Shatabhisha nakshatra baby names: starting letters शतभिषा

Last updated 18 October 2026

Shatabhisha is nakshatra number 24 of 27, ruled by Rahu. A baby born with the Moon in Shatabhisha is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Go, Sa, Si, Su.

The four Shatabhisha pada letters

Shatabhisha at a glance

• Position: 6°40′ Kumbh to 20°00′ Kumbh of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Rahu.
• Deity: Varuna, the god of the waters and of cosmic order.
• Symbol: an empty circle.
• Rashi: Kumbh, all four padas.
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Rakshasa gana, horse yoni, Adi nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Kantha rajju (neck); vedha star Hasta. 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 Shatabhisha comes Dhanishta, after it Purva Bhadrapada. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.