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Magha nakshatra
Associated with ancestry, lineage, dignity and the weight of inherited duty.
- Number
- 10 of 27
- Hindi
- मघा
- Span
- 0°00′ Leo to 13°20′ Leo
- Sign(s)
- Leo
- Ruled by
- Ketu (dasha lord, 7 years)
- Deity
- the Pitris, the ancestors
- Symbol
- a royal throne
A person born with the Moon in Magha begins life in the dasha of Ketu. 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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