Uttara Ashadha उत्तराषाढ़ा · pada 3 of 4
Uttara Ashadha Pada 3 Baby Names — Ja (जा)
8 names with meanings for a child born with the Moon between Capricorn 3°20′ – 6°40′ — the third quarter of Uttara Ashadha, whose syllable is Ja. Moon sign Capricorn, navamsa Aquarius.
- Pada
- third of four · Uttara Ashadha is nakshatra 21 of 27
- Naming syllable
- Ja जा
- Span
- Capricorn 3°20′ – 6°40′ · 273°20′ – 276°40′ sidereal
- Moon sign
- Capricorn (Makara) — this nakshatra straddles a boundary, so the pada decides it
- Navamsa
- Aquarius (Kumbha) — the 2nd navamsa from Capricorn
- Names listed
- 4 boys' names, 4 girls' names
- Position in Capricorn
- the second of the sign’s nine pada syllables
- Nakshatra lord
- Sun · presiding deity Vishvedevas · symbol Elephant tusk
Names beginning Ja for Uttara Ashadha pada 3
Ja is what the third 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 3°20′ – 6°40′, 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 — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Jayant | victorious — Indra's son |
| Janardan | one who stirs men — Vishnu |
| Jagdish | lord of the world |
| Jatin | of matted hair — an ascetic |
Girls' names — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Jahnavi | of the Ganga |
| Jaya | victory |
| Jagriti | awakening |
| Janaki | daughter of Janaka — Sita |
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 3 is the second of the nine, contributing Ja at 273°20′ – 276°40′ 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 — this pada | 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 3 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 other three padas of Uttara Ashadha
A nakshatra is 13°20′ wide and a pada is a quarter of that, 3°20′ — so the third quarter of Uttara Ashadha occupies Capricorn 3°20′ – 6°40′ 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 Ja for pada 3 and Bhe, Bho and Ji for the others.
| Pada | Syllable | Moon sign | Navamsa | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Bhe भे | Sagittarius | Sagittarius | none |
| Pada 2 | Bho भो | Capricorn | Capricorn | 2 |
| Pada 3 — this page | 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 3 page covers what this quarter means beyond the name.
Uttara Ashadha pada 3 — common questions
What letter should an Uttara Ashadha pada 3 baby's name start with?
Ja, in Devanagari जा. That syllable belongs to the third 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, Bho for pada 2 and Ji for pada 4.
How many names begin with Ja?
8 names, 4 for boys and 4 for girls, each with its meaning — that is what Ja carries, and so what the third 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 3 gets what Ja actually begins.
Which rashi is Uttara Ashadha pada 3?
Capricorn — Makara, entered at 273°20′ – 276°40′ sidereal longitude. Only for this pada: Uttara Ashadha is split across two signs, and pada 3 is the one that lands second 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 Ja 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 3 owns Ja outright.
Does the navamsa change the name for Uttara Ashadha pada 3?
Not the syllable. The syllable comes from the pada, and for Uttara Ashadha pada 3 it is Ja. The navamsa — Aquarius here, the 2nd navamsa counted from Capricorn — is read for the child's temperament and for chart work rather than for the naming letter.
Naming an Uttara Ashadha 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.