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Enter birth details for a free Baby Kundli — Moon sign (Rashi), birth star (Nakshatra), Pada, and traditional naming sounds for the most important birth of your life
Enter birth details to calculate Moon sign (Rashi), birth star (Nakshatra), Pada, and traditional naming sounds. The free result is not saved unless you choose a private Child Profile. Vedic astrology here is reflective cultural guidance — not medical or fate prediction.
To find a baby’s nakshatra you need date of birth, time of birth, and city — not the calendar date alone. In Jyotish, Janma Nakshatra is the lunar mansion the Moon occupied at that moment. Each nakshatra has four padas; the pada assigns the traditional Namakaran starting syllables.
Date-only calculators miss pada changes (the Moon can shift pada in hours) and often miss the correct nakshatra near boundaries. Rashi (Moon sign) describes temperament themes; naming letters come from nakshatra pada, not from Rashi alone.
Enter the hospital time and birth city in the free Baby Kundli below. You will see Rashi, Nakshatra, pada, and naming sounds. Families often prepare the kundli before Namakaran (commonly the 11th or 12th day). If time is uncertain, treat the pada as a shortlist of neighbouring syllables, not a single locked letter. The free result is not saved unless you choose a private Child Profile. After the free result, an optional Baby Patrika PDF can add temperament and first-year guidance — generate the kundli first; Patrika is a deepen step, not the entry point.
Optional next step: What the optional Baby Patrika adds after the free kundli
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Create your newborn's Vedic birth chart for free: Rashi, Nakshatra, and naming letters for Namkaran. Explore rashi guides below. Traditional markers such as Gandmool are optional context — not a verdict.
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A baby kundli is the newborn's Janma Kundali — the Vedic birth chart cast from the exact date, time, and place of birth. It fixes the child's Janma Rashi (Moon sign), Janma Nakshatra with its pada (quarter), and Lagna, and starts the Vimshottari Dasha clock that Jyotish uses to read life phases. Families traditionally prepare it before the Namakaran (naming ceremony), usually held on the 11th or 12th day after birth.
Naming follows the Nakshatra, not the Rashi. Each of the 27 nakshatras has four padas, and each pada is assigned a specific starting syllable (akshara). The baby's Moon pada at birth gives the traditional first letter of the name. The Rashi matters too — it colours temperament and is used across other readings — but when elders ask for the 'naming letter,' it is the nakshatra pada that decides it.
The Moon's exact sidereal longitude at birth places it in one nakshatra pada out of 108 (27 nakshatras × 4 padas). Classical tables map every pada to a syllable — for example Ashwini's padas give Chu, Che, Cho, La. Daanyam computes the Moon's position with Swiss Ephemeris precision and the Lahiri ayanamsha, so the pada — and therefore the letters — comes from astronomy, not approximation. Because a pada spans only ~3°20′ of the Moon's fast motion, exact birth time genuinely changes the answer.
The Moon moves through one pada in roughly six hours, and the Lagna changes every two hours. Hospital records usually note the delivery minute — use it. With an exact time, the kundli pins the pada (naming letters), the Lagna, and the Gandmool check reliably. If the time is approximate, the Rashi is usually still stable, but treat borderline pada results carefully before finalising a name.
The free baby kundli gives Rashi, Nakshatra with pada, Namakaran letters, and a shareable namecard — enough to plan the naming ceremony. The Baby Patrika is a detailed paid PDF that adds temperament and parenting guidance by Moon sign, optional traditional markers such as Gandmool, reflective vitality themes (not medical advice), and the first 21 years of Dasha themes, in English, Hindi, or Tamil.
Enter the baby’s date of birth, time of birth, and city in the free Baby Kundli calculator. Nakshatra is the lunar mansion the Moon occupied at that moment — date alone is not enough. The result also shows pada, which drives traditional Namakaran starting syllables.
No — that is a common myth. The Moon can change nakshatra or pada within a day. Without time and place, the naming syllable is a guess. Use the hospital or birth-certificate time and the birth city.
Traditional Namakaran letters come from nakshatra pada, not from Rashi alone. Rashi (Moon sign) is still useful for temperament themes and other readings, but elders asking for the “naming letter” are asking for the pada syllable.
Each of the 27 nakshatras has four padas (quarters). The Moon’s pada at birth maps to a starting sound for the formal name. Because a pada is only about 3°20′, a small time error can change the letter — which is why exact time matters more for naming than for a rough Moon sign.
Yes. Choose the US (or other worldwide) birth city so timezone and coordinates are applied. You do not need to convert the hospital time to IST by hand.
A baby kundli (also called Janma Patrika or newborn birth chart) is a Vedic astrological chart created using the baby's exact date, time, and place of birth. It maps the positions of the Moon, Sun, and planets at the moment of birth to determine the child's Rashi (zodiac sign), Nakshatra (birth star), and planetary periods (Dasha).
Traditionally, a baby's kundli is prepared soon after birth — ideally before the Namkaran (naming ceremony), which typically happens on the 11th or 12th day. The kundli helps determine auspicious naming letters based on the baby's Nakshatra and Rashi.
The free result shows Rashi, Nakshatra, pada, and naming sounds with no purchase required. Baby Patrika is an optional paid PDF with longer temperament, parenting, and first-year dasha guidance. Generate the free kundli first; Patrika is a deepen step, not the entry point.
You need three details: the baby's exact date of birth, time of birth (as precise as possible), and place of birth. The time of birth is crucial for accurate Moon sign and Ascendant (Lagna) calculation.
Yes, the basic baby kundli — including Rashi, Nakshatra, naming letters, and a free preview — is completely free. The full Baby Patrika PDF with temperament, parenting guidance, and first-21-year Dasha themes is available for ₹199 ($5 internationally).
Use the closest time you have — hospital discharge papers or the birth certificate usually record it. The Rashi (Moon sign) is stable across several hours, so it rarely changes, but the nakshatra pada that gives the naming letter can shift. If the computed pada is borderline, check the neighbouring pada's letters too before finalising the name, or confirm with a Jyotishi.
Yes. Each nakshatra pada has a primary syllable, but tradition accepts the full set of that nakshatra's letters when the primary syllable makes naming difficult in the family's language. Many families also keep a formal nakshatra-based name for ceremonies and an everyday calling name — both practices are traditional and valid.
The Baby Patrika PDF is available in English, Hindi, and Tamil, with Devanagari and Tamil scripts rendered natively. The free preview and naming letters work for names in any Indian language, since the aksharas map to sounds rather than a single script.
A baby kundli focuses on newborn-specific insights: naming letters (aksharas) for the Namkaran ceremony, early childhood temperament, optional traditional markers such as Gandmool (reviewed by some families before naming), and parenting guidance based on the Moon sign. It does not diagnose health. A regular kundli covers career, marriage, and life-phase themes relevant to adults.
Also explore Gandmool Dosha, Dosha Calculator, Baby Names by Rashi, Newborn Kundli — Parents' Guide, Vedic baby birth chart guide, Gift a Baby Kundli, बच्चे की कुंडली (Hindi), குழந்தை ஜாதகம் (Tamil), Kundli Explainer, Dasha Calculator, and Kundli Matching for Marriage.