Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra baby names: starting letters पूर्वा भाद्रपद

Last updated 18 October 2026

Purva Bhadrapada is nakshatra number 25 of 27, ruled by Jupiter. A baby born with the Moon in Purva Bhadrapada is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Se, So, Da, Di.

The four Purva Bhadrapada pada letters

Purva Bhadrapada at a glance

• Position: 20°00′ Kumbh to 3°20′ Meen of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Jupiter.
• Deity: Aja Ekapada, “the one-footed goat” (aja can also mean “unborn”), a form linked with Rudra.
• Symbol: the front legs of a bier; some texts give a two-faced man and a sword.
• Rashi: Kumbh and Meen (the nakshatra crosses a rashi boundary).
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Manushya gana, lion yoni, Adi nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Nabhi rajju (navel); vedha star Uttara Phalguni. 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 Purva Bhadrapada comes Shatabhisha, after it Uttara Bhadrapada. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.