Vedic Moon Sign Calculator
Find your Moon rashi — the sign the Moon was in at your birth, in the sidereal zodiac Jyotish uses — with its nakshatra and pada, and your Western Moon sign beside it.
Quick answer
Your Vedic Moon sign (Chandra rashi) is the sidereal sign the Moon occupied at your birth. Jyotish measures the zodiac against the stars, about 24° behind the Western (tropical) zodiac, so for most people the Moon rashi is the sign before their Western Moon sign. Enter your birth date, time and place to see both, with your nakshatra and pada.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Vedic Moon sign (rashi)?
In Jyotish, your rashi usually means your Moon sign (Chandra rashi): the sign of the sidereal zodiac the Moon was in when you were born. It is the sign Indian horoscope columns (rashifal) are written for, and the point from which transits (gochara) and Sade Sati are read.
Why is my Vedic Moon sign different from my Western one?
The two zodiacs start from different points. The Western (tropical) zodiac begins at the March equinox; the Vedic (sidereal) zodiac is fixed to the stars. The equinox drifts against the stars by about 1° every 72 years, and the gap between them — the ayanamsa — is now about 24°. So a Moon in roughly the first 24° of a Western sign falls in the previous rashi, which is the case for most people.
Which Moon sign should I use?
The one that belongs to the system you are reading. Western horoscopes and Aurae’s Western calculators use the tropical Moon sign; Jyotish readings, Kundli matching and Vedic transits use the sidereal rashi. Neither corrects the other: they are two measuring conventions.
Do I need my birth time?
Usually not: the Moon stays in a rashi for about two and a half days. On a day it changed rashi, the calculator shows both possibilities; the birth time settles it, and also places your Lagna in the chart.
What are the nakshatra and pada?
The sidereal zodiac is also divided into 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions) of 13°20′, each split into four padas of 3°20′, so every rashi holds nine padas. The Moon’s nakshatra is your janma nakshatra (birth star), which sets the order of your Vimshottari dashas.
Which ayanamsa does this use?
Lahiri (Chitrapaksha), the standard of the Indian national calendar and the default in most Jyotish software, so you can compare the result with an astrologer’s chart directly. Another ayanamsa, such as Raman’s, can move a Moon near the edge of a sign into the neighbouring rashi.