Punarvasu nakshatra baby names: starting letters पुनर्वसु

Last updated 18 October 2026

Punarvasu is nakshatra number 7 of 27, ruled by Jupiter. A baby born with the Moon in Punarvasu is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Ke, Ko, Ha, Hi.

The four Punarvasu pada letters

Punarvasu at a glance

• Position: 20°00′ Mithun to 3°20′ Kark of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Jupiter.
• Deity: Aditi, the boundless mother of the gods.
• Symbol: a quiver of arrows; some texts give a bow.
• Rashi: Mithun and Kark (the nakshatra crosses a rashi boundary).
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Deva gana, cat yoni, Adi nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Nabhi rajju (navel); vedha star Uttara Ashadha. 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 Punarvasu comes Ardra, after it Pushya. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.