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Hasta nakshatra
Associated with skilful hands, craft, cleverness and practical dexterity.
- Number
- 13 of 27
- Hindi
- हस्त
- Span
- 10°00′ Virgo to 23°20′ Virgo
- Sign(s)
- Virgo
- Ruled by
- Moon (dasha lord, 10 years)
- Deity
- Savitar, the Sun as inspirer
- Symbol
- an open hand
A person born with the Moon in Hasta begins life in the dasha of Moon. 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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