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Amsha - Varga - Rashi

पुष्कर puṣkara

Pushkarya pada

of the Navamsha

Nourished Portions of Fortune and Resilience

Pushya-karaka -- Pushkara-raja-karaka

see the Tables of Pushkara Portions lower on this page

18 Particularly Auspicious ninth portions

How to Match
  • Solar divisions = rashi
  • Lunar division = nakshatra

The circle of the zodiac = 360 degrees

360 = divided into 12 Rashi

  • one rashi = 30 degrees

  • each 30 degree rashi = nine equal portions

  • 'nava' = 'nine' 'portion' = 'amsha '

  • One-ninth of a rashi = nav-amsha = the space of an arc = 3 degrees 20 minutes

  • 9 * [3 degrees 20 minutes] = 30 degrees

  • 9 portions * 12 rashi = 108 portions

There are 27 Nakshatra

  • each nakshatra = 4 pada = 4 steps (ped = feet) = 4 quarters

  • each nakshatra quarter = nakshatra pada = 3 degrees 20 minutes

  • each nakshatra = [3 degrees 20 minutes] * 4 pada = 13 degrees 20 minutes

  • 27 nakshatra * 13 degrees 20 minutes = 27 * 13.33 inf = 360 degrees = 1 circle

  • 4 portions * 27 nakshatra = 108 portions

One-ninth of a rashi = One-fourth of a nakshatra

पुष्कर puṣkara

Pushyakaraka

[Pushkara] Portions

  • 24 of the total 108 Nakshatra-quarters are considered Pushyakaraka

    [Pushkara] highly benevolent.

  • 24 of the total 108 rashi-ninths are considered Pushyakaraka = highly benevolent.

  • Each rashi contains two Pushyakaraka Navamsha = ruled by Chandra, shukra, [uchcha-Budha] , and Brihaspati.

  • of the 24 Pushyakaraka Navamsha, 3 are further strengthened via Vargottamsha

  • Each Rashi contains a specific degree of Pushyakaraka Bhaga which is maximally auspicious.

जल [water] jala rashi

1st and 3rd navamsha of water sign gain pushkara status

पृथ्वी [earth] privthi rashi

3rd and 5th navamsha of earth sign gain pushkara status

वायु [air] vayu rashi

6th and 8th navamsha of air sign gain pushkara status

  • Arudra-4 [4th pada of Rahu-ruled nakshatra]
  • Punarvasu-2 [2nd pada of Guru-ruled nakshatra]
  • Svati-4 [4th pada of Rahu-ruled nakshatra]
  • Viśākha-2 [2nd pada of Guru-ruled nakshatra]
  • Varuna-4 [4th pada of Rahu-ruled nakshatra]
  • Pūrvābhādra-2 [2nd pada of Guru-ruled nakshatra]

तेजस् [fire, light] tejas rashi

7th and 9th navamsha of fire sign gain pushkara status

What can be predicted?

The karaka must be strong at birth.

  • Then, as a general rule, karaka graha will become activated during their Vimshottari Dasha period.

Then, if in addition to enjoying its reign as time-lord in the Vimshottari Dasha

  • the gochara karaka graha is also traveling (transiting) through a Pushyakaraka Navamsha

  • -- and especially across a Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree,

very strong karaka results may be expected.

Vocabulary for PushyakarakapuSkara

  • A blue lotus-flower, alotus

  • " the heart"

  • The bowl of a spoon

  • The skin of a drum

  • The tip of an elephant's trunk

  • water

  • The sky, heaven

  • A night of new moon falling on a Monday or Tuesday or Saturday

  • An arrow

  • The blade or the sheath of a sword

  • a cage

  • The art of dancing

  • union

  • war, battle

  • intoxication

  • name of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called Pokhara in the district of Ajmere)

  • there are three, viz. Jyestha, madhyama, kaniSTha

  • (in astrol.) an inauspicious Yoga, an ill-omened combination of a lucky lunation with an unlucky day,

  • 3/4 of a lunar mansion

  • a kind of drum

  • A kind of serpent

  • The sun

  • A pond, lake

  • A kind of disease

  • of a class of clouds said to occasion dearth and famine

of the lunar mansions

  • Punar-vasu, Uttarāṣāḍha , Krittika, Uttara-phaguuni, purva-bhadrapada and Visakha collectively
Tables of Pushyakaraka Portions = Marked *

Mesha = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Bhagya Degree

 Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10 deg00'

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16 deg 40' until 20 deg00'

  7. 20deg 00 until 23deg 20' *

  8. 23deg20' until 26 deg40'

  9. 26deg 40' until 30deg00*

  1. Aśvini - Dasra = pada-1

  2. Aśvini= pada-2

  3. Aśvini= pada-3

  4. Aśvini= pada-4

  5. Bharani - Yamyapada-1

  6. Bharani pada-2

  7. Bharani pada-3 *

  8. Bharani = pada-4

  9. Krittika pada-1 *

  1. [Mesha - Aja]

  2. [Vrishabha - Urisha]

  3. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  4. [Karkata - Kadaga]

  5. [Simha - Leya]

  6. [Kanya - Parthya]

  7. [Tula - Vanika] *

  8. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  9. [Dhanus - Haya] * *

  • Mesha pada-7 = Tula = 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  • Mesha pada-9 = Dhanus = 26deg40' until 30deg00'

21st degree of Mesha

1st navamsha of Mesha = Aśvini-1 = Mesha

Urisha = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10 deg00' *

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39' *

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg 00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg 40' until 30deg00'

  1. Kṛttikā - Pleiades a pada-2

  2. Krittika pada-3

  3. Krittika pada-4 *

  4. Rohiṇī - Aldebaran pada-1

  5. Rohini pada-2 *

  6. Rohini pada-3

  7. Rohini pada-4

  8. Mrigashira pada-1

  9. Mrigashira pada-2

  1. [Makara - Draco]

  2. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  3. [Meena - Antya] * *

  4. [Mesha - Aja]

  5. [Vrishabha - Urisha] * *

  6. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  7. [Karkata - Kadaga]

  8. [Simha - Leya]

  9. [Kanya - Parthya]

  • Urisha pada-3 = Meena = 6 deg40' until 10 deg00'

  • Urisha pada-5 = Urisha =13deg20' until 16 deg40'

14th degree of Vrishabha

Urisha pada-5= Rohiṇī-2 = Urisha

Mithuna = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Bhaga degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00'

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00' *

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40' *

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Mrigashira pada-3

    2. Mrigaziras pada-4

  2. Arudra - Betelgeuse pada-1

  4. Arudra pada-2

  5. Arudra pada-3

  6. Arudra pada-4 *

  7. Punarvasu - Yamaka pada-1

  8. Punarvasu pada-2 *

  9. Punarvasu pada-3

  1. [Tula - Vanika]

  2. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  3. [Dhanus - Haya]

  4. [Makara - Draco]

  5. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  6. [Meena - Antya] * *

  7. [Mesha - Aja]
  8. [Vrishabha - Urisha] * *

  9. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  • Mithuna pada-6 = Meena = 16deg40' until 20 deg00'
  • Mithuna pada-8 = Urisha = 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  • 24th degree of Mithuna

9th navamsha of Mithuna = Mithuna

Karkata = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'*

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00' *

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Punarvasu pada-4 *

  2. Pushkarya pada-1

  3. Pushkarya pada-2 *

  4. Pushkarya pada-3

  5. Pushkarya pada-4

  6. Aśleṣa - Naga pada-1

  7. Aśleṣa pada-2

  8. Aśleṣa pada-3

  9. Aśleṣa pada-4

  1. [Karkata - Kadaga] * *

  3. [Simha - Leya]

  4. [Kanya - Parthya] * *

    5. [Tula - Vanika]

  5. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  6. [Dhanus - Haya]

  7. [Makara - Draco]

  8. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  9. [Meena - Antya]

  • Karkata pada-1 = Karkata = 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  • Karkata pada-3 = Kanya = 06deg40' until 10deg00'

  • 7th degree of Karkata

1st navamsha of Karkata= Puna-4 = Karkata

Simha = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha

Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00'

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20' *

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00' *

  1. Magha - Regulus pada-1

  2. Magha pada-2

  3. Magha pada-3

  4. Magha pada-4

  5. Pūrvaphalgunī - Yonī pada-1

  6. Pūrvaphalgunī pada-2

  7. Pūrvaphalgunī pada-3 *

  8. Pūrvaphalgunī pada-4

  1. Uttaraphalguni pada-1 *

  1. [Mesha - Aja]

  2. [Vrishabha - Urisha]

  3. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  4. [Karkata - Kadaga]

  5. [Simha - Leya]

  6. [Kanya - Parthya]

  7. [Tula - Vanika] *

  8. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  9. [Dhanus - Haya] * *

  • Simha pada-7 = Tula = 20deg00'-23deg20'

  • Simha pada-9 = Dhanus = 26deg40' until 30deg00'

21st Degree of Simha

5th navamsha of Simha = Yoni-1 = Simha

Kanya = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya Degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00' *

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39' *

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Uttaraphalguni pada-2

  2. Uttaraphalguni pada-3

    3. Uttaraphalguni pada-4 *

  3. Hasta - Savitra pada-1

  4. Hasta pada-2 *

  5. Hasta pada-3

  6. Hasta pada-4

  7. Chitra - Spica pada-1

  8. Chitra pada-2

  1. [Makara - Draco]

  2. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  3. [Meena - Antya] *

  4. [Mesha - Aja]

  5. [Vrishabha - Urisha] -

  6. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  7. [Karkata - Kadaga]

  8. [Simha - Leya]

  9. [Kanya - Parthya]

  • Kanya pada-3= Meena = 06deg40' until 10deg00'

  • Kanya pada-5 = Urisha= 13deg20' until 16deg40'

14th degree of Kanya

9th navamsha of Kanya = Chitra-2 = Kanya

Tulā = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00'

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'*

  7. 20deg 00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40' *

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Chitra pada-3

  2. Chitra pada-4

  3. Svati - Arcturus pada-1

  4. Svatika pada-2

  5. Svatika pada-3

  6. Svatika pada-4 *

  7. Visaka pada-1

  8. Visaka pada-2 *

  9. Visaka pada-3

  1. [Tula - Vanika]

  2. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  3. [Dhanus - Haya]

  4. [Makara - Draco]

  5. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  6. [Meena - Antya]

  7. [Mesha - Aja]

  8. [Vrishabha - Urisha]

  9. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  • Tula pada-6 = Meena = 16 deg40' until 20deg00'

  • Tula pada-8 = Urisha = 23deg20' until 26deg40'

24th degree of Tula

1st navamsha of Tula = Tula

Vṛścika = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20' *

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00' *

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Visaka pada-4 *

  2. Anuradha - Maitreya pada-1

  3. Anuradha pada-2*

  4. Anuradha pada-3

  5. Anuradha pada-4

  6. Jyeṣṭha - Antares pada-1

  7. Jyeṣṭha pada-2

  8. Jyeṣṭha pada-3

  9. Jyeṣṭha pada-4

  1. [Karkata - Kadaga] *

  2. [Simha - Leya]

  3. [Kanya - Parthya] *

  4. [Tula - Vanika]

  5. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  6. [Dhanus - Haya]

  7. [Makara - Draco]

  8. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  9. [Meena - Antya]

  • Vṛścika pada-1 = Karkata = 00deg00' until 03deg 20'

  • Vṛścika pada-3 = Kanya = 06deg40' until 10deg00'

7th degree of Vṛścika

5th navamsha of Vṛścika = Anuradha-4 = Vṛścika

Dhanus = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20' *

    2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00' *

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Mula - Nirṛti pada-1

  2. Mula pada-2

  3. Mula pada-3

  4. Mula pada-4/

  6. Pūrvāṣāḍhā - Apah pada-1

  7. Pūrvāṣāḍhāpada-2

  8. Pūrvāṣāḍhāpada-3 *

  9. Pūrvāṣāḍhāpada-4

  10. Uttarāṣāḍha -Vaishva pada-1 *

  1. [Mesha - Aja]

  2. [Vrishabha - Urisha]

  3. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  4. [Karkata - Kadaga]

  5. [Simha - Leya]

  6. [Kanya - Parthya]

  7. [Tula - Vanika]

  8. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  9. [Dhanus - Haya]

Dhanus pada7 = Tula = 20deg00' until 23deg20'

Dhanus pada-9 = Dhanus = 26deg40' until 30deg00'

21st Degree of Dhanus

9th navamsha of Dhanus = Vashva-1 = Dhanus

= vargottamsha + Pushyakaraka

Makara = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00' *

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39' *

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  8. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  9. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  10. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Uttarāṣāḍha -Vaishva pada-2

  2. Uttarāṣāḍha pada-3

  3. Uttarāṣāḍha pada-4 *

  4. Śrāvaṇa - Hari pada-1

  5. Śrāvaṇa pada-2 *

  6. Śrāvaṇa pada-3

  7. Śrāvaṇa pada-4

  8. Vasu-Dhaniṣṭha - Delphinus -Vasu pada-1

  9. Dhaniṣṭha pada-2

  1. [Makara - Draco]

  2. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  3. [Meena - Antya] * *

  4. [Mesha - Aja]

  5. Vrishabha*

  6. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  7. [Karkata - Kadaga]

  8. [Simha - Leya]

  9. [Kanya - Parthya]

  • Makara pada-3 =Meena = 6 deg40' until 10 deg00'

  • Makara pada-5 = Urisha = 13deg20' until 16 deg40'

14th degree of Makara

1st navamsha of Makara = Vaishva-2 = Makara

Kumbha = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00'

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'*

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40' *

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Dhaniṣṭha pada-3

  2. Dhaniṣṭha pada-4

  3. Varuna pada-1

  4. Varuna pada-2

  5. Varuna pada-3

  6. Varuna pada-4

  7. Purvabhadra pada-1

  8. Purvabhadra pada-2*

  9. Purvabhadra pada-3

  1. [Tula - Vanika]

  2. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  3. [Dhanus - Haya]

  4. [Makara - Draco]

  5. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  6. [Meena - Antya] * *

  7. [Mesha - Aja]

  8. [Vrishabha - Urisha] * *

    9. [Mithuna - Dvamdva]

  • Kumbha pada-6 = Meena = 16 deg40' until 20 deg00'

  • Kumbha pada-8 = Urisha = 23deg20' until 26 deg40'

24th degree Kumbha

5th navamsha of Kumbha = Varuna-3 = Kumbha

Meena = 30 degrees divided into NineAmsha

Matching Nakshatra pada

Nine [nava] Amsha of the Rashi

Pushkara Pada

degrees

Pushyakaraka Bhagya degree

Vargottamsha Navamsha

  1. 00deg00' until 03deg20'*

  2. 03deg21' until 06deg39'

  3. 06deg40' until 10deg00'*

  4. 10deg01' until 13deg19'

  5. 13deg20' until 16deg39'

  6. 16deg40' until 20deg00'

  7. 20deg00' until 23deg20'

  8. 23deg20' until 26deg40'

  9. 26deg40' until 30deg00'

  1. Purvabhadra -pada-4*

  2. Uttarabhadra pada-1

  3. Uttarabhadra pada-2*

  4. Uttarabhadra pada-3

  5. Uttarabhadra pada-4

  6. Revatī-Pushana pada-1

  7. Revatipada-2

  8. Revatipada-3

  9. Revati pada-4

  1. [Karkata - Kadaga]

    2. **

  2. [Simha - Leya]

  3. [Kanya - Parthya]

    4. **

  4. [Tula - Vanika]

  5. [Vṛścika - Kita]

  6. [Dhanus - Haya]

  7. [Makara - Draco]

  8. [Kumbha - Ghata]

  9. [Meena - Antya]

  • Meena pada-1 = Karkata = 00deg00' until 03deg 20'

  • Meena pada-3 = Kanya = 06deg40' until 10deg00'

7th degree of Meena

9th navamsha of Meena = Revatī-4 =Meena