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Moon (Chandra) in Indian astrology
The Moon is the fastest-moving graha and the most personal one.
- Sanskrit
- Chandra (चंद्र)
- Weekday
- Monday
- Nature
- a natural benefic when waxing, weaker when waning
- Rules
- Cancer
- Exalted
- Taurus (3°)
- Debilitated
- Scorpio (3°)
- Dasha length
- 10 years of the 120-year Vimshottari cycle
- Signifies
- the mind, emotions, the mother, nourishment and public mood
- Rules the stars
- Rohini, Hasta, Shravana
Its sign and nakshatra at birth (the Janma Rashi and Janma Nakshatra) are the starting point for the Vimshottari dasha, for Ashtakoot matching and for Sade Sati. Tradition reads the Moon as the way a person feels and reacts. Its phase matters: a bright, waxing Moon is considered stronger than a dark, waning one.
In the dasha cycle
In the Vimshottari order, Moon is followed by Mars. The period of Moon lasts 10 years when it runs in full. Read more about the system on the dasha page.
See it in your own chart
The terms on this page appear in every birth chart report, explained for your own planets and dates.