The direct answer: Kumbha Rashi in English is Aquarius — Dates & Letters: Kumbha means Aquarius. Learn the sign's symbol, ruling planet, naming letters and nakshatras, and how Moon rashi differs from Sun-sign dates. AskSoma publishes this at asksoma.ai/kumbh-rashi-in-english as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.
Kumbha means Aquarius. Learn the sign's symbol, ruling planet, naming letters and nakshatras, and how Moon rashi differs from Sun-sign dates.
Kumbha Rashi in English is Aquarius — rashi number 11 of 12, symbolised by The Water-pot, ruled by Saturn (Shani).
Not sure this is your rashi? Your rashi is your Moon sign — set by where the Moon was at your birth, so your birthday alone cannot tell you. Find it free with the Moon Sign Calculator; for your rising sign (Lagna), use the Ascendant Calculator.
Kumbh Rashi in English is Aquarius — the eleventh sign of the zodiac. Sanskrit Kumbha (कुंभ) means the water-pot — the vessel, not the water — the same word as the Kumbh Mela, held when Jupiter enters specific signs. Kumbh rashi means an Aquarius Moon.
Saturn rules Kumbha (its second sign, after Makara) — but where Makara is Saturn building, Kumbha is Saturn thinking: systems, collectives, causes, the long structures of society. It is a fixed air sign — ideas held with unusual constancy.
| English name | Aquarius |
| Sanskrit / Hindi | Kumbha · कुंभ |
| Common spellings | Kumbh, Kumbha |
| Rashi number | 11 of 12 |
| Symbol | The Water-pot |
| Ruling planet (lord) | Saturn (Shani) |
| Element (tatva) | Air (Vayu) |
| Nakshatras | Dhanishta (padas 3–4), Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada (padas 1–3) |
| Name letters (naming aksharas) | Gu, Ge, Go, Sa, Si, Su, Se, So, Da |
| Sun in Kumbha 2026 (sidereal) | 13 February 2026 → 15 March 2026 |
| Aquarius dates (Western tropical) | 20 January – 18 February |
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.
Kumbh Moons belong to everyone and no one: genuinely humanitarian in the plural, famously private in the singular. The texts give the Pot depth without display — still water, carried steadily. Convention has little hold here; a Kumbha native will quietly do the unprecedented thing and be surprised you noticed. The shadow is detachment worn as principle.
For today's reading of this Moon sign, see the Kumbha rashifal; for the Western-lens portrait of the same constellation, the Aquarius sign guide; to see which Moon signs pair well with Kumbha, the Kumbha rashi compatibility guide.
Daily, weekly and monthly Kumbha rashifal, computed for the Aquarius Moon sign — read today's on Kumbha rashifal page.
| # | Rashi | English name | Symbol | Lord | Sun transit 2026 (sidereal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesha (मेष) | Aries | The Ram | Mars (Mangal) | 14 April 2026 → 15 May 2026 |
| 2 | Vrishabha (वृषभ) | Taurus | The Bull | Venus (Shukra) | 15 May 2026 → 15 June 2026 |
| 3 | Mithuna (मिथुन) | Gemini | The Twins (a couple) | Mercury (Budh) | 15 June 2026 → 16 July 2026 |
| 4 | Karka (कर्क) | Cancer | The Crab | Moon (Chandra) | 16 July 2026 → 17 August 2026 |
| 5 | Simha (सिंह) | Leo | The Lion | Sun (Surya) | 17 August 2026 → 17 September 2026 |
| 6 | Kanya (कन्या) | Virgo | The Maiden | Mercury (Budh) | 17 September 2026 → 17 October 2026 |
| 7 | Tula (तुला) | Libra | The Scales (Balance) | Venus (Shukra) | 17 October 2026 → 16 November 2026 |
| 8 | Vrishchika (वृश्चिक) | Scorpio | The Scorpion | Mars (Mangal) | 16 November 2026 → 16 December 2026 |
| 9 | Dhanu (धनु) | Sagittarius | The Bow / Archer | Jupiter (Guru) | 16 December 2026 → 14 January 2027 |
| 10 | Makara (मकर) | Capricorn | The Makara (sea-crocodile) | Saturn (Shani) | 14 January 2026 → 13 February 2026 |
| 11 | Kumbha (कुंभ) | Aquarius | The Water-pot | Saturn (Shani) | 13 February 2026 → 15 March 2026 |
| 12 | Meena (मीन) | Pisces | The Two Fishes | Jupiter (Guru) | 15 March 2026 → 14 April 2026 |
Aquarius. Kumbha (कुंभ) is the Water-pot — eleventh rashi, ruled by Saturn.
Kumbha is rashi number 11 of 12.
Gu, Ge, Go, Sa, Si, Su, Se, So, Da — the nine pada sounds for naming.
By name and by astronomy: the Mela's timing is fixed by Jupiter's sign placements (e.g. Jupiter in Kumbha for Haridwar). The rashi and the festival share the same Sanskrit word for the sacred pot.
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.
4.8/5 from 100+ reviews on the selected public wall; 4.5/5 on Trustpilot from 16 reviews; 9.6/10 average across 286 selected satisfaction responses. Figures as of 2026-06-25. Satisfaction is not Net Promoter Score.
Written by Savan Vyas, founder of AskSoma.
The astrology is not written from memory: every chart position, dasha period and panchang timing AskSoma shows is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa. How we calculate.