What is the element and nature of Makara Rashi?

Makara is a movable (chara) earth sign. It is female, tamasik in guna and linked to the south. It is a Prishtodaya sign in the way it rises.

Which body part does Makara Rashi rule?

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

Which Nakshatras fall in Makara Rashi?

Makara holds Uttara Ashadha (padas 2–4), Shravana (padas 1–4) and Dhanishtha (padas 1–2). The name syllables for these padas are Bho, Ja, Ji, Khi, Khu, Khe, Kho, Ga, Gi.

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

For Makara the favourable colour is blue, black, the lucky numbers are 8, 10 and the favourable direction is south. The deity to worship is Lord Shiva.

2026 Makara Rashi

Quick Overview

Lord: Saturn
Element: Earth
Nature: Movable (chara)
Gender: Female
Body part: Knees
Nakshatras: Uttara Ashadha (padas 2–4), Shravana (padas 1–4) and Dhanishtha (padas 1–2)

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Makara (Capricorn) is the 10th sign of the sidereal zodiac, spanning 270° – 300°. It is a movable (chara) earth sign ruled by Saturn, symbolised by a crocodile with the upper body of a deer, and in the body of the Kalapurusha it stands for the knees.

People with the Moon or ascendant in Makara are described as clever, learned and full of common sense; on the weaker side they can show swings between laziness and overwork. The sign holds Uttara Ashadha (padas 2–4), Shravana (padas 1–4) and Dhanishtha (padas 1–2).

Makara Rashi characteristics

Capricorn / Makar

Abbreviations: Cp
Nature: Movable/Chara/Mutable
Tattwa/Element: Earth
Gender: Female
Direction (Lagna): South
Direction (Arudha): North
Constitution: Dhaatu
Guna/Quality: Tamasik
Benefic/Malefic: Benefic
Odd/Even: Even
Caste/Varna: Vaishya
Symbol: A crocodile with the upper body of a deer
Sign Lord: SaturnMore
Mode of Rising: Prishtodaya
Body Part: Knees
Positive Trait: Clever, Learned, Common Sense
Ascension: Long
Radiance: Lustreless
Resides / Place of Dwelling: Wanders on land and in Forests
Resides in / Signifies (detailed): Resides in forests, rivers, areas full of water, places inhabited by potters, home of tribals.
Colour: Wheatish, Yellow
Purushartha: Artha
Negative Trait: Lazy, Indolent, Workaholic
Appearance: 1st half Quadruped, 2nd half footless
Feet (Motion): Rough
Lunar/Solar Mansion: Lunar
Ratribali/Divabali: Ratribali
Bodily Constitution: Vata
Fruitful/Barren/Semi-Fruitful: Semi-Fruitful
Degree Range: 270-300
Vargottama Degrees: 00°-3°20'
Trirashi Lord in Day Time: MarsMore
Trirashi Lord in Night Time: MarsMore
Measure of length: 28
Dumb/deaf/lame: lame at twilights
Part of animals: genitals
Sound: silent / feeble
Progeny: average progeny
Door (Dwara)/ Outside (Bahya)/ Inside: door
Hot / Cold: hot & cold
Surface type: dry
Population: scanty populated.
Water: more water
Items presented: armaments & horses
Dig Bal (in house of radix): south - 1st part, north - 2nd part
Kaal Bal: first half - night time, latter half twilights
Creative, Sustaining, Destructive: creative
Karak Planet for the Rashi: Venus
Best functional benefic: Venus
Other Functional benefics: Mercury Saturn
Functional neutral: Sun
Functional malefic: Moon Jupiter Mars
Affinity with Women: Scarce
Nature: Lazy and indolent