Mrigashira nakshatra baby names: starting letters मृगशिरा

Last updated 18 October 2026

Mrigashira is nakshatra number 5 of 27, ruled by Mars. A baby born with the Moon in Mrigashira is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Ve, Vo, Ka, Ki.

The four Mrigashira pada letters

Mrigashira at a glance

• Position: 23°20′ Vrishabh to 6°40′ Mithun of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Mars.
• Deity: Soma (Chandra), the Moon.
• Symbol: a deer’s head.
• Rashi: Vrishabh and Mithun (the nakshatra crosses a rashi boundary).
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Deva gana, serpent yoni, Madhya nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Shiro rajju (head); vedha star Dhanishta; some lists add Chitra, and some give none. These are South Indian porutham groupings; see the rajju dosha 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 Mrigashira comes Rohini, after it Ardra. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.