Rashi profile
Sagittarius
Dhanu
the rashi in full
Everything about Sagittarius, section by section. The part of the sky it covers. The nakshatras inside it. Which grahas are strong here, and what is standing in it right now. Every number on this page is calculated, not written by hand.
Sagittarius today01 · Arc, element, ruler
The basics
- Arc
- 240° – 270°
- Sidereal degrees, counted from 0° Mesha. Lahiri ayanamsa.
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Guru (Jupiter)
- Also rules Pisces
02 · Significations
What this rashi is like
These points are not written for each sign separately. Every rashi is made of three things — an element, a quality and a ruling graha. Each card below comes from one of those three, and says which one. So any rashi with the same element gets the same points under Nature.
From the element
Nature
- Acts first, thinks later.
- Warm and easy to notice. Not a quiet type.
- Uses up energy fast, and cannot store it.
From the quality
How it thinks
- Changes its answer when the facts change. That is on purpose, not weakness.
- Can hold two answers at once without feeling stuck.
- Prefers to find a middle way instead of pushing. People often read this as a yes when it is not.
From the ruling graha
What it takes on
- Giving advice, and living with what that advice caused.
- Keeping the quality up. Doing the job properly.
- Growing things slowly — including people.
From the element and quality together
Where it struggles
- Runs out of energy, then blames itself for being lazy.
- Says yes in the room, then changes it later. People think a thing is settled when it is not.
Why we do not tell you your future
Because no one can. Jyotish says what a rashi and a graha stand for. It does not say what will happen to you on a given day. No classical text claims it does. If we wrote that here, we would be making it up. What we can tell you is real, and it is above: which grahas are in this rashi right now, and where its ruler is.
Sagittarius today03 · The sky today
What is standing here right now
Calculated for right now. Open this tomorrow and it will be different, because the sky moved.
- Chandra (Moon)21°25′
- Its ruler, Guru (Jupiter), is currently in Cancer at 23°25′.
- The Moon is passing through here now — it stays about two and a quarter days.
- The Sun enters Sagittarius in 87 days.
04 · Nakshatras
The nakshatras inside it
A rashi is 30° wide. A nakshatra is 13°20′. They do not divide evenly, so a rashi holds two or three nakshatras — some whole, some only partly. What is always the same is the number of padas: nine in every rashi. That is why the full circle has 108.
- MulaWhole
0° to 13°20′ of the sign
4 padas1234
- Purva AshadhaWhole
13°20′ to 26°40′ of the sign
4 padas1234
- Uttara AshadhaPart
26°40′ to 30° of the sign
1 pada1
05 · Dignity
Which grahas are strong here
Some grahas are strong in this rashi and one may be weak. This is the classical table, with the exact degrees the old texts give. Strong does not mean good luck — it means the graha acts freely here.
- Guru (Jupiter)MoolatrikonaAcross 0° to 10°
06 · Houses
The twelve houses, counted from Sagittarius
If Sagittarius is your rashi, count houses from it like this. Your 1st is Sagittarius, then each sign in order. Every other page on this site counts the same way.
| House | Sign | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sagittarius | you, your body and how you come across |
| 2nd | Capricorn | money, speech and the family you were born into |
| 3rd | Aquarius | courage, siblings and short journeys |
| 4th | Pisces | home, mother and peace of mind |
| 5th | Aries | children, study and what you create |
| 6th | Taurus | daily work, routine, illness and debt |
| 7th | Gemini | partners, marriage and anyone you deal with one to one |
| 8th | Cancer | what you share with others, inheritance, and what is out of your hands |
| 9th | Leo | belief, teachers, fortune and long journeys |
| 10th | Virgo | work, standing and what the world sees |
| 11th | Libra | gains, friends and the wider network |
| 12th | Scorpio | spending, rest, letting go and life abroad |