Nakshatra Padadhipatis (Lords Of Nakshatra Padas)

Each nakshatra has got 4 padas and eash rasi has got 9 padas. Each
pada has got a planet as lord. For example, the Mesha rasi hads got
4 padas of Aswini nakshatra, 4 padas of Bharani and 1 pada of
Krittika. The lord of the first pada of Aswini is Ketu, of the
second pada is Ravi, of the third pada is Kuja nad of the fourth
pada is Guru. These planets belong to the Vishnu varga family. The
lord of the 1st pada of Bharani is Sukra, of 2nd pada is Chandra, of
3rd pada is rahu and of 4th pada is Sani and these planets belong to
the Siva varga family. The following table gives the lords of all
padas of all nakshatras

Table of nakshatrapada lords:

Mesha Aswini Bharani Krittika

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
Ketu Ravi Kuja Guru Sukra Chandra Rahu Sani Ravi

Vrishabha Krittika Rohini Mrigasira

2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2

Kuja Guru Ketu Chandra Rahu Sani Sukra Kuja Guru

Midhuna Mrigasira Arudra Punarvasu

3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Ketu Ravi Rahu Sani Sukra Chandra Guru Ketu Ravi

Karkataka Punarvasu Pushyami Ashlesha

4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Kuja Sani Sukra Chandra Rahu Ketu Ravi Kuja Guru

Simha Makha Pubba Uttara

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
Ravi Kuja Guru Ketu Chandra Rahu Sani Sukra Kuja

Kanya Uttara Hasta Chitta

2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
Guru Ketu Ravi Rahu Sani Sukra Chandra Guru Ketu

Tula Chitta Swati Visakha

1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Ravi Kuja Sani Sukra Chandra Rahu Ketu Ravi Kuja

Vrichika Visakha Anuradha Jyeshta

4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Ravi Sukra Chandra Rahu Sani Ravi Kuja SukraChandra

Dhanus Moola Poorvashada Uttarashada

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
Kuja Guru Ketu Ravi Rahu Sani Sukra Chandra Guru

Makara Uttarashada Sravana Dhanishta

2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
Ketu Ravi Kuja Sani Sukra Chandra Rahu Ketu Ravi

Kumbha Dhanishta Satabhisha Pooravabhadra

3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Kuja Guru Sukra Chandra Rahu Sani Ravi Kuja Guru

Meena Pooravabhadra Uttarabhadra Revati

4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Ketu Chandra Rahu Sani Sukra Rahu Sani Sukra Chandr

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Abstracting from the table above,

Midhuna Mrigasira Arudra Punarvasu

3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Ketu Ravi Rahu Sani Sukra Chandra Guru Ketu Ravi

Shows the nakshatra pada lord for Punarvasu Nakshatra 2nd PADA is
***KETU***.

In general for Punarvasu

1st pada is Guru

2nd is Ketu
3rd is Ravi
4th is Kuja

Aum Shanti Shanti Shanti.

P.S: Maybe we can save this table in a central repository for our
group.

--Sanjay Aggarwal