Hasta हस्त · pada 4 of 4
Hasta Pada 4 Baby Names — Tha (ठ / थ)
The fourth pada of Hasta runs Virgo 20°00′ – 23°20′ and is assigned the syllable Tha. No established Indian name begins with it, so this page gives the three substitutes the tradition actually uses rather than four invented names.
- Pada
- fourth of four · Hasta is nakshatra 13 of 27
- Naming syllable
- Tha ठ / थ
- Span
- Virgo 20°00′ – 23°20′ · 170°00′ – 173°20′ sidereal
- Moon sign
- Virgo (Kanya)
- Navamsa
- Cancer (Karka) — the 11th navamsa from Virgo
- Names listed
- none — no established name begins this syllable
- Position in Virgo
- the seventh of the sign’s nine pada syllables
- Nakshatra lord
- Moon · presiding deity Savitar · symbol Hand
Why Hasta pada 4 has no name of its own
Hasta's fourth pada is ठ and Uttara Bhadrapada's second is थ. Neither begins an established Sanskrit given name — Thakur is a title, and Tharun and Thanuj are Tarun and Tanuj in southern spelling, which belong to the Ta padas. Another pada of the same nakshatra is the usual substitute.
Sixteen of the 108 padas are in this position, and the tradition has an answer for it that does not involve inventing a word. The three substitutes are below, resolved into actual names for Hasta pada 4 rather than left as rules.
Where the Virgo naming letters come from
A panchang prints nine syllables against Virgo — To Pa Pi Pu Sha Na Tha Pe Po — usually with no explanation of why there are nine. They are the pada syllables that fall inside the sign. There are 108 padas and twelve signs, 108 divides by twelve exactly, and so every sign holds precisely nine padas with nothing left over. The rashi list and the pada syllable are not two competing traditions; the first is the second, collected by sign.
Hasta pada 4 is the seventh of the nine, contributing Tha at 170°00′ – 173°20′ sidereal. That is worth knowing if a family has been given the rashi list rather than the pada: any of the nine satisfies a Virgo birth, so a family working from the list alone has six usable syllables, while a pandit working from a birth time narrows it to the one this pada owns.
| # | Syllable | From | Names listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To टो / तो | Uttara Phalguni pada 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Pa पा | Uttara Phalguni pada 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Pi पी | Uttara Phalguni pada 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Pu पू | Hasta pada 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Sha ष | Hasta pada 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Na ण / न | Hasta pada 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Tha ठ / थ | Hasta pada 4 — this pada | none |
| 8 | Pe पे | Chitra pada 1 | none |
| 9 | Po पो | Chitra pada 2 | none |
The three substitutes, for Hasta pada 4
The 108 syllables come from dividing the zodiac rather than from asking what Sanskrit allows at the start of a word, so some land on sounds that begin few names or none. Where that happens the tradition substitutes, and three routes are recognised. Below, each is carried out for this pada rather than stated as a rule.
1 · Another pada of Hasta
Another pada of the same nakshatra. The pada fixes the syllable, but the nakshatra as a whole is what the naming rite is built on, and using a sibling pada's syllable is the commonest accommodation. For Hasta that means pada 1, whose syllable Pu carries 9 names, pada 2, whose syllable Sha carries 8 names and pada 3, whose syllable Na carries 8 names. A pandit will usually offer this first, because the naming rite is built on the nakshatra and all four padas belong to it.
2 · Another syllable of Virgo
Any syllable of the same Moon sign. Each rashi covers either two and a quarter nakshatras or nine padas, so this widens the choice to roughly nine syllables. Virgo holds nine pada syllables and six of the other eight carry names, so a Hasta pada 4 birth has no shortage of options inside its own Moon sign. The fullest are Pu (Hasta pada 1), Pa (Uttara Phalguni pada 3) and Sha (Hasta pada 2) — 9 names apiece or close to it.
3 · A name of Savitar
A name of the nakshatra's presiding deity, which sidesteps the syllable question altogether — Rudra for Ardra, Indra for Jyeshtha, Vishnu for Shravana. Hasta is presided over by Savitar, so this route is open regardless of what Tha does or does not begin, and it is the one families choose when they want the nakshatra named in the child rather than merely encoded in a sound. None of the three is treated as a lesser choice.
The other three padas of Hasta
A nakshatra is 13°20′ wide and a pada is a quarter of that, 3°20′ — so the fourth quarter of Hasta occupies Virgo 20°00′ – 23°20′ and its other three sit either side of it. What the four share is Hasta itself: Moon as lord, Savitar as presiding deity, the hand as symbol, and a character read as skilful, witty, hands-on. What separates them is the navamsa and the naming syllable, which is Tha for pada 4 and Pu, Sha and Na for the others.
| Pada | Syllable | Moon sign | Navamsa | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Pu पू | Virgo | Aries | 9 |
| Pada 2 | Sha ष | Virgo | Taurus | 8 |
| Pada 3 | Na ण / न | Virgo | Gemini | 8 |
| Pada 4 — this page | Tha ठ / थ | Virgo | Cancer | none |
All four listed together, with the full name tables and the Hasta profile, are on the Hasta baby names page. The pada follows from the Moon’s exact longitude, so it needs the time and place of birth — the baby name finder resolves it from a birth date, and the Hasta pada 4 page covers what this quarter means beyond the name.
Hasta pada 4 — common questions
What letter should a Hasta pada 4 baby's name start with?
Hasta pada 4 is assigned the syllable Tha (ठ / थ), and no established Indian name begins with it. That is a fact about the script rather than a gap in a list, so the tradition substitutes instead of improvising: the commonest route is another pada of Hasta — pada 1 carries Pu, pada 2 carries Sha and pada 3 carries Na, and names of Savitar, the presiding deity of Hasta, are always accepted.
How many names begin with Tha?
None in established use. Hasta's fourth pada is ठ and Uttara Bhadrapada's second is थ. Neither begins an established Sanskrit given name — Thakur is a title, and Tharun and Thanuj are Tarun and Tanuj in southern spelling, which belong to the Ta padas. Another pada of the same nakshatra is the usual substitute. The pages that show four for this pada have padded the list, which is why this one does not.
Which rashi is Hasta pada 4?
Virgo — Kanya, entered at 170°00′ – 173°20′ sidereal longitude. For all four padas: Hasta sits wholly inside Virgo, so unlike the nine straddling nakshatras it has one Moon sign regardless of pada. What pada 4 adds is its place in the sign — seventh of the nine Virgo syllables, Tha.
Are all nine Virgo naming syllables different sounds?
Yes — Virgo is one of the eleven signs whose nine padas give nine distinct spellings, so the syllable Tha is not duplicated anywhere else in To Pa Pi Pu Sha Na Tha Pe Po. That is not true of every sign: Sagittarius carries Dha twice, for the dental and retroflex forms, and yields eight spellings from its nine padas. Within Virgo, Hasta pada 4 owns Tha outright.
Does the navamsa change the name for Hasta pada 4?
Not the syllable. The syllable comes from the pada, and for Hasta pada 4 it is Tha. The navamsa — Cancer here, the 11th navamsa counted from Virgo — is read for the child's temperament and for chart work rather than for the naming letter.
Naming a Hasta pada 4 child?
The syllable is fixed by the pada, but the namakaran itself is fixed by the chart and by the day — which is a reading rather than a table. Our pandits do both.