Vishākhā is a nakshatra in Indian astronomy spread in Tula or Libra (The 7th House of Natural Vedic Astrology). In Hindu mythology, Vishākhā is a daughter of the king Daksha. She is one of the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha, who married the moon-god Chandra. Vishākhā is the sixteenth nakshatra of the zodiac, ruled by the planet Jupiter Brihaspati or Guru, It is also supposed to be the birth star of the goddess Sita.[1]

Notable people and entities named Vishākhā

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  1. ^ Burgess, Ebenezer (1860). Translation of the Sûrya-Siddhânta: E Text-book of Astronomy. Retrieved 26 August 2015.