
Nadi
Aadi (vata)
Known for
skill
Shared star
fine for a couple to share
Vedha
Sadayam — the stars held to obstruct this one

Rank every star against it → Cast a jathagam →

Its four padas#

Each pada is 3°20′. Nine padas fill a rasi, so a star either sits in one sign or straddles two.

PadaRasiDegreesSyllablesNames
1Kanni10°00′ to 13°20′Pu பு16 names
2Kanni13°20′ to 16°40′Sha ஷ16 names
3Kanni16°40′ to 20°00′Na ண16 names
4Kanni20°00′ to 23°20′Tha ட16 names

A child is named from the syllable of the pada the Moon stood in at birth. The whole table, with the names and their meanings, is on the baby names page.

Which stars match, and which do not

Computed, not tabulated: the ten Tamil poruthams and the 36 guna run for all 27 stars against Hastham in Kanni, with this star taken as the groom's side.

Of 36 star-and-rasi combinations, 25 match well, 4 are borderline, 1 are poor and 6 fail Rajju or Vedha outright.

Best matchesRasi10 porutham36 guna
Anusham AnuradhaViruchigam8 of 1026 of 36
Uthiradam Uttara AshadhaMagaram8 of 1025 of 36
Mirugasirisham MrigashiraMithunam7.5 of 1033 of 36
Uthirattathi Uttara BhadrapadaMeenam7.5 of 1026.5 of 36
Mirugasirisham MrigashiraRishabam7.5 of 1025 of 36
Poorattathi Purva BhadrapadaMeenam7.5 of 1016.5 of 36
Worst matchesRasi10 poruthamWhy
Sadayam ShatabhishaKumbam2 of 10Rejected: Rajju and Vedha both fail
Swathi SwatiThulam6 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Hastham HastaKanni6 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Thiruvathirai ArdraMithunam6.5 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Rohini RohiniRishabam6.5 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Thiruvonam ShravanaMagaram7 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails

The ten checks are not symmetric — Dina counts from the bride's star to the groom's, and the Tamil vasya table is read from the bride's rasi — so the list from the other side is a different list, and a real pair is checked both ways with both birth times.

Its dasha, and the parihaaram for its lord#

Everything here belongs to Chandran, the star's ruling graha, and is the same table the remedy pages read.

Dasha
A child born under Hastham begins life in a Chandran mahadasha of 10 years, the part of it still to run decided by how far the Moon had gone through the star. Work out the periods.
Day
Monday
Colour
White
Gem
Pearl (Muthu) — the wearing rules
Mantra
Chandra gayatri (Om Padmadwajaya Vidmahe Hema Rupaya Dhimahi Tanno Chandrah Prachodayat); Sivan abhishekam on Mondays — the texts
Fasting
Monday (Somavara vratam)

Where it is worshipped

61 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Chandran; the ones near you are on the temples page. Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.

The name#

The same star in every script this app carries.

  • English Hastham
  • தமிழ் அஸ்தம்
  • తెలుగు హస్త
  • ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಸ್ತ
  • മലയാളം അത്തം
  • हिन्दी हस्त
  • বাংলা হস্তা
  • ગુજરાતી હસ્ત
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆ ହସ୍ତା
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਹਸਤ
  • සිංහල හත

Also written Hasta. The glossary's entry for Hastham lists the other spellings a family may have been given.