When a Hindu child is born, parents usually are eager to find out their child’s Birth Star. In Hinduism there are 27 stars. Each star has 4 “padams”.
One might wonder how come we have only 27 stars when we can see 1000s in the sky!
In Hinduism, there is a concept of Nakshatra and Taara. Taara is the star we usually see during night.
But Nakshatra is not the physical star we see in the sky! Nakshatra actually relates to Moon’s orbit. Just like different planets have their time to complete one revolution in their orbit, Moon too has one.
Moon takes 27 days to complete one revolution in its orbit. These 27 days are divided as 27 Nakshatra “divisions”. Within each day they are again divided into 4 padams based on Moon’s position in the orbit on that day. So Moon’s position in its orbit is precisely calculated into 108 positions (27*4) by our Rishis (Ancient Scientists).
Based on Moon’s position in the orbit, living beings on Earth (including Plants, Animals, Human beings) go through different transformations during that 27 day cycle. Some plants blossom with flowers, some with fruits. Even men and women go through different phases of their reproduction capacity during these 27 days and then start afresh from 28th day of Moon’s cycle again!
So Hindu Rishis (Ancient Scientists) have studied this pattern of Moon and its affects on human beings and came up with 27 different names for the 27 positions of Moon’s orbit. And they named them as Nakshatras!
Source: Sri Nanduri Srinivas YouTube Channel.
