Rashi by Name

How to find your rashi by name

1. Type your name in English (Rahul) or Hindi (राहुल). Only the first name matters.
2. The tool reads the first sound: Ra in Rahul, Pi in Priya.
3. It finds that sound in the Avakahada chakra, a traditional chart that gives a starting syllable to each of the 108 quarters (padas) of the 27 nakshatras.
4. Every nine padas make one rashi, so the syllable gives your rashi and nakshatra together.

Example: Rahul starts with Ra (रा), which is Chitra nakshatra, pada 3. That pada falls in Tula (Libra) rashi, ruled by Venus, in the Air element. The result also lists the nine syllables of your rashi, so you can check it yourself.

Rashi name letters chart

Ju, Je and Jo are read as Makara too, in Shravana nakshatra.

Naam ki rashi: common names

These are the results the tool gives for some popular Indian names, read from the first sound.

Soft and hard sounds: T, D, N and Th

English letters cannot tell some Hindi sounds apart, and the two readings often fall in different rashis:

The tool reads the soft sound, which most Indian names use, and adds a note with the other rashi when it differs. Tina, for example, reads as Tula, with a note that the hard टी would make it Simha. Typing the name in Hindi removes the doubt, because Hindi script shows exactly which sound it is.

Other spelling rules the tool uses

• Joined consonants are read up to the first vowel. Priya is “Pi”, Krishna is “Ki”, and in Hindi प्रिया is read as पि.
• Long and short vowels count the same: Aa and A, Ee and I, Oo and U. Ai reads as E and Au as O, so Kailash is “Ke” and Gaurav is “Go”.
• Sh is read as ष, the only “sha” in the chakra, which is Kanya rashi.
• B is read as व, W as V, F as Ph and Z as J. Most rashi letter lists do the same.
• Names starting with a vowel: A is Mesha; I, U, E and O are Vrishabha.

Name rashi vs birth rashi

Your true rashi (janma rashi) is the sign the Moon was in when you were born. It comes from your date, time and place of birth, not from your name. The Moon changes sign roughly every two and a half days, so even the date alone can leave two possible rashis.

A name points to the same rashi only if it was chosen from your birth syllable, which is a common Hindu naming custom at the naamkaran. Many people also have a separate rashi name (janma naam) used for rituals.

• Know your birth details? Your kundli gives the exact rashi.
• Name chosen by a pandit at your naamkaran? Your name rashi is likely the same as your birth rashi.
• Name chosen for other reasons? Treat the name rashi as a traditional guide only.

Rashi is also not your Western sun sign. Western astrology uses the Sun on a moving (tropical) zodiac; Vedic rashi uses the Moon on a fixed (sidereal) zodiac. That is why your rashi and the “star sign” in a magazine column often differ.

What the rest of the result means

• Rashi lord: the planet that rules your Moon sign. Kundli matching compares the two lords in the Graha Maitri koota.
• Element: Fire, Earth, Air or Water. The 12 rashis cycle through the four elements in that order, starting with Mesha.
• Nakshatra: your birth star and pada. See nakshatra by name for its lord, gana, yoni and nadi.

Want to compare two people? Kundli matching by name uses these same rashis and nakshatras for a 36-point gun milan. For a different system altogether, try the numerology calculator.