Udaya

Nakshatra 8 of 27

Poosam (Pushya)

caring, dutiful and steady, the star most often called the best of the twenty-seven

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The star in short#

Where it sits
3°20′ to 16°40′ of Kadagam
Lord
Sani (Saturn) · a 19-year mahadasha
Gana
Deva (gentle, godly)
Yoni
the male Sheep
Rajju
Uru (thigh) — fourth of the five, read for wealth
Nadi
Madhya (pitta)
Known for
nourishment
Shared star
shareable, better when the padas differ
Vedha
Pooradam — 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
1Kadagam3°20′ to 6°40′Hu ஹு8 names · few settled names
2Kadagam6°40′ to 10°00′He ஹே16 names
3Kadagam10°00′ to 13°20′Ho ஹோ8 names · few settled names
4Kadagam13°20′ to 16°40′Da 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 Poosam in Kadagam, with this star taken as the groom's side.

Of 36 star-and-rasi combinations, 21 match well, 6 are borderline, 3 are poor and 6 fail Rajju or Vedha outright.

Best matchesRasi10 porutham36 guna
Kettai JyeshthaViruchigam8 of 1019 of 36
Visakam VishakhaViruchigam8 of 1018 of 36
Uthiram Uttara PhalguniKanni7.5 of 1028 of 36
Uthiradam Uttara AshadhaDhanusu7.5 of 1024.5 of 36
Mirugasirisham MrigashiraRishabam7.5 of 1019 of 36
Punarpoosam PunarvasuKadagam7 of 1034 of 36
Worst matchesRasi10 poruthamWhy
Pooradam Purva AshadhaDhanusu4.5 of 10Rejected: Rajju and Vedha both fail
Bharani BharaniMesham5 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Poosam PushyaKadagam5.5 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Pooram Purva PhalguniSimmam6 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Uthirattathi Uttara BhadrapadaMeenam6 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Anusham AnuradhaViruchigam8 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 Sani, the star's ruling graha, and is the same table the remedy pages read.

Dasha
A child born under Poosam begins life in a Sani mahadasha of 19 years, the part of it still to run decided by how far the Moon had gone through the star. Work out the periods.
Day
Saturday
Colour
Black and dark blue
Gem
Blue sapphire (Neelam) — the wearing rules
Mantra
Sani gayatri (Om Kakadhwajaya Vidmahe Khadga Hastaya Dhimahi Tanno Mandah Prachodayat); Dasaratha Sani stotram; Hanuman Chalisa — the texts
Fasting
Saturday (Sanivara vratam)

Where it is worshipped

135 temples in the gazetteer are kept for Sani; 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 Poosam
  • தமிழ் பூசம்
  • తెలుగు పుష్యమి
  • ಕನ್ನಡ ಪುಷ್ಯ
  • മലയാളം പൂയം
  • हिन्दी पुष्य
  • বাংলা পুষ্যা
  • ગુજરાતી પુષ્ય
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପୁଷ୍ୟା
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪੁਸ਼ਯ
  • සිංහල පුස

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