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Nakshatra pada

A quarter of a nakshatra, 3°20′; the 108 padas cover the zodiac, and nine of them make up each rashi.

Jūnāgadh, Gujarat, India 21.5197°, 70.4598° Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30) North Indian · Lahiri (calibrated)

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Pada = floor(sidereal Moon longitude ÷ 3°20′) mod 4 + 1.

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Interactive lesson: Nakshatra: the Moon's star

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