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Baby name calculator by nakshatra

Enter your baby’s birth details to find the Moon’s nakshatra and pada, the traditional starting syllable (namakshar) and names that begin with it, along with the other syllables of the same nakshatra and Rashi.

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Use the time on your birth certificate, in local time.

Time zone and daylight saving are applied automatically for the date of birth.

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How the calculator works

We calculate the sidereal position of the Moon (Lahiri ayanamsha) for the moment of birth. Its nakshatra and pada give the namakshar, and its sign gives the Rashi. The Moon moves through one pada in about six hours, so an accurate birth time matters; if the birth was close to a change of pada, look at both neighbouring syllables.

A few syllables, such as Ng (Ardra), Yi (Jyeshtha), Ye (Mula), Je (Shravana), Vu and Vo (Rohini, Mrigashira), Ho and Hu (Pushya), Cho (Ashwini), Pe and Po (Chitra), Ge (Dhanishta), Do and Tha, begin almost no names in common use. Tradition is flexible here: families choose a name from another pada of the same nakshatra or from any syllable of the Rashi, or keep the namakshar for a ceremonial name and choose a different everyday name.

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