Warm, pleasure-loving, and charismatic — you know how to rest and enjoy. Life’s sweetness finds you; balance it with purpose.
| Number | 11 of 27 |
| Span | 13°20′ – 26°40′ of Simha (Leo) |
| Ruling planet | Shukra (Venus) |
| Deity | Bhaga — god of delight & fortune |
| Symbol | the front legs of a bed |
Your birth nakshatra decides where the Vimshottari cycle starts for you. With the Moon in Purva Phalguni, life opens in a Shukra mahadasha — 20 years of a ripening toward love, beauty, and the sweetness of comfort.
You are rarely born at the very beginning of it. The Moon’s exact position inside Purva Phalguni decides how much of that 20-year period was already spent before you arrived, which is why two people with the same nakshatra can still change chapters years apart. How the 120-year cycle works →
Is your Moon actually in Purva Phalguni? Find out free.
Reveal my timeline ✦ Computed live · nothing leaves your deviceWarm, pleasure-loving, and charismatic — you know how to rest and enjoy. Life’s sweetness finds you; balance it with purpose.
| Lean into | Watch for |
|---|---|
| Let yourself rest and enjoy — you’ve earned the sweetness | Don’t let comfort quietly replace your purpose |
Every nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′ each. Which pada the Moon occupies refines the reading further.
| Pada | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 13°20′ – 16°40′ Simha (Leo) |
| Pada 2 | 16°40′ – 20°00′ Simha (Leo) |
| Pada 3 | 20°00′ – 23°20′ Simha (Leo) |
| Pada 4 | 23°20′ – 26°40′ Simha (Leo) |
Shukra (Venus). That matters for timing as well as temperament: if your Moon sits in Purva Phalguni at birth, your life opens in a Shukra mahadasha, which runs 20 years.
Purva Phalguni spans 13°20′ – 26°40′ of Simha (Leo). Every nakshatra is exactly 13°20′ of the 360° zodiac, and the 27 of them divide it evenly.
The symbol is the front legs of a bed and the presiding deity is Bhaga — god of delight & fortune.