Kanya Rashi
Virgo — the Vedic moon sign, not the Western sun sign.
Mercury's own sign and also its exaltation sign. Read as precise, detail-minded, and more comfortable improving something than leaving it as it was handed over.
| Ruling planet (rashi swami) | Mercury |
| Element (tattva) | Earth (by classical triplicity and dosha grouping — BPHS's surviving English text doesn't state the element outright for this sign) |
| Nature | Dwiswabhava (dual) |
| Classical gender | Female (even) |
| Planetary dignity | Mercury is exalted here; Venus is debilitated here |
Every rashi spans exactly 9 nakshatra padas — Kanya covers these three nakshatras:
| Uttara Phalguni | padas 2–4 | 150°00′–160°00′ into the sign |
| Hasta | padas 1–4 | 160°00′–173°20′ into the sign |
| Chitra | padas 1–2 | 173°20′–180°00′ into the sign |
Kanya isn't a calendar date range. Your rashi is whichever sign the Moon was
in when you were born — not the Sun, and not the Western tropical dates you may have seen elsewhere
(those use a different starting point and a different planet entirely). The gap between the two systems
is currently around 24°, which is why a Vedic Kanya and a Western Virgo rarely line up. Your own
chart will show your real rashi from your actual birth details.
Kanya rashifal, today →
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This page describes the sign in general, classical terms — the same description applies to roughly a twelfth of everyone born. It says nothing about you personally; only a real chart, built from your own birth details, can do that.