Uttara Phalguni उत्तर फाल्गुनी · pada 3 of 4
Uttara Phalguni Pada 3 Baby Names — Pa (पा)
8 names with meanings for a child born with the Moon between Virgo 3°20′ – 6°40′ — the third quarter of Uttara Phalguni, whose syllable is Pa. Moon sign Virgo, navamsa Aquarius.
- Pada
- third of four · Uttara Phalguni is nakshatra 12 of 27
- Naming syllable
- Pa पा
- Span
- Virgo 3°20′ – 6°40′ · 153°20′ – 156°40′ sidereal
- Moon sign
- Virgo (Kanya) — this nakshatra straddles a boundary, so the pada decides it
- Navamsa
- Aquarius (Kumbha) — the 6th navamsa from Virgo
- Names listed
- 4 boys' names, 4 girls' names
- Position in Virgo
- the second of the sign’s nine pada syllables
- Nakshatra lord
- Sun · presiding deity Aryaman · symbol Back of bed
Names beginning Pa for Uttara Phalguni pada 3
Pa is what the third quarter of Uttara Phalguni is assigned, and to no other pada of the 108. Any of the names below satisfies the rite for a birth between Virgo 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 |
|---|---|
| Parth | son of Pritha — Arjuna |
| Pavan | the wind; also pure |
| Palash | the flame-of-the-forest tree |
| Parag | flower pollen |
Girls' names — 4
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Padma | the lotus |
| Pallavi | a new leaf — also the opening of a raga |
| Parvati | of the mountain — the goddess |
| Palak | an eyelash, in Hindi |
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.
Uttara Phalguni pada 3 is the second of the nine, contributing Pa at 153°20′ – 156°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 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 — this pada | 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 | none |
| 8 | Pe पे | Chitra pada 1 | none |
| 9 | Po पो | Chitra pada 2 | none |
Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni is one of them: its four padas fall in Leo for pada 1 and Virgo for padas 2 to 4. Pada 3 is in Virgo, which is why the nine-syllable list above is Virgo’s and not the other sign’s.
The practical consequence is that two children born in Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni
A nakshatra is 13°20′ wide and a pada is a quarter of that, 3°20′ — so the third quarter of Uttara Phalguni occupies Virgo 3°20′ – 6°40′ and its other three sit either side of it. What the four share is Uttara Phalguni itself: Sun as lord, Aryaman as presiding deity, the back of bed as symbol, and a character read as reliable, kind, marriage-oriented. What separates them is the navamsa, the Moon sign — Uttara Phalguni crosses a boundary — and, the naming syllable, which is Pa for pada 3 and Te, To and Pi for the others.
| Pada | Syllable | Moon sign | Navamsa | Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | Te टे | Leo | Sagittarius | 3 |
| Pada 2 | To टो / तो | Virgo | Capricorn | 3 |
| Pada 3 — this page | Pa पा | Virgo | Aquarius | 8 |
| Pada 4 | Pi पी | Virgo | Pisces | 3 |
All four listed together, with the full name tables and the Uttara Phalguni profile, are on the Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni pada 3 page covers what this quarter means beyond the name.
Uttara Phalguni pada 3 — common questions
What letter should an Uttara Phalguni pada 3 baby's name start with?
Pa, in Devanagari पा. That syllable belongs to the third pada of Uttara Phalguni specifically, not to the whole nakshatra: each of the four padas carries a different one, and Uttara Phalguni's other three are Te for pada 1, To for pada 2 and Pi for pada 4.
How many names begin with Pa?
8 names, 4 for boys and 4 for girls, each with its meaning — that is what Pa carries, and so what the third pada of Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni pada 3 gets what Pa actually begins.
Which rashi is Uttara Phalguni pada 3?
Virgo — Kanya, entered at 153°20′ – 156°40′ sidereal longitude. Only for this pada: Uttara Phalguni is split across two signs, and pada 3 is the one that lands second in Virgo. Ask for the rashi of Uttara Phalguni without naming a pada and there is no single answer — Leo for pada 1 and Virgo for padas 2 to 4.
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 Pa 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, Uttara Phalguni pada 3 owns Pa outright.
Does the navamsa change the name for Uttara Phalguni pada 3?
Not the syllable. The syllable comes from the pada, and for Uttara Phalguni pada 3 it is Pa. The navamsa — Aquarius here, the 6th navamsa counted from Virgo — is read for the child's temperament and for chart work rather than for the naming letter.
Naming an Uttara Phalguni 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.