Jyeshtha nakshatra baby names: starting letters ज्येष्ठा

Last updated 18 October 2026

Jyeshtha is nakshatra number 18 of 27, ruled by Mercury. A baby born with the Moon in Jyeshtha is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: No, Ya, Yi, Yu.

The four Jyeshtha pada letters

Jyeshtha at a glance

• Position: 16°40′ Vrishchik to 30°00′ Vrishchik of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Mercury.
• Deity: Indra, the king of the gods.
• Symbol: a round amulet or earring; some texts give an umbrella and a boar’s tusk.
• Rashi: Vrishchik, all four padas.
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Rakshasa gana, deer yoni, Adi nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Pada rajju (feet); vedha star Ashwini. These are South Indian porutham groupings; see the rajju dosha calculator.
• Gandmool: yes, one of the six gandmool nakshatras. Jyeshtha ends Vrishchik at the Jyeshtha–Mula junction (240°); 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 Jyeshtha comes Anuradha, after it Mula. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.