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The naamakshar table

All 93 traditional naming syllables and the nakshatra, pada and moon sign each belongs to. To look up a specific name, use the rashi and nakshatra by name tool.

Every syllable

SyllableNakshatra & padaRashi
AKrittika 1Mesha
BhaMula 3Dhanu
BheUttara Ashadha 1Dhanu
BhiMula 4Dhanu
BhoUttara Ashadha 2Makara
BhuPurva Ashadha 1Dhanu
ChaRevati 3Meena
CheAshwini 2Mesha
ChhaArdra 4Mithuna
ChiRevati 4Meena
ChoAshwini 3Mesha
ChuAshwini 1Mesha
DaPushya 4; Purva Bhadrapada 3Karka, Kumbha
DeAshlesha 3; Revati 1Karka, Meena
DhaPurva Ashadha 2; Purva Ashadha 4Dhanu
DiAshlesha 1; Purva Bhadrapada 4Karka, Meena
DoAshlesha 4; Revati 2Karka, Meena
DuAshlesha 2; Uttara Bhadrapada 1Karka, Meena
EKrittika 4Vrishabha
GaDhanishta 1Makara
GeDhanishta 4Kumbha
GhaArdra 2; Shravana 4Mithuna, Makara
GiDhanishta 2Makara
GoShatabhisha 1Kumbha
GuDhanishta 3Kumbha
HaPunarvasu 3Mithuna
HePushya 2Karka
HiPunarvasu 4Karka
HoPushya 3Karka
HuPushya 1Karka
IKrittika 2Vrishabha
JaUttara Ashadha 3Makara
JeShravana 2Makara
JhaUttara Bhadrapada 3Meena
JiUttara Ashadha 4Makara
JoShravana 3Makara
JuShravana 1Makara
KaMrigashira 3Mithuna
KePunarvasu 1Mithuna
KiMrigashira 4Mithuna
KoPunarvasu 2Mithuna
KuArdra 1Mithuna
LaAshwini 4Mesha
LeBharani 3Mesha
LiBharani 1Mesha
LoBharani 4Mesha
LuBharani 2Mesha
MaMagha 1Simha
MeMagha 4Simha
MiMagha 2Simha
MoPurva Phalguni 1Simha
MuMagha 3Simha
NaHasta 3; Anuradha 1; Uttara Bhadrapada 4Kanya, Vrishchika, Meena
NeAnuradha 4Vrishchika
NgaArdra 3Mithuna
NiAnuradha 2Vrishchika
NoJyeshtha 1Vrishchika
NuAnuradha 3Vrishchika
ORohini 1Vrishabha
PaUttara Phalguni 3Kanya
PeChitra 1Kanya
PhaPurva Ashadha 3Dhanu
PiUttara Phalguni 4Kanya
PoChitra 2Kanya
PuHasta 1Kanya
RaChitra 3Tula
ReSwati 2Tula
RiChitra 4Tula
RoSwati 3Tula
RuSwati 1Tula
SaShatabhisha 2Kumbha
SePurva Bhadrapada 1Kumbha
ShaHasta 2Kanya
SiShatabhisha 3Kumbha
SoPurva Bhadrapada 2Kumbha
SuShatabhisha 4Kumbha
TaPurva Phalguni 2; Swati 4Simha, Tula
TeUttara Phalguni 1; Vishakha 3Simha, Tula
ThaHasta 4; Uttara Bhadrapada 2Kanya, Meena
TiPurva Phalguni 3; Vishakha 1Simha, Tula
ToUttara Phalguni 2; Vishakha 4Kanya, Vrishchika
TuPurva Phalguni 4; Vishakha 2Simha, Tula
UKrittika 3Vrishabha
VaRohini 2Vrishabha
VeMrigashira 1Vrishabha
ViRohini 3Vrishabha
VoMrigashira 2Vrishabha
VuRohini 4Vrishabha
YaJyeshtha 2Vrishchika
YeMula 1Dhanu
YiJyeshtha 3Vrishchika
YoMula 2Dhanu
YuJyeshtha 4Vrishchika

The 14 shared syllables

These belong to two nakshatras each, so a name beginning with one of them cannot be resolved from the name alone: Da, De, Dha, Di, Do, Du, Gha, Na, Ta, Te, Tha, Ti, To, Tu.

Find the real nakshatra

A name is a tradition; the birth chart is the answer. The free calculator works out the actual nakshatra, pada and rashi from a date, time and place of birth. Nothing you enter is stored.

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Questions people ask

What is naamakshar?

The naming syllable fixed by the birth pada. Each of the 27 nakshatras has four padas and four syllables, 108 in all, and the traditional namkaran ceremony picks a name beginning with the syllable for the child’s pada.

How many naming syllables are there?

There are 108 pada-syllable slots but only 93 distinct syllables, because 14 of them are shared between two different nakshatras.

Can you tell someone’s rashi from their name?

Only where the name was chosen by naamakshar. It is a widely used tradition and a good hint, but it is not a birth chart, and a large number of names are chosen for a meaning or for a relative instead.

Baby names by nakshatra → · All 27 nakshatras →

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