
Sourav Ganguly is a cricketer, sports executive born in kolkata(india) (India).
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( ; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He is popularly called the Maharaja of Indian Cricket. He was captain of the Indian national cricket team and is regarded as one of India's most successful cricket captains. As captain, he led Indian national team to win the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and reach the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2004 Asia Cup. Ganguly scored 11363 runs in his ODI career which stands at ninth position in the world for most runs scored in ODI matches. He was the third batsman to cross the 10,000 runs in One day cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq. He holds the record for highest score in an innings (183) by an Indian batsman in the ODI Cricket World Cup.
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| Born | 8 July 1972, kolkata(india) |
| Profession | cricketer, sports executive |
| Nationality | India |
| Educated at | University of Calcutta, St. Xavier's College, St. Xavier's Collegiate School |
| Spouse | Dona Ganguly |
| Awards | Arjuna Award, Banga Bibhushan, Padma Shri in sports |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Taurus |
| Nakshatra | Rohini (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Gemini |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Aries |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Lagna Phal (Garg)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 194 sportspeople with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 20 of them (10%) have the Moon in Taurus, like Sourav Ganguly, and 10 (5%) share the Rohini Nakshatra — the #5 most common Moon Nakshatra among sportspeople, where Pushya leads with 13 (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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Sourav Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in kolkata(india). Birth details come from a published reference (source: Lagna Phal (Garg)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Sourav Ganguly's Moon sign (Rashi) is Taurus and the Nakshatra is Rohini, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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