Shravana श्रवण · pada 3 of 4
Shravana Pada 3 Baby Names — Jo (जो)
The third pada of Shravana runs Capricorn 16°40′ – 20°00′ and is assigned the syllable Jo. No established Indian name begins with it, so this page gives the three substitutes the tradition actually uses rather than four invented names.
- Pada
- third of four · Shravana is nakshatra 22 of 27
- Naming syllable
- Jo जो
- Span
- Capricorn 16°40′ – 20°00′ · 286°40′ – 290°00′ sidereal
- Moon sign
- Capricorn (Makara)
- Navamsa
- Gemini (Mithuna) — the 6th navamsa from Capricorn
- Names listed
- none — no established name begins this syllable
- Position in Capricorn
- the sixth of the sign’s nine pada syllables
- Nakshatra lord
- Moon · presiding deity Vishnu · symbol Ear
Why Shravana pada 3 has no name of its own
Bengali families use Jogesh, the regional form of Yogesh, and Joyeeta, the regional form of Jayita.
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 Shravana pada 3 rather than left as rules.
Where the Capricorn naming letters come from
A panchang prints nine syllables against Capricorn — Bho Ja Ji Ju Je Jo Gha Ga Gi — 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.
Shravana pada 3 is the sixth of the nine, contributing Jo at 286°40′ – 290°00′ sidereal. That is worth knowing if a family has been given the rashi list rather than the pada: any of the nine satisfies a Capricorn birth, so a family working from the list alone has seven usable syllables, while a pandit working from a birth time narrows it to the one this pada owns.
| # | Syllable | From | Names listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bho भो | Uttara Ashadha pada 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Ja जा | Uttara Ashadha pada 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Ji जी | Uttara Ashadha pada 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Ju जु | Shravana pada 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Je जे | Shravana pada 2 | none |
| 6 | Jo जो | Shravana pada 3 — this pada | none |
| 7 | Gha घ | Shravana pada 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Ga गा | Dhanishta pada 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Gi गि | Dhanishta pada 2 | 6 |
The three substitutes, for Shravana pada 3
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 Shravana
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 Shravana that means pada 1, whose syllable Ju carries 2 names and pada 4, whose syllable Gha carries 2 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 Capricorn
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. Capricorn holds nine pada syllables and seven of the other eight carry names, so a Shravana pada 3 birth has no shortage of options inside its own Moon sign. The fullest are Ja (Uttara Ashadha pada 3), Ga (Dhanishta pada 1) and Ji (Uttara Ashadha pada 4) — 8 names apiece or close to it.
3 · A name of Vishnu
A name of the nakshatra's presiding deity, which sidesteps the syllable question altogether — Rudra for Ardra, Indra for Jyeshtha, Vishnu for Shravana. Shravana is presided over by Vishnu, so this route is open regardless of what Jo 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 Shravana
A nakshatra is 13°20′ wide and a pada is a quarter of that, 3°20′ — so the third quarter of Shravana occupies Capricorn 16°40′ – 20°00′ and its other three sit either side of it. What the four share is Shravana itself: Moon as lord, Vishnu as presiding deity, the ear as symbol, and a character read as listening, learning, connecting. What separates them is the navamsa and the naming syllable, which is Jo for pada 3 and Ju, Je and Gha for the others.
| Pada | Syllable | Moon sign | Navamsa | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Ju जु | Capricorn | Aries | 2 |
| Pada 2 | Je जे | Capricorn | Taurus | none |
| Pada 3 — this page | Jo जो | Capricorn | Gemini | none |
| Pada 4 | Gha घ | Capricorn | Cancer | 2 |
All four listed together, with the full name tables and the Shravana profile, are on the Shravana 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 Shravana pada 3 page covers what this quarter means beyond the name.
Shravana pada 3 — common questions
What letter should a Shravana pada 3 baby's name start with?
Shravana pada 3 is assigned the syllable Jo (जो), 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 Shravana — pada 1 carries Ju and pada 4 carries Gha, and names of Vishnu, the presiding deity of Shravana, are always accepted.
How many names begin with Jo?
None in established use. Bengali families use Jogesh, the regional form of Yogesh, and Joyeeta, the regional form of Jayita. The pages that show four for this pada have padded the list, which is why this one does not.
Which rashi is Shravana pada 3?
Capricorn — Makara, entered at 286°40′ – 290°00′ sidereal longitude. For all four padas: Shravana sits wholly inside Capricorn, so unlike the nine straddling nakshatras it has one Moon sign regardless of pada. What pada 3 adds is its place in the sign — sixth of the nine Capricorn syllables, Jo.
Are all nine Capricorn naming syllables different sounds?
Yes — Capricorn is one of the eleven signs whose nine padas give nine distinct spellings, so the syllable Jo is not duplicated anywhere else in Bho Ja Ji Ju Je Jo Gha Ga Gi. 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 Capricorn, Shravana pada 3 owns Jo outright.
Does the navamsa change the name for Shravana pada 3?
Not the syllable. The syllable comes from the pada, and for Shravana pada 3 it is Jo. The navamsa — Gemini here, the 6th navamsa counted from Capricorn — is read for the child's temperament and for chart work rather than for the naming letter.
Naming a Shravana pada 3 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.