What is Nakshatra Yogam?
Nakshatra Yogam is a lookup that pairs the day’s Nakshatram (lunar mansion) with its Vasaram (weekday) to produce one of four outcome categories – a second, independent layer of guidance on top of the Nakshatram itself. Anudinam shows this as a highlighted row on the Thithi Now tab whenever the day falls into one of the two inauspicious categories.
Nakshatra Yogam vs. Plain Yogam
These are two different dimensions that are easy to confuse by name alone:
- Yogam is one of the 27 values of the Sun+Moon angular-distance dimension, stored per calendar date and directly searchable as an event condition (via the site’s Search feature).
- Nakshatra Yogam is a separate (Nakshatram, Vasaram) lookup – 27 Nakshatrams x 7 Vasarams, 189 combinations in total – producing one of 4 categories. It is not itself a searchable event-condition dimension; it’s shown only as the highlighted homepage row below.
The 4 Outcome Categories
| Category | Nature |
|---|---|
| Amrutha | Auspicious |
| Siddha | Auspicious |
| Marana | Inauspicious |
| Prabalarishta | Highly inauspicious |
Anudinam highlights the homepage row in red only for Marana and Prabalarishta – the same treatment Kari Naal gets.
Nakshatra Yogam by Weekday
Each card below shows all 27 Nakshatrams for one Vasaram (weekday), grouped by which category they fall into on that day.
Bhanu (Sunday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Uttaram, Moolam, Utthiraadam, Thiruvonam, Uttirattaadhi, Revathi
- Siddha (auspicious): Ashvini, Krithigai, Rohini, Mrigaseersham, Thiruvadhirai, Punarpoosam, Poosam, Aayilyam, Pooram, Hastham, Chithirai, Swathi, Pooraadam, Sadhayam, Poorattaadhi
- Marana (inauspicious): Magham, Visaakam, Anusham, Kettai, Avittam
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Bharani
Indu (Monday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Rohini, Punarpoosam, Swathi, Thiruvonam
- Siddha (auspicious): Ashvini, Bharani, Mrigaseersham, Thiruvadhirai, Poosam, Aayilyam, Pooram, Uttaram, Hastham, Anusham, Kettai, Moolam, Avittam, Sadhayam, Uttirattaadhi, Revathi
- Marana (inauspicious): Krithigai, Magham, Visaakam, Pooraadam, Utthiraadam, Poorattaadhi
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Chithirai
Bhouma (Tuesday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Rohini, Uttaram, Moolam, Uttirattaadhi
- Siddha (auspicious): Ashvini, Bharani, Krithigai, Mrigaseersham, Punarpoosam, Poosam, Aayilyam, Magham, Pooram, Hastham, Chithirai, Swathi, Anusham, Pooraadam, Thiruvonam, Avittam, Revathi
- Marana (inauspicious): Thiruvadhirai, Visaakam, Kettai, Sadhayam, Poorattaadhi
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Utthiraadam
Soumya (Wednesday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Krithigai, Pooram, Uttaram, Pooraadam, Utthiraadam, Poorattaadhi
- Siddha (auspicious): Bharani, Rohini, Mrigaseersham, Thiruvadhirai, Punarpoosam, Poosam, Aayilyam, Magham, Chithirai, Swathi, Visaakam, Anusham, Kettai, Thiruvonam, Sadhayam, Uttirattaadhi
- Marana (inauspicious): Ashvini, Hastham, Moolam, Revathi
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Avittam
Guru (Thursday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Ashvini, Punarpoosam, Magham, Swathi
- Siddha (auspicious): Bharani, Poosam, Aayilyam, Pooram, Hastham, Chithirai, Visaakam, Anusham, Moolam, Pooraadam, Utthiraadam, Thiruvonam, Avittam, Poorattaadhi, Uttirattaadhi, Revathi
- Marana (inauspicious): Krithigai, Rohini, Mrigaseersham, Thiruvadhirai, Uttaram, Sadhayam
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Kettai
Bhrigu (Friday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Ashvini, Hastham, Moolam
- Siddha (auspicious): Bharani, Krithigai, Mrigaseersham, Thiruvadhirai, Punarpoosam, Pooram, Uttaram, Chithirai, Swathi, Visaakam, Anusham, Utthiraadam, Avittam, Sadhayam, Poorattaadhi, Uttirattaadhi, Revathi
- Marana (inauspicious): Rohini, Poosam, Aayilyam, Magham, Kettai, Thiruvonam
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Pooraadam
Sthira (Saturday)
- Amrutha (auspicious): Rohini, Magham, Sadhayam
- Siddha (auspicious): Ashvini, Bharani, Krithigai, Mrigaseersham, Thiruvadhirai, Punarpoosam, Poosam, Pooram, Swathi, Visaakam, Anusham, Kettai, Moolam, Pooraadam, Utthiraadam, Thiruvonam, Avittam, Uttirattaadhi
- Marana (inauspicious): Aayilyam, Uttaram, Hastham, Chithirai, Poorattaadhi
- Prabalarishta (inauspicious): Revathi
How to Use This
Find today’s Vasaram card above, then find today’s Nakshatram within it to see which category applies. If it falls under Marana or Prabalarishta, treat it with the same caution as a Kari Naal date when planning something important – Anudinam’s homepage already surfaces this automatically as a highlighted row so you don’t need to look it up manually day to day.
Related Pages
- Nakshatram & Nakshatram Mantra – The 27 lunar mansions and their mantras
- Vasaram & Rama Namam – The 7 weekdays and their mantras
- Kari Naal – Inauspicious calendar dates (a different, date-based rule)
- Understanding Anudinam – Overview of all rules
