Kark Rashi
Cancer — the Vedic moon sign, not the Western sun sign.
Kark is the Moon's own sign — home ground. Read as protective, home- and family-oriented, and quick to feel what others around it are feeling.
| Ruling planet (rashi swami) | Moon |
| Element (tattva) | Water |
| Nature | Chara (movable) |
| Classical gender | Female (even) |
| Planetary dignity | Jupiter is exalted here; Mars is debilitated here |
Every rashi spans exactly 9 nakshatra padas — Kark covers these three nakshatras:
| Punarvasu | pada 4 | 90°00′–93°20′ into the sign |
| Pushya | padas 1–4 | 93°20′–106°40′ into the sign |
| Ashlesha | padas 1–4 | 106°40′–120°00′ into the sign |
Kark 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 Kark and a Western Cancer rarely line up. Your own
chart will show your real rashi from your actual birth details.
Kark rashifal, today →
Read my own chart →
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.