Where Revati sits in the zodiac
On the sidereal circle Revati begins at 346.67 degrees and ends at 360.00. In signs, that is 16°40′ Pisces to 30°00′ Pisces. The whole nakshatra lies in Pisces.
The ayanamsa in use is Lahiri, near 24 degrees 13 minutes in 2026, which is the gap between Western and Vedic signs. The 27 parts are equal at 13 degrees 20 minutes each. The 27 divisions are slices of the ecliptic, not the outlines of constellations. The traditional star is Zeta Piscium, a faint star in Pisces. It is the last marker in the series, and the count starts again at Ashwini. On the circle it follows Uttara Bhadrapada and comes before Ashwini. The signs it touches are Pisces.
The name Revati
Revati is linked to a root meaning to shine, and the name is read as 'the shining one'. It is the twenty-seventh and last nakshatra, which closes the cycle at the end of Pisces.
Deity and symbol
Its deity is Pushan, the Vedic god of roads, herds and journeys, who guides travellers and keeps animals safe on the path. In tradition he is also a shepherd of the departed.
The symbol is a pair of fish, often drawn swimming. Some lists show a drum. Fish match the sign Pisces, where the nakshatra lies.
Ruling planet and the Vimshottari dasha
Mercury rules Revati. That planet's dasha is 17 years long, one share of the 120 that the nine lords divide between them.
A birth with the Moon in Revati begins partway through Mercury's dasha. The part left is in proportion to the distance still to run: close to 17 years at the start, 8.5 at the middle, close to nothing at the end. After Mercury the order runs Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter and Saturn. The other nakshatras ruled by Mercury are Ashlesha and Jyeshtha. The dasha calculator shows the balance for your own chart.
The four padas of Revati
Each nakshatra splits into four padas of 3 degrees 20 minutes. A pada matches one sign of the navamsha (D9) chart, and the four take four signs in a row.
Pada 1 starts at 16°40′ Pisces. It falls in the navamsha sign Sagittarius, and its naming syllable is De.
Pada 2: 20°00′ Pisces to 23°20′ Pisces, navamsha Capricorn, syllable Do.
The third pada (23°20′ Pisces to 26°40′ Pisces) belongs to Aquarius in the navamsha chart. Its syllable is Cha.
In pada 4, from 26°40′ Pisces to 30°00′ Pisces, the navamsha sign is Pisces. Names for this pada begin with Chi.
The first pada of Ashwini then starts at Aries. Syllables follow the commonly printed lists, and regional lists differ slightly.
Revati in the sky and in the year
Mridu (soft) is the category the muhurta texts give Revati. In 2026 the Sun moves into it on 31 March 2026 and out on 14 April 2026, Indian time. The Moon crosses a nakshatra in about a day, between roughly 21 and 27 hours depending on how fast it is moving.
Revati beside its neighbours
In plain words, Revati fits inside one sign: Pisces holds all four of its padas. In the full Vimshottari round, Mercury is ninth of nine, occupying years 103 to 120. The three Mercury nakshatras sit 120 degrees apart, and Revati is the third of them.
Next door the rulers change, from Saturn at Uttara Bhadrapada to Ketu at Ashwini. Uttara Bhadrapada is Dhruva (fixed) while Revati is Mridu (soft). Ashwini is Kshipra (swift). For deity, the one before is Ahir Budhnya, the serpent of the deep, and the one after is the Ashwini Kumaras, the twin divine physicians.
How to find out if your Moon is in Revati
Your birth nakshatra is the one the Moon was in when you were born. It is Revati if the Moon's sidereal longitude was between 346.67 and 360.00 degrees. The Moon moves about half a degree an hour, so a birth within an hour or two of a boundary can land on either side if the time is slightly off. The nakshatra finder works it out from your date, time and place of birth.
Calculated with the Lahiri ayanamsa and whole sign houses; every setting is on the method page. Last checked 2026-10-04.