The direct answer: Tula Rashi in English is Libra — Dates & Letters: Tula means Libra. 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/tula-rashi-in-english as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.
Tula means Libra. Learn the sign's symbol, ruling planet, naming letters and nakshatras, and how Moon rashi differs from Sun-sign dates.
Tula Rashi in English is Libra — rashi number 7 of 12, symbolised by The Scales (Balance), ruled by Venus (Shukra).
Tula Rashi in English is Libra — the Scales, seventh sign of the zodiac. Sanskrit Tula (तुला) literally means a weighing balance, and it is the only rashi symbolised by an object rather than a living being. In everyday Vedic usage Tula rashi means your MOON sign: the Moon stood in sidereal Tula when you were born.
Venus rules Tula, and Saturn — the judge — is EXALTED here, which the classics read as the sign where fairness carries real weight: judgment matured by patience. Tula sits exactly opposite Mesha, the sign of self, which is why its themes are the other: partnership, negotiation, marriage, the deal.
Tula Sankranti (mid-October) opens the sacred Kartik bathing month in Odisha and the East — one of several places this rashi anchors the ritual calendar.
| English name | Libra |
| Sanskrit / Hindi | Tula · तुला |
| Common spellings | Tula, Tulaa, Thula |
| Rashi number | 7 of 12 |
| Symbol | The Scales (Balance) |
| Ruling planet (lord) | Venus (Shukra) |
| Element (tatva) | Air (Vayu) |
| Nakshatras | Chitra (padas 3–4), Swati, Vishakha (padas 1–3) |
| Name letters (naming aksharas) | Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro, Ta, Ti, Tu, Te |
| Sun in Tula 2026 (sidereal) | 17 October 2026 → 16 November 2026 |
| Libra dates (Western tropical) | 23 September – 22 October |
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.
Tula Moons weigh — options, people, words — and the weighing is both their charm and their delay. The texts give the Scales grace, diplomacy and a genuine need for partnership; decisions firm up fastest when there is someone to decide WITH. The famous indecision is better read as a refusal to be unfair, even to the options.
For today's reading of this Moon sign, see the Tula rashifal; for the Western-lens portrait of the same constellation, the Libra sign guide; to see which Moon signs pair well with Tula, the Tula rashi compatibility guide.
Daily, weekly and monthly Tula rashifal, computed for the Libra Moon sign — read today's on Tula 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 |
Libra. Tula (तुला) means "the balance / weighing scales" — the seventh rashi, ruled by Venus.
Tula is rashi number 7 of 12 — the exact midpoint of the zodiac, which suits the sign of balance.
Ra, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro, Ta, Ti, Tu, Te — one starting sound per nakshatra pada, used in the traditional naming ceremony.
In the sidereal (Vedic) calendar the Sun is in Tula from mid-October to mid-November — the exact window for any year is computed in the date table on this page. The Western tropical Libra window is 23 September – 22 October. Your own Tula rashi, though, is about the MOON's position at your birth, not a month.
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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