
Shivkumar Sharma is a santurist, composer born in Srinagar (British Raj).
Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music. As a music composer, he collaborated with Indian flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia under the collaborative name Shiv–Hari and composed music for such hit Indian films as Faasle (1985), Chandni (1989), and Lamhe (1991). Sharma was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986 and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan (India's fourth and second highest civilian awards) in 1991 and 2001.
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| Born | 13 January 1938, Srinagar |
| Profession | santurist, composer |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Shri in arts, Padma Vibhushan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Taurus |
| Nakshatra | Rohini (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Sagittarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Taurus |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 147 musicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 13 of them (9%) have the Moon in Taurus, like Shivkumar Sharma, and 6 (4%) share the Rohini Nakshatra — the #6 most common Moon Nakshatra among musicians, where Anuradha leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Shivkumar Sharma was born on 13 January 1938 in Srinagar. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Shivkumar Sharma's Moon sign (Rashi) is Taurus and the Nakshatra is Rohini, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Shivkumar Sharma's Ascendant is Taurus, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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