Chitra Horoscope Today (Nakshatra Phal)

09 Sep 2026 · Nakshatra phal read from tara bala from your birth star

The sky today
Surya (Sun), Leo, Own signChandra (Moon), Cancer, Own signMangala (Mars), GeminiBudha (Mercury), Virgo, Exalted, combustGuru (Jupiter), Cancer, ExaltedShukra (Venus), Libra, MoolatrikonaShani (Saturn), Pisces, RetrogradeRahu (Rahu), Aquarius, RetrogradeKetu (Ketu), Leo, Retrograde

The written reading for this period is not available yet. Everything below is computed rather than written, so it is complete and correct either way, and the reading usually appears within the hour.

This is a general reading, the same for everyone whose birth star is Chitra. It is drawn from gochar alone, so it knows nothing about the rest of your chart, your dasha, or which houses your own lagna puts these grahas in. A rectified birth chart is what makes any of that personal, and it is the difference between a page like this and a reading.

What the sky actually says

Everything in this section is computed, not written. It is the same engine behind the kundli calculator, so these positions hold whoever reads them.

Where the Moon is today14.1° today
RashiCancer, 28°
NakshatraAshlesha, pada 4 · lord Mercury
Joined byJupiter

The Moon moves about 12° a day and changes nakshatra roughly every 21 hours, which is why a daily reading is built on it rather than on the slow grahas.

Where the grahas are09 Sep 2026
Surya (Sun)
Leo · Own sign
Chandra (Moon)
Cancer · Own sign
Mangala (Mars)
Gemini
Budha (Mercury)
Virgo · Exalted, combust
Guru (Jupiter)
Cancer · Exalted
Shukra (Venus)
Libra · Moolatrikona
Shani (Saturn)
Pisces · Retrograde
Rahu (Rahu)
Aquarius · Retrograde
Ketu (Ketu)
Leo · Retrograde

Sidereal, lahiri ayanamsa, computed on JPL DE440. No house column: a birth star has no house frame, because nine of the 27 stars span two rasis and the pada decides which.

Today's panchang
VaraWednesday
TithiKrishna Trayodashi
Moon's nakshatraAshlesha
YogaShiva
KaranaVanija
Moon's star nowAshlesha (lord Mercury)
Tara from ChitraPratyak, 5th of nine
Count from your star23rd nakshatra
Your star's dasha lordMars

Where this reading comes from

Read from your janma nakshatra through tara bala, the nine-fold count from your birth star to the star the Moon is passing through.

Your birth star is decided by the Moon's degree, so a birth near a boundary can fall either side of it until the time is settled.

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