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Moon Sign Calculator — What Is My Rashi?

Your chandra rashi from the Moon's real position at your birth, with the nakshatra, the exact degree and your Western moon sign alongside so you can see why the two can differ.

  • Vedic & Western moon sign
  • Works without a birth time
  • Lahiri ayanamsa, real ephemeris

Moon Sign (Rashi) Calculator

Your rashi is the sign the Moon was in when you were born. Enter the details and we'll find it — with or without a birth time.

Pick from the list — the ascendant needs exact coordinates.

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In short

Your moon sign, or rashi, is the zodiac sign the Moon occupied at the moment you were born. In Vedic astrology it represents the mind and emotions, and it is the sign daily horoscopes, Vimshottari dasha and kundli matching are built on. The Moon changes sign about every 2¼ days, which is why the birth date — and sometimes the time — matters.

Last reviewed 23 August 2026 · Method: Lahiri ayanamsa, VSOP87/ELP positions · how we verify

What the result shows

Your Vedic moon sign with its Sanskrit and Hindi names, the Moon's exact degree, the nakshatra and pada it falls in, the sign's ruling planet, element and name letters, and next to it your Western (tropical) moon sign. When the two differ, as they do for about four people in five, the result explains why in one paragraph rather than leaving you to wonder which site is wrong.

Moon sign, sun sign, lagna — which one is “my sign”?

If you grew up on magazine horoscopes, “your sign” meant the Sun's sign. In India, “your rashi” means the Moon's sign — that is what aaj ka rashifal is written for, what a pandit asks before a puja, and what kundli matching compares. The lagna (ascendant) is a third thing: the sign on the eastern horizon at your birth, which fixes the twelve houses. All three are in your chart; this page gives you the Moon.

If you don't know your birth time

Tick the box. The Moon spends about 54 hours in a sign, so on most dates it is in the same sign from midnight to midnight and your rashi is certain. When it does change sign on your birth date, we show both signs and the time it switched — “Taurus before 09:12, Gemini after” — so a rough idea of morning or evening usually decides it. The nakshatra pada and the dasha balance are finer and may still need a time.

Why the Vedic and Western answers can differ

Both systems divide the sky into twelve signs of 30°. Western astrology starts Aries at the point where the Sun crosses the equator in March (the tropical zodiac). Vedic astrology starts Aries at a fixed point among the stars (the sidereal zodiac). Because of the slow wobble of the Earth's axis, those two starting points have drifted about 24° apart — the ayanamsa. So a Moon at 10° Gemini in a Western chart is at about 16° Taurus in a Vedic one. Neither is a mistake; for rashifal, matching and dasha, use the Vedic sign.

Want the whole picture? The same engine draws your full chart on the free kundli page — every planet, your lagna, dasha timeline and dosha checks.

How this calculator works

Birth moment
Local time converted to UTC through the IANA time-zone history of the birth place, including historical offsets and daylight saving.
Moon's position
Apparent geocentric longitude from the ELP lunar theory (astronomia), checked against Meeus' worked examples.
Two zodiacs
The tropical longitude gives the Western sign; subtracting the Lahiri ayanamsa gives the Vedic (sidereal) sign. Both degrees are printed.
Unknown time
Moon computed at 00:00 and 23:59 local; if the sign differs, we bisect to the minute of the change.

The same engine casts the full janam kundli, so results here and there always agree. How we check the maths →

Reference

The 12 rashis

Sanskrit and Hindi names, ruling planet, element, the nakshatras each sign contains and its traditional name letters.

RashiSanskrit · HindiSymbolLordElement · QualityNakshatrasName letters
AriesMesha · Mesh (मेष)The ramMarsFire · MovableAshwini, Bharani, Krittika (pada 1)Chu, Che, Cho, La, Li, Lu, Le, Lo, A
TaurusVrishabha · Vrishabh (वृषभ)The bullVenusEarth · FixedKrittika (padas 2–4), Rohini, Mrigashira (padas 1–2)I, U, E, O, Va, Vi, Vu, Ve, Vo
GeminiMithuna · Mithun (मिथुन)The coupleMercuryAir · DualMrigashira (padas 3–4), Ardra, Punarvasu (padas 1–3)Ka, Ki, Ku, Gha, Ng, Chha, Ke, Ko, Ha
CancerKarka · Kark (कर्क)The crabMoonWater · MovablePunarvasu (pada 4), Pushya, AshleshaHi, Hu, He, Ho, Da, Di, Du, De, Do
LeoSimha · Singh (सिंह)The lionSunFire · FixedMagha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni (pada 1)Ma, Mi, Mu, Me, Mo, Ta, Ti, Tu, Te
VirgoKanya · Kanya (कन्या)The maidenMercuryEarth · DualUttara Phalguni (padas 2–4), Hasta, Chitra (padas 1–2)To, Pa, Pi, Pu, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po
LibraTula · Tula (तुला)The scalesVenusAir · MovableChitra (padas 3–4), Swati, Vishakha (padas 1–3)Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro, Ta, Ti, Tu, Te
ScorpioVrishchika · Vrishchik (वृश्चिक)The scorpionMarsWater · FixedVishakha (pada 4), Anuradha, JyeshthaTo, Na, Ni, Nu, Ne, No, Ya, Yi, Yu
SagittariusDhanu · Dhanu (धनु)The archerJupiterFire · DualMula, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha (pada 1)Ye, Yo, Bha, Bhi, Bhu, Dha, Pha, Dha, Bhe
CapricornMakara · Makar (मकर)The sea-goat (crocodile)SaturnEarth · MovableUttara Ashadha (padas 2–4), Shravana, Dhanishta (padas 1–2)Bho, Ja, Ji, Ju, Je, Jo, Kha, Ga, Gi
AquariusKumbha · Kumbh (कुम्भ)The water-bearerSaturnAir · FixedDhanishta (padas 3–4), Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada (padas 1–3)Gu, Ge, Go, Sa, Si, Su, Se, So, Da
PiscesMeena · Meen (मीन)The two fishesJupiterWater · DualPurva Bhadrapada (pada 4), Uttara Bhadrapada, RevatiDi, Du, Tha, Jha, Yna, De, Do, Cha, Chi
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