Lord
Ketu
Nakṣatra
Ashwini
Ashwini is the first nakshatra, spanning the opening of Aries
See where Ashwini falls in your birth chart — the sign, house and nakṣatra it occupies.
Ashwini is the first nakshatra, spanning the opening of Aries. It carries speed, healing, and fresh starts — quick to act, quick to help, impatient with delay. People shaped by it tend to be youthful, enthusiastic and quick-minded, with a natural gift for healing and for caring about others' wellbeing — soft-spoken yet skilled, and happiest when starting something new. A bright, almost innocent charm usually comes with the horse's speed.
Presided over by the Ashvins, the celestial physicians, with the horse's head as its symbol. In the Vimshottari scheme its lord is Ketu, and a birth here begins the dasha sequence in Ketu's period.
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra daśā adhyāya (Vimśottarī lords)
Span 0°00′–13°20′ Mesha; lord Ketu; the four padas fall in the navamshas Mesha through Karka. Its opening degrees follow the Revati–Ashwini junction, so early Ashwini births are checked for nakshatra gandanta.
Your placement is shown in the band above: this states where Ashwini falls in your chart and links each term to its page.
Interpretation — what the placement means for your life and timing — belongs to your personal reading, not the reference library.