Kanya Rashi (कन्या) in English is Virgo — the The Maiden, ruled by Mercury (Budh). Dates (sidereal and Western), naming letters, nakshatras and the temperament of a Virgo Moon.
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Kanya Rashi in English is Virgo — rashi number 6 of 12, symbolised by The Maiden, ruled by Mercury (Budh).
Kanya Rashi in English is Virgo — the Maiden, sixth sign of the zodiac. Sanskrit Kanya (कन्या) means "maiden"; the classical image is a young woman holding grain and fire, an emblem of harvest and refinement. Kanya rashi means a Virgo Moon.
Mercury both RULES Kanya and is EXALTED in it — the only graha exalted in its own sign. The doubled Mercury gives the rashi its reputation: analysis, precision, service, an eye that finds the flaw before the virtue. Kanya Sankranti (mid-September) is kept as Vishwakarma Puja — the festival of craftsmen, aptly, for the zodiac's craftsman sign.
| English name | Virgo |
| Sanskrit / Hindi | Kanya · कन्या |
| Common spellings | Kanya |
| Rashi number | 6 of 12 |
| Symbol | The Maiden |
| Ruling planet (lord) | Mercury (Budh) |
| Element (tatva) | Earth (Prithvi) |
| Nakshatras | Uttara Phalguni (padas 2–4), Hasta, Chitra (padas 1–2) |
| Name letters (naming aksharas) | To, Pa, Pi, Pu, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po |
| Sun in Kanya 2026 (sidereal) | 17 September 2026 → 17 October 2026 |
| Virgo dates (Western tropical) | 23 August – 22 September |
The sidereal window is computed with the Lahiri ayanamsa; it shifts by at most a day between years. The two date rows differ because the sidereal and tropical zodiacs are ~24° apart — that difference, not an error, is why Vedic and Western dates disagree.
Kanya Moons improve things — it is nearly involuntary. A crooked frame, a loose argument, an inefficient queue: the Kanya native has already fixed it mentally and is deciding whether to say so. The texts grant discrimination (viveka) as the sign's gift and worry as its shadow; the body often keeps the score through digestion, Kanya's classical domain.
For today's reading of this Moon sign, see the Kanya rashifal; for the Western-lens portrait of the same constellation, the Virgo sign guide.
Virgo. Kanya (कन्या) is the Maiden — sixth rashi, ruled by Mercury.
Kanya is rashi number 6 of 12.
To, Pa, Pi, Pu, Sha, Na, Tha, Pe, Po — the nine pada sounds for naming.
Mercury owns Kanya AND reaches its exaltation there (peak at 15°) — the only planet exalted in its own sign. A Kanya Mercury is the strongest Mercury the zodiac can produce.
To find your own rashi from your birth details, use the free Moon Sign Calculator.
Sidereal date windows computed from the shared Lahiri-sidereal ephemeris — the same ingress engine behind the Sankranti calendar; nakshatra composition derived, not typed. How AskSoma computes things.
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