Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra baby names: starting letters उत्तरा भाद्रपद

Last updated 18 October 2026

Uttara Bhadrapada is nakshatra number 26 of 27, ruled by Saturn. A baby born with the Moon in Uttara Bhadrapada is traditionally given a name that starts with the syllable of its pada: Du, Tha, Jha, Na.

The four Uttara Bhadrapada pada letters

Uttara Bhadrapada at a glance

• Position: 3°20′ Meen to 16°40′ Meen of the sidereal zodiac, four padas of 3°20′ each.
• Ruling planet: Saturn.
• Deity: Ahirbudhnya, the serpent of the depths.
• Symbol: the back legs of a bier; some texts give twins and a serpent in the water.
• Rashi: Meen, all four padas.
• Gana, yoni and nadi: Manushya gana, cow yoni, Madhya nadi (the matching tradition; see the nakshatra gana calculator).
• Rajju and vedha: Kati rajju (waist); vedha star Purva 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.

Regional variants for Uttara Bhadrapada

• The fourth pada of Uttara Bhadrapada is the nasal ña (ञ), a sound no name begins with, and some English tables print it as Da instead.

Neighbouring nakshatras

Before Uttara Bhadrapada comes Purva Bhadrapada, after it Revati. See all 27 on the list of 27 nakshatras, the nakshatra letters chart or the 27 nakshatras explained.