Ashwini nakshatra baby names: starting letters अश्विनी

Last updated 18 October 2026

Ashwini is nakshatra number 1 of 27, ruled by Ketu. A baby born with the Moon in Ashwini is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Chu, Che, Cho, La.

The four Ashwini pada letters

Ashwini at a glance

• Position: 0°00′ Mesh to 13°20′ Mesh of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Ketu.
• Deity: The Ashvins, twin horsemen and physicians of the gods.
• Symbol: a horse’s head.
• Rashi: Mesh, all four padas.
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Deva gana, horse yoni, Adi nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Pada rajju (feet); vedha star Jyeshtha. These are South Indian porutham groupings; see the rajju dosha calculator.
• Gandmool: yes, one of the six gandmool nakshatras. Ashwini begins Mesh at the Revati–Ashwini junction (0°); 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 Ashwini comes Revati, after it Bharani. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.