What is the element and nature of Kumbha Rashi?

Kumbha is a fixed (sthira) air sign. It is male, tamasik in guna and linked to the west. It is a Shirshodaya sign in the way it rises.

Which body part does Kumbha Rashi rule?

Kumbha stands for the ankles in the body of the Kalapurusha, so affliction to Kumbha in a chart is read for the ankles.

Which Nakshatras fall in Kumbha Rashi?

Kumbha holds Dhanishtha (padas 3–4), Shatabhisha (padas 1–4) and Purva Bhadrapada (padas 1–3). The name syllables for these padas are Gu, Ga, Sa, Si, Su, Se, So, Da, Di.

What are the lucky colour, numbers and direction for Kumbha?

For Kumbha the favourable colour is blue, the lucky numbers are 4, 8 and the favourable direction is west. The deity to worship is Lord Shani.

2026 Kumbha Rashi

Quick Overview

Lord: Saturn
Element: Air
Nature: Fixed (sthira)
Gender: Male
Body part: Ankles
Nakshatras: Dhanishtha (padas 3–4), Shatabhisha (padas 1–4) and Purva Bhadrapada (padas 1–3)

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Kumbha (Aquarius) is the 11th sign of the sidereal zodiac, spanning 300° – 330°. It is a fixed (sthira) air sign ruled by Saturn, symbolised by a man with a pitcher tilted on his shoulder and contents are being poured out, and in the body of the Kalapurusha it stands for the ankles.

People with the Moon or ascendant in Kumbha are described as philosophical, service-minded and intellectual; on the weaker side they can show pessimism, worry, gloom and laziness. The sign holds Dhanishtha (padas 3–4), Shatabhisha (padas 1–4) and Purva Bhadrapada (padas 1–3).

Kumbha Rashi characteristics

Aquarius / Kumbha

Abbreviations: Aq
Nature: Fixed/Sthira
Tattwa/Element: Airy
Gender: Male
Direction (Lagna): West
Direction (Arudha): North
Constitution: Moola
Guna/Quality: Tamasik
Benefic/Malefic: Malefic
Odd/Even: Odd
Caste/Varna: Shudra
Symbol: A man with a pitcher tilted on his shoulder and contents are being poured out
Sign Lord: SaturnMore
Mode of Rising: Shirshodaya
Body Part: Ankle
Positive Trait: Philosophy, Service, Intellectual
Ascension: Medium
Radiance: Shining
Resides / Place of Dwelling: Near water on the land
Resides in / Signifies (detailed): Habitation in water, gambling dens, art gallery.
Colour: Dark Brown
Purushartha: Kama
Negative Trait: Pessimistic, Worried, Gloomy, Lazy
Appearance: Biped
Feet (Motion): Smooth
Lunar/Solar Mansion: Solar
Ratribali/Divabali: Divabali
Bodily Constitution: Mixed Doshas (mishra or sama doshas)
Fruitful/Barren/Semi-Fruitful: Semi-Fruitful
Degree Range: 300-330
Vargottama Degrees: 13°20'-16°40'
Trirashi Lord in Day Time: JupiterMore
Trirashi Lord in Night Time: JupiterMore
Measure of length: 24
Dumb/deaf/lame: deaf
Part of animals: hips
Sound: half loud
Progeny: average progeny
Door (Dwara)/ Outside (Bahya)/ Inside: outside
Hot / Cold: cold
Surface type: oily
Population: medium populated.
Water: little water
Items presented: gold etc.
Dig Bal (in house of radix): North
Kaal Bal: day time
Creative, Sustaining, Destructive: sustaining
Karak Planet for the Rashi: Venus
Best functional benefic: Venus
Other Functional benefics: Sun Mars Saturn
Functional neutral: Mercury
Functional malefic: Moon Jupiter
Affinity with Women: Medium
Nature: Lazy and indolent