Who is the lord of Capricorn?

Saturn rules Capricorn. Wherever Saturn sits in a chart, it carries this sign's affairs with it.

Which nakshatras fall in Capricorn?

Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta — each nakshatra spans 13°20', so a sign holds two and a quarter of them and the ones at the edges are shared with the neighbouring sign.

Capricorn (मकर) Rashifal

Reading for 5 October 2026

Today

The Moon moves through your 7th house today, bringing partnerships and close relationships into focus. Jupiter favours your 7th house, opening growth and good fortune. Go slow with change and the unexpected, where Ketu asks for patience. A short dawn prayer keeps the day calm and hopeful.

Love & people: The Moon is on your seventh. Someone has you on their mind and is waiting for a sign — give a small one.
What to do about it: Do not sign or commit to anything you have not read twice.
Today's remedy: Offer water at a Shiva temple, or simply keep something white on you.

Tomorrow · 6 October 2026

Tomorrow reads the same — the slow planets have not moved.

Computed from: Moon → 7 · Venus → 10 · Jupiter → 7 · Saturn → 3 (house)

Lucky colour: Deep BlueNumber: 8

What this sign is

Capricorn (मकर) is the 10th sign of the zodiac, ruled by Saturn. It is a earth sign and a movable (chara) one — which together say most of what there is to say about how it behaves.

Being a earth sign, Capricorn builds slowly and keeps what it builds — practical, steady, hard to hurry. Being movable (chara), it starts things — the initiator of its element, and the first to move on. Its ruler Saturn adds its own colour on top of that, and in a real chart the ruler's position decides how much of this actually shows.

Ruler: Saturn
Element: Earth
Modality: movable (chara)

Nakshatras in this sign

Uttara Ashadha(shared with the next sign)
Shravana
Dhanishta(shared with the next sign)

One thing worth knowing before you read any of this: in Vedic astrology your rashi is where the MOON stood when you were born, not the sun-sign the date ranges give. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a quarter days, so the date table is right by luck rather than by rule — most people reading a column have been reading the wrong one.

This is the sign, not your chart

A rashifal is written for a twelfth of the world at once. Your own chart is cast from your date, exact time and place — and it says something no sign column can.

Common questions

Who is the lord of Capricorn?: Saturn rules Capricorn. Wherever Saturn sits in a chart, it carries this sign's affairs with it.
Which nakshatras fall in Capricorn?: Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta — each nakshatra spans 13°20', so a sign holds two and a quarter of them and the ones at the edges are shared with the neighbouring sign.
Is my rashi the same as my sun sign?: One thing worth knowing before you read any of this: in Vedic astrology your rashi is where the MOON stood when you were born, not the sun-sign the date ranges give. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a quarter days, so the date table is right by luck rather than by rule — most people reading a column have been reading the wrong one.