Uttara Ashadha उत्तराषाढ़ा · pada 2 of 4
Uttara Ashadha Pada 2 Baby Names — Bho (भो)
2 names with meanings for a child born with the Moon between Capricorn 0°00′ – 3°20′ — the second quarter of Uttara Ashadha, whose syllable is Bho. Moon sign Capricorn, navamsa Capricorn.
- Pada
- second of four · Uttara Ashadha is nakshatra 21 of 27
- Naming syllable
- Bho भो
- Span
- Capricorn 0°00′ – 3°20′ · 270°00′ – 273°20′ sidereal
- Moon sign
- Capricorn (Makara) — this nakshatra straddles a boundary, so the pada decides it
- Navamsa
- Capricorn (Makara) — the 1st navamsa from Capricorn · vargottama
- Names listed
- 2 boys' names, 0 girls' names
- Position in Capricorn
- the first of the sign’s nine pada syllables
- Nakshatra lord
- Sun · presiding deity Vishvedevas · symbol Elephant tusk
Names beginning Bho for Uttara Ashadha pada 2
Two boys' names, both epithets, and no established girl's name — Bhoomika and Bhoomija begin with भू and belong to the first pada.
Bho is what the second quarter of Uttara Ashadha is assigned, and to no other pada of the 108. Any of the names below satisfies the rite for a birth between Capricorn 0°00′ – 3°20′, and the meaning matters as much as the sound: a name is used for a lifetime and the gloss is the part a child will be told.
Boys' names — 2
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bholanath | the innocent lord — Shiva |
| Bhojraj | the king Bhoja, patron of poets |
There is no established girl's name beginning Bho in common use, so for a daughter born in Uttara Ashadha pada 2 the three substitutes below apply exactly as they would for an empty pada. This is commoner than the printed lists suggest — 6 of the 108 padas carry boys’ names only and 7 carry girls’ names only.
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.
Uttara Ashadha pada 2 is the first of the nine, contributing Bho at 270°00′ – 273°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 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 — this pada | 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 | none |
| 7 | Gha घ | Shravana pada 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Ga गा | Dhanishta pada 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Gi गि | Dhanishta pada 2 | 6 |
Uttara Ashadha crosses a sign boundary, so the pada decides the rashi
A nakshatra is 13°20′ and a sign is 30°, and neither divides the other, so nine of the 27 nakshatras have their padas split between two signs. Uttara Ashadha is one of them: its four padas fall in Sagittarius for pada 1 and Capricorn for padas 2 to 4. Pada 2 is in Capricorn, which is why the nine-syllable list above is Capricorn’s and not the other sign’s.
The practical consequence is that two children born in Uttara Ashadha a day or two apart can have different Moon signs — and therefore a different rashi letter list, a different monthly rashifal and a different set of substitutes if the syllable turns out to have no names. The nakshatra alone cannot tell you which; the pada can, and the pada needs the time and place of birth.
The three substitutes, for Uttara Ashadha pada 2
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 Uttara Ashadha
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 Uttara Ashadha that means pada 3, whose syllable Ja carries 8 names and pada 4, whose syllable Ji carries 6 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 six of the other eight carry names, so an Uttara Ashadha pada 2 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 Vishvedevas
A name of the nakshatra's presiding deity, which sidesteps the syllable question altogether — Rudra for Ardra, Indra for Jyeshtha, Vishnu for Shravana. Uttara Ashadha is presided over by Vishvedevas, so this route is open regardless of what Bho 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 Uttara Ashadha
A nakshatra is 13°20′ wide and a pada is a quarter of that, 3°20′ — so the second quarter of Uttara Ashadha occupies Capricorn 0°00′ – 3°20′ and its other three sit either side of it. What the four share is Uttara Ashadha itself: Sun as lord, Vishvedevas as presiding deity, the elephant tusk as symbol, and a character read as victorious, righteous, leader. What separates them is the navamsa, the Moon sign — Uttara Ashadha crosses a boundary — and, the naming syllable, which is Bho for pada 2 and Bhe, Ja and Ji for the others.
| Pada | Syllable | Moon sign | Navamsa | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Bhe भे | Sagittarius | Sagittarius | none |
| Pada 2 — this page | Bho भो | Capricorn | Capricorn | 2 |
| Pada 3 | Ja जा | Capricorn | Aquarius | 8 |
| Pada 4 | Ji जी | Capricorn | Pisces | 6 |
All four listed together, with the full name tables and the Uttara Ashadha profile, are on the Uttara Ashadha 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 Uttara Ashadha pada 2 page covers what this quarter means beyond the name.
Uttara Ashadha pada 2 — common questions
What letter should an Uttara Ashadha pada 2 baby's name start with?
Bho, in Devanagari भो. That syllable belongs to the second pada of Uttara Ashadha specifically, not to the whole nakshatra: each of the four padas carries a different one, and Uttara Ashadha's other three are Bhe for pada 1, Ja for pada 3 and Ji for pada 4.
How many names begin with Bho?
2 names, 2 for boys and 0 for girls, each with its meaning — that is what Bho carries, and so what the second pada of Uttara Ashadha offers. The count is uneven across the 108 padas by nature: the syllables come from dividing the zodiac, not from asking what Sanskrit allows at the start of a word, so Uttara Ashadha pada 2 gets what Bho actually begins. There is no established girl's name beginning Bho, so the substitutes below apply for a daughter.
Which rashi is Uttara Ashadha pada 2?
Capricorn — Makara, entered at 270°00′ – 273°20′ sidereal longitude. Only for this pada: Uttara Ashadha is split across two signs, and pada 2 is the one that lands first in Capricorn. Ask for the rashi of Uttara Ashadha without naming a pada and there is no single answer — Sagittarius for pada 1 and Capricorn for padas 2 to 4.
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 Bho 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, Uttara Ashadha pada 2 owns Bho outright.
Does the navamsa change the name for Uttara Ashadha pada 2?
Not the syllable. The syllable comes from the pada, and for Uttara Ashadha pada 2 it is Bho. The navamsa — Capricorn here, the 1st navamsa counted from Capricorn — is read for the child's temperament and for chart work rather than for the naming letter. This pada is vargottama: Capricorn in the rashi chart and Capricorn again in the navamsa, which is traditionally read as the sign's qualities doubling.
Naming an Uttara Ashadha pada 2 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.