Udaya

Nakshatra 22 of 27

Thiruvonam (Shravana)

attentive, learned and trusted with knowledge, the star of the ear

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The star in short#

Where it sits
10°00′ to 23°20′ of Magaram
Lord
Chandran (Moon) · a 10-year mahadasha
Gana
Deva (gentle, godly)
Yoni
the female Monkey
Rajju
Kanta (neck) — second of the five, behind Siro only, read for the wife’s life
Nadi
Antya (kapha)
Known for
listening
Shared star
fine for a couple to share
Vedha
Thiruvathirai — 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
1Magaram10°00′ to 13°20′Ju ஜு8 names · few settled names
2Magaram13°20′ to 16°40′Je ஜே16 names
3Magaram16°40′ to 20°00′Jo ஜோ16 names
4Magaram20°00′ to 23°20′Gha க10 names · few settled 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 Thiruvonam in Magaram, with this star taken as the groom's side.

Of 36 star-and-rasi combinations, 20 match well, 6 are borderline, 4 are poor and 6 fail Rajju or Vedha outright.

Best matchesRasi10 porutham36 guna
Poorattathi Purva BhadrapadaMeenam8.5 of 1028.5 of 36
Uthirattathi Uttara BhadrapadaMeenam8.5 of 1028.5 of 36
Mirugasirisham MrigashiraRishabam8 of 1027 of 36
Poorattathi Purva BhadrapadaKumbam7.5 of 1024.5 of 36
Revathi RevatiMeenam7.5 of 1021.5 of 36
Aswini AshwiniMesham7 of 1028 of 36
Worst matchesRasi10 poruthamWhy
Thiruvathirai ArdraMithunam4 of 10Rejected: Rajju and Vedha both fail
Sadayam ShatabhishaKumbam5.5 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Hastham HastaKanni6 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Thiruvonam ShravanaMagaram6 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Swathi SwatiThulam6.5 of 10Rejected: Rajju fails
Rohini RohiniRishabam7 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 Thiruvonam 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 Thiruvonam
  • தமிழ் திருவோணம்
  • తెలుగు శ్రవణం
  • ಕನ್ನಡ ಶ್ರವಣ
  • മലയാളം തിരുവോണം
  • हिन्दी श्रवण
  • বাংলা শ্রবণা
  • ગુજરાતી શ્રવણ
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଶ୍ରବଣା
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸ਼ਰਵਣ
  • සිංහල සුවණ

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