What are the primary astronomical and shastric parameters of Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra (320° 00' to 333° 20') — 4 Padas, Deity, Navamsa D9 & Shastra Concordance?

Sanskrit Name: Pūrva Bhādrapadā (Ajaikapāt); Sidereal Arc: 320° 00' to 333° 20'; Rashi Span: 20° 00' Kumbha to 03° 20' Meena; Vimshottari Lord: Guru (16 Years); Vedic Deity: Aja Ekapada (One-Footed Unborn Aspect of Rudra). Verified against NASA JPL DE441 ephemeris (Chitrapaksha Lahiri Ayanamsha) and the 18-treatise Sanskrit corpus.

01 · SIDEREAL LUNAR MANSION (NAKSHATRA 25 OF 28)

25. Purva Bhadrapada (Pūrva Bhādrapadā (Ajaikapāt)) — 320° 00' to 333° 20'

Q: What is the canonical definition of Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra (320° 00' to 333° 20') — 4 Padas, Deity, Navamsa D9 & Shastra Concordance (NAKSH-01) in sidereal Jyotish?

Purva Bhadrapada is governed in the Vimshottari Dasha cycle by Guru (16 Years) and presided over by the Vedic deity Aja Ekapada (One-Footed Unborn Aspect of Rudra). Its astronomical junction star (Yoga Tara) is identified with Alpha and Beta Pegasi (Markab and Scheat), and its inherent power is Yajamana Udyamana Shakti (power to raise the evolutionary fire of the sacrificer).

In classical Sanskrit positional astronomy, Purva Bhadrapada (Pūrva Bhādrapadā (Ajaikapāt)) is the 25-numbered lunar mansion spanning 20° 00' Kumbha to 03° 20' Meena (320° 00' to 333° 20' of the sidereal ecliptic). Within the vectorized corpus (jyotish_corpus_core_v3), Purva Bhadrapada is directly indexed across 26 verified passages and 19 numbered shlokas in 7 Sanskrit treatises.

Canonical Definition · Purva Bhadrapada (320° 00' to 333° 20')

Purva Bhadrapada is governed in the Vimshottari Dasha cycle by Guru (16 Years) and presided over by the Vedic deity Aja Ekapada (One-Footed Unborn Aspect of Rudra). Its astronomical junction star (Yoga Tara) is identified with Alpha and Beta Pegasi (Markab and Scheat), and its inherent power is Yajamana Udyamana Shakti (power to raise the evolutionary fire of the sacrificer).

13° 20' SIDEREAL LUNAR MANSION & 4-PADA NAVAMSA (D9) PROJECTION Nakshatra 25 (Purva Bhadrapada)

SIDEREAL ARC: 320° 00' to 333° 20' | RASHI: KUMBHA AND MEENA | DASHA LORD: GURU (16 YEARS) 0° Mesha 180° Chitra (Spica) 360° Revati 4 EQUAL NAVAMSA PADAS (3° 20' = 200 ARC-MINUTES EACH) Pada 1 · "Se" Mesha (Aries D9) Lord: Mangala Pada 2 · "So" Vrishabha (Taurus D9) Lord: Shukra Pada 3 · "Da" Mithuna (The Twins D9) Lord: Budha Pada 4 · "Di" Karka (Cancer D9) Lord: Chandra Deity: Aja Ekapada (One-Footed Unborn Aspect of Rudra) | Gana: Manushya (Human)

02 · FOUR PADAS & NAVAMSA (D9) HARMONIC MAPPING

The Four 3° 20' Padas of Purva Bhadrapada & Ninth-Harmonic Dispositors

The lunar mansion Purva Bhadrapada divides into four equal quarters (Padas) of 3° 20' (200 arc-minutes each) that project directly into the Navamsa (D9) harmonic chart. In Purva Bhadrapada, this four-fold partition links the sidereal longitude in Kumbha and Meena to four consecutive Navamsa signs and phonetic seed syllables (Aksharas).

According to Brihat Samhita Chapter 98 Verse 13 and Chapter 101 Verse 25 and Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra Chapter 46 Verses 108 to 111, Purva Bhadrapada carries a ugra and krura (fierce ascetic fire) temperament and a manushya (human) classification. Within the ecliptic structure of Purva Bhadrapada, Padas 2 and 4 are Pushkara Navamsas bridging Aquarius and Pisces.

Pada & Degree Span	Navamsa (`D9`) Sign	`D9` Ruler & Syllable	Classical Pada Delineation
`Pada 1 (20°00' – 23°20' Kumbha)`	`Mesha (Aries D9)`	Mangala (`"Se"`)	Fiery reformist quarter driving Purva Bhadrapada idealism into fearless intellectual action.
`Pada 2 (23°20' – 26°40' Kumbha)`	`Vrishabha (Taurus D9)`	Shukra (`"So"`)	Pushkara Navamsa quarter stabilizing Purva Bhadrapada austerity in sustainable institutional endowments.
`Pada 3 (26°40' – 30°00' Kumbha)`	`Mithuna (The Twins D9)`	Budha (`"Da"`)	Analytical air-to-air quarter articulating complex metaphysical doctrines in Purva Bhadrapada.
`Pada 4 (00°00' – 03°20' Meena)`	`Karka (Cancer D9)`	Chandra (`"Di"`)	Pushkara Navamsa in Pisces where nakshatra lord Guru is exalted in `D9`, crowning Purva Bhadrapada with grace.

03 · MULTI-TREATISE SHASTRA CONCORDANCE

Citations for Purva Bhadrapada Across 18 Classical Sanskrit Shastras

The concordance table below details how Purva Bhadrapada is distributed across the eighteen classical treatises of jyotish_corpus_core_v3. Varahamihira in Brihat Samhita and Brihat Jataka defines the stellar coordinates, seasonal transits, and natal Moon traits of Purva Bhadrapada, while Muhurta Chintamani and Kalaprakashika codify electional Panchanga rules for Purva Bhadrapada.

Sanskrit Treatise	Verified Passages	Chapter Coverage	Analytical Scope
Brihat Samhita	`13 passages`	`7 ch / 11 v`	Records lunar transit rules, Tara Bala compatibility, and janma nakshatra results for Purva Bhadrapada across 7 chapters.
Ashtakavarga Grantha	`4 passages`	`3 ch / 3 v`	Records lunar transit rules, Tara Bala compatibility, and janma nakshatra results for Purva Bhadrapada across 3 chapters.
Jaimini Upadesha Sutras	`3 passages`	`0 ch / 3 v`	Records lunar transit rules, Tara Bala compatibility, and janma nakshatra results for Purva Bhadrapada across 0 chapters.
Brihat Jataka	`2 passages`	`1 ch / 1 v`	Records lunar transit rules, Tara Bala compatibility, and janma nakshatra results for Purva Bhadrapada across 1 chapters.
Surya Siddhanta	`2 passages`	`1 ch / 0 v`	Records lunar transit rules, Tara Bala compatibility, and janma nakshatra results for Purva Bhadrapada across 1 chapters.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra	`1 passages`	`1 ch / 1 v`	Records lunar transit rules, Tara Bala compatibility, and janma nakshatra results for Purva Bhadrapada across 1 chapters.

04 · VERBATIM CORPUS FOLIO & VIMSHOTTARI SYNCHRONY

Archival Public-Domain Folio Excerpt for Purva Bhadrapada

This archival passage for Purva Bhadrapada comes from the public-domain edition of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (Chapter 3, Verse 7) in jyotish_corpus_core_v3. When the natal Moon or Lagna occupies Purva Bhadrapada, the remaining arc of Purva Bhadrapada determines the opening balance of the Guru Mahadasha (16 Years).

CORPUS PROVENANCE: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra | Source ID: archive_brihat-parashara-hora-sastra | Chapter 3, Verse 7
"Lagn and the Grahas, joining and departing from each other, the native s good and bad effects are deducted Addition from Santhanam till Sloka 7 The names of the 27 Nakshatras are Ashvini, Bharani, Krittika, Rohini, Mrigasira, Ardra, Punarvasu, Pushya, Aslesha, Magha, Purvaphalguni, Uttaraphalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Vishaka, Anuradha, Jyeshtha, Mula, Purvashadh,"

In Ashtakoota synastry and daily Gochara transit analysis, Purva Bhadrapada is the reference anchor for computing the nine-fold Tara Bala cycle (Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyak, Sadhana, Naidhana, Mitra, and Parama Mitra) and checking Nadi and Gana compatibility (Manushya (Human)).

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Sanskrit Name	`Pūrva Bhādrapadā (Ajaikapāt)`
Sidereal Arc	`320° 00' to 333° 20'`
Rashi Span	20° 00' Kumbha to 03° 20' Meena
Vimshottari Lord	Guru (16 Years)
Vedic Deity	`Aja Ekapada (One-Footed Unborn Aspect of Rudra)`
Yoga Tara Star	`Alpha and Beta Pegasi (Markab and Scheat)`
Traditional Symbol	`Front Legs of a Funeral Cot or Two-Faced Man`
Gana & Temperament	`Manushya (Human) · Ugra and Krura (Fierce Ascetic Fire)`
Guna & Tattva	`Sattva · Akasha (Ether)`
Corpus Passages	`26 (19 v)`
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