Moon sign
Your Vedic Moon sign (rashi) from your birth details
Free Vedic moon sign (rashi) calculator using the Lahiri ayanamsa. Enter your birth date, time and city to get your sign, its lord and nakshatra. No signup.
How to use this tool
- Enter your birth date. Pick your date of birth in the form.
- Enter your birth time. Use the time on your birth certificate, in local time.
- Choose your birth city. Search for the city where you were born and pick it from the list.
- Press "Find my moon sign". Your moon sign appears, with its lord, element, birth nakshatra and pada.
Enter birth details to find your moon sign
How to read your result
- Your Moon sign is the sign the Moon was in at birth. Rashifal runs on it.
- The sign lord is the planet that rules that sign, and the element is its group (fire, earth, air or water).
- Birth nakshatra and pada show which of the 27 nakshatras, and which quarter of it, the Moon was in.
- If you were born close to when the Moon changes sign, use your exact time, or the sign can come out different.
What is a moon sign?
Your moon sign (rashi) is the zodiac sign the Moon occupied at your exact birth time. In Vedic astrology this is what daily, weekly and yearly horoscopes are built on, unlike Western astrology, which uses the sun sign.
The Moon changes sign roughly every two and a half days, far faster than the Sun (which stays in one sign for about a month). That is why an accurate birth time matters for a moon sign, and why panchang-based predictions always start from it.
The moon sign reflects the mind, emotions and temperament, while the ascendant (rising sign) reflects personality and body. Both are part of the same birth chart, not two separate ones.
Common misreadings of a moon sign
A common mix-up: your moon sign is fixed forever at your exact birth moment. The Moon does not "change" for you afterward. What does change is the Moon's current position in the sky, the "transiting Moon," which shifts sign roughly every two and a half days for everyone alive right now. A panchang or daily muhurat page showing today's Moon in a particular rashi is describing that transiting position, not your personal moon sign. The two are related (transits activate your natal moon sign in classical rules) but they are not the same thing.
A second misreading expects the same answer as a Western horoscope app. Western astrology is tropical (the zodiac is fixed to the seasons), while Vedic astrology is sidereal (the zodiac is fixed to the visible constellations), using an ayanamsa correction, Lahiri in Nakshara's case, that has drifted roughly 24 degrees from the tropical zodiac over the centuries. A birth date that gives you "Leo" in a Western app can genuinely give a different rashi here. Both are internally consistent, they are just measuring from different reference points.
A third misreading treats the moon sign as the complete personality profile. Classical Vedic astrology layers the moon sign with the ascendant (body and outward personality), the birth nakshatra (finer temperament), and the full planetary placements in the birth chart. The moon sign is the foundation for rashifal, not a substitute for the rest of the chart.
All 12 moon signs
Every rashi has its own ruling planet, element and temperament. Find yours below, or compare them all in the table.
| Sign | Lord | Element | Traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesha (Aries) | Mars | Fire | Courageous, Energetic, Leader, Confident |
| Vrishabha (Taurus) | Venus | Earth | Patient, Reliable, Practical, Artistic |
| Mithuna (Gemini) | Mercury | Air | Intelligent, Curious, Witty, Communicative |
| Karka (Cancer) | Moon | Water | Emotional, Empathetic, Family-oriented, Intuitive |
| Simha (Leo) | Sun | Fire | Ambitious, Generous, Proud, Charismatic |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Mercury | Earth | Analytical, Hardworking, Service-oriented, Precise |
| Tula (Libra) | Venus | Air | Balanced, Fair-minded, Diplomatic, Graceful |
| Vrishchika (Scorpio) | Mars | Water | Intense, Mysterious, Determined, Deep |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Jupiter | Fire | Optimistic, Freedom-loving, Philosophical, Adventurous |
| Makara (Capricorn) | Saturn | Earth | Ambitious, Disciplined, Responsible, Practical |
| Kumbha (Aquarius) | Saturn | Air | Humanitarian, Progressive, Independent, Intellectual |
| Meena (Pisces) | Jupiter | Water | Sensitive, Compassionate, Imaginative, Spiritual |
FAQ
Questions about your moon sign
What is the difference between a moon sign and a sun sign? +
A sun sign (the kind printed in Western newspapers) depends only on your birth month and stays fixed for weeks. A moon sign depends on your exact birth time and changes roughly every two and a half days. Vedic horoscopes and naming conventions are both based on the moon sign.
Can I find my moon sign without an exact birth time? +
The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, so most of the time the sign does not change within a single day. But if your birth fell close to a sign change, an inexact time can give the wrong rashi. The more precise the time, the more reliable the result.
What is my moon sign used for? +
Your moon sign is the basis for your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly rashifal. It also underlies the traditional first-letter-of-name recommendation and the Moon-based kootas used in kundli matching.
Is this moon sign calculator free? +
Yes, completely free and without signup. The full birth chart is free too.