Nakshatra 4 of 27

Rohini (रोहिणी)

Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′

Lord Moon · Brahma · Manushya gana · Serpent yoni · Antya nadi

Rohini at a Glance

Number: 4 of 27
Sidereal span: Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′
Rashi: Taurus
Ruling planet (lord): Moon — 10-year Vimshottari dasha
Presiding deity: Brahma
Symbol: Cart
Gana: Manushya
Yoni: Serpent (male)
Nadi: Antya (Kapha)
Muhurta class: Dhruva / Sthira (fixed)
Keywords: Sensual, fertile, artistic

Degrees are sidereal, using the Lahiri ayanamsa as the Indian ephemeris does. A Western chart uses tropical longitudes and will place the same Moon roughly 24° earlier in the zodiac.

Character of Rohini Natives

Rohini is the Moon's favourite — its own nakshatra of exaltation, presided over by Brahma the creator, with a cart for its symbol. It is the most fertile and the most materially fortunate of the twenty-seven. Rohini natives are attractive in a way that does not depend on features, good with money, and unusually skilled at making things grow, whether that is a business, a garden or a family.

The Four Padas and Their Naming Letters

Each nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′, and each pada falls in a different navamsa sign — which is why two people born in Rohini on the same day can read quite differently. The pada also fixes the traditional first syllable for a child’s name.

Pada	Navamsa sign	Name syllable
Pada 1	Aries	O
Pada 2	Taurus	Va
Pada 3	Gemini	Vee
Pada 4	Cancer	Vu

27 nakshatras × 4 padas = 108 = 12 signs × 9 navamsas, so the padas run through the navamsa signs in one unbroken cycle. Syllables vary a little between regional traditions; a family pandit’s list takes precedence over any table. Each pada above links to its own page: the exact 3°20′ arc, the rashi it falls in, where the Moon stands in that navamsa, and how much Moon mahadasha a birth there starts with.

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Career and Work

Agriculture and food, textiles, fashion and cosmetics, banking and finance, real estate, music and the fine arts.

The nakshatra sets the flavour; the 10th house and its lord decide the actual profession. Where the Moon sits and how strong it is matters more than the list above — see Moon in Vedic astrology.

What to Watch For

A fixed (Dhruva) nakshatra — excellent for muhurta, harder for the native, because Rohini does not change its mind. The characteristic weaknesses are possessiveness and a taste for comfort that quietly becomes an unwillingness to be inconvenienced.

Rohini in Kundli Milan

Nakshatra matching scores 36 guna across eight kootas. Three of them are read straight off the birth nakshatra, and these are Rohini’s values:

Nadi Koota — 8 guna

Rohini is Antya (Kapha). A match with another Antya nadi nakshatra scores 0 of 8, which is the single largest deduction available — 8 of the other 26 nakshatras share this nadi. Same-nadi is traditionally excused when both partners share the same birth nakshatra but sit in different padas, or when the Moon signs are the same and the nakshatras differ.

Yoni Koota — 4 guna

Rohini carries the serpent (male) yoni. Its classical opposite is the mongoose, held by Uttara Ashadha —that pairing scores 0. The same animal in the same gender scores the full 4.

Gana Koota — 6 guna

Rohini is Manushya gana — the temperament class, nine nakshatras to each of the three. Manushya with Manushya scores the full 6, and Manushya with Deva scores 5. Manushya with Rakshasa scores 0 when the woman is Manushya and 3 when the man is. Manushya is the middle gana, so it is the least likely of the three to score zero on this koota.

18 of 36 is the conventional pass mark. Guna Milan is a filter, not a verdict — Mangal dosha, the 7th house and both Venus positions still have to be read, and a high score does not override a badly afflicted 7th.

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Muhurta: What Rohini Is Used For

Rohini is classed as Dhruva / Sthira (fixed) — one of 4 nakshatras in that class, alongside Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha and Uttara Bhadrapada. Fixed nakshatras are the ones selected for permanence: laying foundations, buying land, planting trees, coronations and installations, signing long agreements, and the griha pravesh of a new house. They are the strongest class for marriage. They are avoided for anything you might want to undo, including surgery and litigation.

A real muhurta needs the tithi, vara, yoga and karana too, not the nakshatra alone — the day’s panchang carries all five, and choghadiya narrows it to the hour.

Remedies and Practice

Worship Brahma, the presiding deity of Rohini, particularly on the day the Moon transits this nakshatra — which happens roughly once every 27 days and is listed in the daily panchang.
Strengthen the Moon, the nakshatra lord, through its beej mantra and weekday observance. This matters most while the Moon mahadasha or antardasha is running.
Feed or donate on the Moon weekday. Charity attributed to the lord is the remedy the classics prefer over gemstones, because it carries no risk of strengthening the wrong graha.
Recite the nakshatra’s 108 names or the Nakshatra Suktam during the Moon’s transit through Rohini if you want a practice tied to the nakshatra rather than the planet.

If a stone is being considered: the lord here is Moon, whose stone is Pearl (Moti). Selection by janma nakshatra is the more precise of the two routes, so this differs from the rashi recommendation for Taurus (Diamond or White Sapphire).

More precise is still not automatic. Remedies are prescribed for a specific affliction, not for a nakshatra as such: nothing above needs doing unless the Moon is genuinely weak or badly placed in your chart, and no stone should be worn on nakshatra grounds alone. See dosha remedies.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ruling planet of Rohini nakshatra?

Rohini is ruled by the Moon and presided over by Brahma. Because the Moon is the lord, anyone born with the Moon in Rohini begins life in a Moon mahadasha, which runs 10 years in the Vimshottari system — the balance remaining at birth depends on how far into the nakshatra the Moon had travelled. The Moon also rules Hasta and Shravana, so those three nakshatras share the same dasha sequence.

What degrees does Rohini nakshatra cover?

Rohini occupies Taurus 10°00′ – 23°20′ and sits entirely within Taurus. These are sidereal (Nirayana) degrees using the Lahiri ayanamsa. A tropical or Western chart will place your Moon roughly 24 degrees further on, which is why Western sources give a different nakshatra.

What are the name letters for a baby born in Rohini nakshatra?

The traditional first syllables are O for pada 1, Va for pada 2, Vee for pada 3, Vu for pada 4. Which one applies depends on the pada the Moon occupied at birth, not on the nakshatra alone — each pada is 3°20′ wide. The four padas of Rohini fall in the navamsa signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer.

Which nakshatras are incompatible with Rohini for marriage?

On Yoni Koota, Rohini carries the serpent yoni, whose classical opposite is the mongoose — held by Uttara Ashadha. That pairing scores 0 of 4. On Nadi Koota, worth 8 of the 36 guna and the heaviest single test, a match with any other Antya nadi nakshatra scores zero. Neither is a veto on its own: 18 of 36 is the usual pass mark, and several kootas have recognised exceptions.

Is Rohini nakshatra good or bad?

No nakshatra is good or bad in itself. Rohini is classed as Dhruva / Sthira for muhurta, which decides what kinds of activity it suits rather than the quality of a person born under it. What matters far more is the condition of Moon in the chart — its sign, house, dignity and aspects — since Moon is what actually delivers the nakshatra's promise.

What kind of work suits Rohini natives?

Agriculture and food, textiles, fashion and cosmetics, banking and finance, real estate, music and the fine arts. This follows from the Moon's natural significations combined with Brahma's domain. The chart decides whether it happens: the 10th house, its lord, and the dasha running through your twenties and thirties matter more than the birth nakshatra for career questions.

Is Rohini Your Birth Nakshatra?

Your nakshatra is set by the Moon’s exact longitude at birth, so it needs the time and place, not just the date. A free kundli gives you the nakshatra, the pada, and the Vimshottari balance you started life with.

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