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Chitra nakshatra
Associated with design, brilliance and the urge to make something beautiful and exact.
- Number
- 14 of 27
- Hindi
- चित्रा
- Span
- 23°20′ Virgo to 6°40′ Libra
- Sign(s)
- Virgo and Libra
- Ruled by
- Mars (dasha lord, 7 years)
- Deity
- Tvashtar, the divine craftsman
- Symbol
- a bright jewel
A person born with the Moon in Chitra begins life in the dasha of Mars. How much of that period remains at birth depends on how far the Moon had travelled through the star. See dasha.
The four padas
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