Ashlesha nakshatra baby names: starting letters आश्लेषा

Last updated 18 October 2026

Ashlesha is nakshatra number 9 of 27, ruled by Mercury. A baby born with the Moon in Ashlesha is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Di, Du, De, Do.

The four Ashlesha pada letters

Ashlesha at a glance

• Position: 16°40′ Kark to 30°00′ Kark of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Mercury.
• Deity: The Nagas, the serpent deities.
• Symbol: a coiled serpent.
• Rashi: Kark, all four padas.
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Rakshasa gana, cat yoni, Antya nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Pada rajju (feet); vedha star Mula. These are South Indian porutham groupings; see the rajju dosha calculator.
• Gandmool: yes, one of the six gandmool nakshatras. Ashlesha ends Kark at the Ashlesha–Magha junction (120°); check a birth with the gandmool nakshatra calculator.

How to use these letters

Take the Moon’s nakshatra and pada from the birth chart (or the nakshatra calculator by date of birth), then choose a name that begins with that pada’s letter. If the pada is unknown, the four letters above are the ones for this nakshatra. Without birth details, the rashi name finder shows the letters for any nakshatra and pada, and rashi by name shows where a name you already like falls.

Neighbouring nakshatras

Before Ashlesha comes Pushya, after it Magha. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.