Ruling planetMars
Deitythe eight Vasus
Symbola drum
Zodiac spanCapricorn and Aquarius
Dhanishta is the Moon's lunar mansion associated with rhythm, abundance, ambition. In Vedic astrology it is ruled by Mars and presided over by the eight Vasus. For choosing a baby's birth time it is a traditionally strong birth Nakshatra.
211 celebrities born with the Moon in Dhanishta
Each name below links to a full profile with their Moon sign, Nakshatra pada, Ascendant and Sun sign, computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
- A. R. Rahman composer, singer, entrepreneur, multi-instrumentalist, recor
- Abdul Rehman Antulay Colaba
- Abul Kalam Azad politician, journalist, writer, scholar, freedom fighter, jo
- Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane cricketer · Maharastha
- Ajinkya Rahane cricketer · Maharashtra
- Ajit Pawar politician · Deolali
- Akash Bhandari cricketer · Hyderabad
- Albert Camus writer, philosopher, novelist, journalist, essayist, playwri
- Ali Larter actor, model, television actor, film actor · Cherry Hill
- Ali Murtaza cricketer · Allahabad
- Alicia Silverstone voice actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, anti
- Allu Arjun film actor, singer · Chennai
- Amrish Puri stage actor, film actor, actor · Jalandhar
- Amy Grant singer, songwriter, voice actor, singer-songwriter · 82 W 1,
- Ananth Kumar politician · Bangalore
- Aniket Choudhary cricketer · Bikaner
- Anna Levi entomologist, zoologist · 7 E 40, 45 N 3
- Arda Turan association football player · Istanbul
- Asafa Powell sprinter, athletics competitor · Spanish Town
- Ashton Turner cricketer · Perth
- Asrani Jaipur
- Atif Aslam singer, singer-songwriter, actor, film actor · Wazirabad
- Ayesha Jhulka actor · Srinagar
- B Suryanarayana Rao Chikakol
- Badshah New Delhi
- Balasaheb Deoras Nagpur
- Barbara Brennan writer · Garfield OK
- Barbara Woods 71 W 48, 42 N 15
- Barry Fitzgerald stage actor, film actor, actor · Dublin
- Beatrice Small 74 W 0, 40 N 42
- Ben Stokes cricketer · Christchurch
- Bess Armstrong television actor, film actor, stage actor · Baltimore
- Billy Ray Cyrus singer-songwriter, television actor, guitarist, television p
- Bina Rai actor, film actor · Lahore
- Biplab Samantray cricketer · Cuttack
- Carole Lombard film actor · Indiana
- Catherine Grant 82 W 50, 38 N 35
- Charlotte Bronte 3 W 2, 53 N 53
- Dale Earnhardt motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver · 80 W 34, 35 N 2
- Dane Rudhyar composer, astrologer · Paris
- Dani Alves Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil
- Daniel Patrick Hunt 118 W 29, 34 N 0
- David Cassidy actor, singer, singer-songwriter, television actor, screenwr
- David Lee Jones basketball player · 86 W 15, 41 N 40
- David Luiz association football player · Sao Paulo
- David Troy 73 W 54, 40 N 50
- David Villa association football player · Tuilla, Spain
- Debbie Reynolds singer, writer, beauty pageant contestant, dancer, autobiogr
- Diana Smith artist · 98 W 26, 34 N 40
- Diljit Dosanjh film actor, singer · Jalandhar *
- Dylan Thomas poet, writer, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, film direc
- Ed Moses artist, painter, printmaker · 84 W 12, 39 N 45
- Eddie Van Halen guitarist, composer, record producer, songwriter, keyboardis
- Ernest Borgnine actor, film actor, character actor, military officer, televi
- Feroz Khan film actor, film producer, film director, film editor, scree
- Florence Henderson actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, film actor, vo
- Francesco Piccolo writer, screenwriter, translator, opinion journalist · 14 E
- Frank Bainimarama politician, military officer · Tailevu Province, Fiji
- Gillian Anderson television actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, v
- Glenn Close film actor, voice actor, film director, screenwriter, stage
- Gonzalo Jara association football player · Santiago
- Goundamani actor · Udamaliapettai
- Gulshan Devaiya Bangalore
- H.g. Wells 0 E 2, 51 N 24
- Hardus Viljoen cricketer · Carolina
- Helen Mirren television actor, film actor, voice actor, stage actor, acto
- Irene Rich 78 W 51, 42 N 53
- Ishan Porel cricketer · Chinsura
- Isuru Udana cricketer · balangoda
- J. R. D. Tata entrepreneur, aircraft pilot · Paris
- J.r.r. Tolkien 26 E 7, 29 S 12
- Jackie Mason comedian, voice actor, stage actor, film actor, screenwriter
- Jackie Shroff film actor, model, film producer, actor · Mumbai
- Jaidev Unadkat Porbandar
- Jane Graham 74 W 0, 40 N 42
- Jason Behrendorff cricketer · Camden
- Javed Sheikh actor, film director, film producer, television actor · Rawa
- Jaya Prada actor, politician, film actor, screenwriter, film producer,
- Jaydev Unadkat cricketer · Porbandar
- Jayne Mansfield film actor, Playboy Playmate, stage actor, television actor,
- Jennifer Hudson actor, musician, singer-songwriter, spokesperson, artist, fi
- Jennifer Jason Leigh actor, film producer, screenwriter, film director · Los ange
- Jerry Stone adviser · 116 W 12, 43 N 36
- Jess Martinez 119 W 1, 35 N 22
- Jesse Owens sprinter, athletics competitor, long jumper · Decatur
- Jesse Presley 88 W 43, 34 N 15
- Jessica Alba television actor, film actor, businessperson, stage actor, v
- Jessica Gomes model · Perth
- Joel Mccrea actor, film actor, television actor · South Pasadena
- Juan Martin Del Potro tennis player · Tandil
- Kane Williamson cricketer · Taurahga
- Kanth Kaler singer · Nakodar
- Kartika Rane actor · Mumbai
- Kate Mckinnon film actor, television actor, comedian, voice actor, politic
- Kesarbai Kerkar singer · Keri (Goa)
- Kevin Kline film actor, film director, voice actor, stage actor, televis
- Krisinda Cain actor · Los angeles
- Kuldeep Sen cricketer · Rewa
- Lala Lajpat Rai politician, revolutionary, writer, freedom fighter · Dhudike
- Lana Turner television actor, film actor, autobiographer, stage actor, m
- Laura Allen actor, television actor, film actor · Portland
- Laura Dern film actor, film producer, voice actor, television actor, sc
- Lee Adams composer, songwriter, lyricist, librettist, writer · 82 W 29
- Leonard Cohen singer-songwriter, poet, street artist, novelist, writer, mu
- Liam Livingstone cricketer · England
- Lorenzo Insigne association football player · Naples
- Lucy Mecklenburgh actor, businessperson, model, television personality · Londo
- Lynn Anderson singer, actor, singer-songwriter, television actor, recordin
- M. Veerappa Moily politician · Moodabidri
- Mac Mohan actor · Karachi
- Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras politician · Nagpur
- Mahalingam Sasikumar film director, film editor, screenwriter, actor · Madurai
- Manandeep Singh association football player · Umra
- Manish Makhija restaurateur · Delhi
- Marcheline Bertrand actor, film producer, television actor, film actor · Blue Is
- Mark Chapman politician · Hong Kong
- Mark Douglas writer, businessperson, stock trader · 71 W 9, 42 N 42
- Marlon Samuels cricketer · Kingston
- Mary Pierce tennis player · 73 W 34, 45 N 31
- Mayawati politician · Daulatpur
- Melonie Diaz actor, television actor, film actor · New york
- Michael Crawford film actor, singer, comedian, stage actor, actor, television
- Milind Kumar cricketer · Delhi
- Milkha Singh athletics competitor · Faisalabad
- Mitchell Santner cricketer · Hamilton
- Mohammad Asif cricketer · Sheikhupura
- Muhammad Ali boxer, autobiographer, activist, author · Louisville
- Muralidharen Gautam cricketer · Bangalore
- Nathu Singh cricketer · Jaipur
- Naveen Ul Haq cricketer · Kabul
- Navya Naveli Nanda model · Mumbai
- Neha Kakkar singer, film director · Rishikesh
- Nena 7 E 28, 51 N 21
- Newton England
- Neymar association football player · Mogi das Cruzes
- Nikita Khrushchev politician, military personnel, revolutionary · 36 E 9, 51 N
- Nirmala Sitharaman politician · Tiruchchirappalli
- Onkar Prasad Nayyar Lahore
- Palak Muchhal singer, human rights activist · Indore
- Pat Buchanan columnist, journalist, speechwriter, politician, businessper
- Pat O'brien actor, stage actor · 87 W 54, 43 N 2
- Paul Newman film producer, television actor, film actor, film director,
- Phil Neville association football player, association football manager, s
- Phillip Schofield television presenter · Oldham
- Prashant Chopra cricketer · Shimla
- Prasidh Krishna cricketer · Bangalore
- Prince film actor, singer, film director, singer-songwriter, screen
- Princess Mary 0 E 30, 52 N 50
- Raakhee Gulzar actor · Calcutta
- Raakhee Gulzar-1 Calcutta
- Raheem Sterling association football player · Kingston
- Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar politician · Dhullia
- Rash Behari Bose politician, revolutionary, freedom fighter · Bardhaman
- Rassie Van Der Dussen cricketer · Pretoria
- Ravikumar Samarth cricketer · Mysuru
- Ray Khan 0 E 10, 51 N 29
- Ricardo Gabriel Alvarez association football player · Buenos Aires
- Ricky Ponting cricketer, cricket coach · Launceston
- Rinku Singh baseball player, professional wrestler · Aligarh
- Robert Enrico actor, screenwriter, film director, director, producer · 2 E
- Robert Harron actor, film actor · New york
- Robert P. Blaschke Santa Monica CA
- Romelu Lukaku association football player · Antwerp
- Ronald Colman stage actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, act
- Roshan Prince songwriter, actor · Lucknow
- Saif Ali Khan-1 Delhi
- Salman Khan-1 Mumbai
- Samantha Fox singer, erotic photography model, stage actor, film actor, m
- Samarth Ramdas poet, writer · Ambad
- Sandra Bullock actor, film actor, restaurateur, film producer, screenwriter
- Sanjay Raut politician · Alibagh
- Sanjiv Bhatt police officer · Mumbai
- Sarwanjit Singh Ludhiana
- Sathyan Sivakumar actor · Chennai
- Scott Hamilton figure skater · 83 W 32, 41 N 39
- Scott Newman basketball player · 81 W 42, 41 N 29
- Shankersinh Vaghela politician · Ghandinagar
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman politician, writer · Bengal
- Shekhar Suman actor, television actor, film director · Mumbai
- Shivam Mavi cricketer · Noida
- Sohrab Modi film director, film producer, stage actor, film actor · Mumb
- Sophia Loren actor, model, singer, autobiographer, beauty pageant contest
- Stephanie Bryan researcher, university teacher, academic, bioengineer · 71 W
- Stephen Gibb singer, songwriter, guitarist · 0 E 10, 51 N 29
- Sujit Nayak cricketer · Mumbai
- Suneeta Rao actor, singer · Germony
- Sunil Dutt film actor, film director, film producer, politician · khurd
- Surendra Singh Baghel politician · Baroda
- Surveen Chawla model, actor, television actor · Chandigarh
- Sushil Kumar Shinde politician · Osmanabad
- Swini Khara actor · India
- Tamara Hope actor, singer, musician, songwriter, film actor · Toronto
- Taylor Caldwell writer, novelist, science fiction writer, journalist · 2 W 1
- Thomas Mcdonell actor, film actor, television actor, photographer, musician,
- Thomas Muller association football player · Weilheim in Oberbayern, German
- Uma Thurman actor, film producer, film actor, model, screenwriter, telev
- Vanessa Hudgens actor, singer, model, film actor, television actor, stage ac
- Veerappa Moily politician · Moodabidri
- Victoria Beckham singer, actor, fashion designer, blogger, entrepreneur, sing
- Victoria Shaw actor, television actor, film actor · 151 E 9, 33 S 54
- Vinay Pathak television presenter, film producer, actor, television actor
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar poet, philosopher, politician, playwright, freedom fighter,
- Vinod Khanna film actor, politician, film producer, television actor · Pe
- Vishnu Digambar Paluskar music educator, singer · Kolhapur
- W. B. Yeats poet, playwright, writer, politician, mystic, astrologer · D
- Waheeda Rehman-1 80 E 1, 12 N 42
- Woody Allen film director, comedian, film actor, screenwriter, film prod
- Woorkeri Raman cricketer · Chennai
- Xavier Samuel television actor, actor, film actor, musician, stage actor ·
- Yuliya Snigir model, film actor, television presenter, television actor ·
- Yuvraj Walmiki field hockey player · Mumbai
Planning a baby's birth in Dhanishta?
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Other Nakshatras
AshwiniBharaniKrittikaRohiniMrigashiraArdraPunarvasuPushyaAshleshaMaghaPurva PhalguniUttara PhalguniHastaChitraSwatiVishakhaAnuradhaJyeshthaMulaPurva AshadhaUttara AshadhaShravanaShatabhishaPurva BhadrapadaUttara BhadrapadaRevati
Celebrity birth data comes from public sources and may be approximate; where the birth time is unknown, the Moon sign and Nakshatra are reliable but the Ascendant may vary.
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