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[[File:Aries constellation map.svg|thumb|200px|[[Aries (constellation)|Aries constellation]] showing Ashivini]]<br />
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{{Nakshatras}}<br />
'''Ashvini''' (अश्विनी, {{IAST3|aśvinī}}) is the first [[nakshatra]] ([[Lunar station|lunar mansion]]) in [[Indian astronomy]], having a spread from 0°-0'-0" to 13°-20'. It corresponds to the head of [[Aries (constellation)|Aries]], including the stars [[Beta Arietis|β]] and [[Gamma Arietis|γ Arietis]], and possibly also [[Hamal|α Arietis]] in the oldest versions of the asterism. Ashvini literally means "twin horse-man"; it is depicted as a horse's head and represents twin physician gods, the [[Ashvins]].<ref name=ASE>{{cite web |title=Aśvini (अश्विनी) |url=https://ase.exopla.net/index.php/Ashvini |website=All Skies Encyclopaedia |publisher=[[IAU Working Group on Star Names]] |access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref> The name ''aśvinī'' is used by [[Varāhamihira]] (6th century). The older name of the asterism, found in the [[Atharvaveda]] (AVS 19.7; in the dual<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19007.htm|title = Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 7: A Prayer to the Lunar Mansions and other Powers for protection and prosperity}}</ref>) and in [[Pāṇini]] (4.3.36), was ''aśvayúja'', "harnessing horses".<ref>{{Cite web|title=അശ്വതി നക്ഷത്രക്കാരുടെ പൊതുസ്വഭാവം|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/astrology/astro-news/2021/02/15/aswathy-birth-star-characteristics.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}}</ref> This nakshatra belongs to [[Mesha (month)|Mesha Rasi]].<br />
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==Astrology==<br />
Ashvini is ruled by [[Ketu (mythology)|Ketu]], the descending lunar node. In [[electional astrology]], Ashvini is classified as a small constellation, meaning that it is believed to be advantageous to begin works of a precise or delicate nature while the moon is in Ashvini.<ref>Hart De Fouw, Robert Svoboda. ‘’Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India.’’ 2003: pg. 204. {{ISBN|0-940985-69-1}}</ref> Ashvini is ruled by the [[Ashvins|Ashvinas]], the heavenly twin brother gods who served as physicians to the gods and goddesses.<ref>[[Ralph T. H. Griffith|Ralph Griffith]], [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/index.htm ''The Rig Veda''] 1895</ref> Ashvini is represented by the [[Beehive|bee hive]].<ref>Dennis M. Harness. ''The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology''. Lotus Press, 1999. {{ISBN|0-914955-83-7}}. pg. 2</ref><br />
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Traditional [[Indian name|Indian names]] are determined by which pada (quarter) of a nakshatra the Ascendant was in at the time of birth. In the case of Ashvini, the given name would begin with the following syllables: Chu, Che, Cho, La.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mypanchang.com/nakshatras.html|title=Baby names|publisher=mypanchang.com}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Nakshatras]]<br />
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