Ardra Nakshatra Baby Names
Lord: Rahu · Deity: Rudra (the fierce form of Shiva) · Rashi: Gemini
The naming syllables of Ardra nakshatra are Ku, Gha, Nga, Chha (కూ, ఘ, ఙ, ఛ). This page lists 8 Telugu names for them, pada by pada, with meanings.
Ardra's deity is Rudra, and Arudra Darshanam, Shiva's festival on the Margashira full moon, is kept on this nakshatra. Two of its four syllables begin almost no names, so many families keep the syllable for the nakshatra name alone.
Pada 1 · Ku (కూ)
Gemini 6°40′ – 10° · Navamsa: Sagittarius (Jupiter)
Boy names
- Kumar (కుమార్) — Prince; Kumaraswamy
- Kuber (కుబేర్) — Lord of wealth
- Kusha (కుశ) — Son of Sri Rama
Girl names
- Kusuma (కుసుమ) — Flower
- Kumuda (కుముద) — Water lily
- Kundana (కుందన) — Pure gold
Pada 2 · Gha (ఘ)
Gemini 10° – 13°20′ · Navamsa: Capricorn (Saturn)
Boy names
- Ghanashyam (ఘనశ్యామ్) — Dark as a rain cloud (Krishna)
Girl names
No names found for this syllable.
Pada 3 · Nga (ఙ)
Gemini 13°20′ – 16°40′ · Navamsa: Aquarius (Saturn)
Hardly any Telugu names begin with Nga (ఙ). A baby born in this pada keeps Nga (ఙ) for the nakshatra name said in pujas and sankalpas, and the family chooses the everyday name by its own custom.
Pada 4 · Chha (ఛ)
Gemini 16°40′ – 20° · Navamsa: Pisces (Jupiter)
Boy names
No names found for this syllable.
Girl names
- Chhaya (ఛాయ) — Shade; consort of the Sun
Which pada of Ardra was your baby born in?
The Moon's position in the birth chart gives the nakshatra and pada. If the Moon was in Gemini 6°40′ – 10° at birth, for example, the baby was born in pada 1 of Ardra and the naming syllable is Ku (కూ). A pada lasts only about six hours, so near a pada boundary the birth time must be exact.