Last updated June 12, 2026
Right now, the Moon is in
Oct 28, 6:15 PM UTC
Al Han'ah
Manzil 6, A Brand or Mark. Moon at 10.6° Gemini, waning gibbous.
Election: With Moon here, plough, sow, but do not travel.
Arabic Lunar Mansions
Lunar Mansion Calculator
Enter your birth details to find which of the 28 Arabic manzils your Moon occupied, with its determinant star, ruling angel, electional guidance, and talismanic lore.
How this calculator reads the manzils
This calculator uses 28 equal tropical divisions, each 12°51′26″ wide to the nearest second of arc, beginning at 0° Aries with Al Sharatain. This is the grid used here for the Picatrix and Agrippa electional material. The named stars remain historical reference points; precession means they can fall outside their namesake tropical mansions.
Read the mansion alongside the Moon's sign and aspects. For an election, consider the activity you want to begin and the condition of the Moon in the whole chart.
What is a lunar mansion (manzil)?
A lunar mansion, or manzil, is one of 28 segments of the Moon's monthly path around the ecliptic, averaging about 12°51' apiece. The Moon crosses about one mansion per day. The Arabic manzils, the manazil al-qamar or "stations of the Moon," each carry a ruling angel, electional guidance for what to begin or avoid, and a talismanic image inherited from the medieval magical tradition.
The word is plain. A manzil was the place a camel and rider stopped for the night on a desert journey, a roadside inn. Arab astronomers borrowed that image for the Moon's nightly resting places against the stars. Each station takes its name from the determinant star that marks it: Al Thurayya for the Pleiades, Al Dabaran for Aldebaran in Taurus, Al Simak for Spica.
This is a finer grain than the twelve zodiac signs. A sign holds the Moon for two and a half days. A manzil holds it for one. So two people born a day apart, both with the Moon in Gemini, can still belong to different stations with different lore, the resolution a Moon sign can't give you. Browse all 28 Arabic manzils for their stars and historical elections.
Arabic manzils vs. Vedic nakshatras
Both systems divide the Moon's path into stations. Each has its own method and uses in astrology.
The Arabic manzils number 28 and come out of the medieval Arabic and later Renaissance world, where timing and talismanic magic were the point. The Vedic nakshatras number 27, sit in the sidereal zodiac, and lean toward natal character and deity rulership within Jyotish. They overlap at the stars; the Pleiades anchor both Al Thurayya and Krittika. This calculator gives you the Arabic manzil.
What the manzils are for
Robson's The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, chapter III, gives separate Moon elections for each mansion. With the Moon in Al Dabaran, he favors business and travel. He assigns Al Hak'ah to warfare and advises against sowing there.
Robson's chapter VII also describes talismanic images after Agrippa's Book II, chapter 46, with ruling spirits and instructions for making the talismans. The Arabic mansion entries describe historical elections and talismanic images, including destructive uses. If you track lunar timing for elections, pair this with the void-of-course Moon so you know when the Moon's applying aspects have run out.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a lunar mansion?
A lunar mansion is a division used to locate the Moon. This calculator uses the Picatrix/Agrippa electional grid: 28 equal tropical divisions starting at 0 degrees Aries, each about 12 degrees 51 minutes 26 seconds wide. The attached electional material belongs to that grid. The named stars provide historical context rather than its current boundaries.
How many lunar mansions are there, 27 or 28?
This calculator uses 28 equal tropical mansions for Arabic electional material. The common nakshatra calculation uses 27 equal sidereal divisions. The systems differ in coordinate frame as well as division count, so their boundaries should be identified before comparing placements.
How do I find which lunar mansion my Moon is in?
Enter your birth date, time, and place. The calculator maps the Moon's tropical ecliptic longitude to one of 28 equal divisions beginning at 0 degrees Aries. It shows the corresponding historical star reference and electional notes. An accurate birth time matters near a boundary.
What's the difference between Arabic manzils and Vedic nakshatras?
Manzils are the 28 Arabic lunar mansions from the medieval and Renaissance tradition, focused on electional timing and talismanic magic. Nakshatras are the 27 Vedic lunar mansions in the sidereal zodiac, focused on natal character and muhurta. They share some determinant stars, such as the Pleiades, but use different orderings and interpretive frameworks. Reading them as one system blurs both.
What lunar mansion is the Moon in today?
The live readout at the top of this page names the manzil the Moon occupies right now and tells you when it crosses into the next one. Because the Moon moves about a mansion a day, this changes daily, which is exactly what electional astrologers track when timing a new venture, a journey, or a ritual.
How long does the Moon stay in each lunar mansion?
Roughly one day. With 28 mansions and a sidereal orbit of about 27.3 days, the Moon spends a little under 24 hours in most stations, which span about 12°51'26" of the ecliptic on average. That's why the manzils give finer timing than the Moon sign, which lasts about two and a half days.
What were the lunar mansions used for?
Electional timing and talismanic magic, mainly. Medieval astrologers, drawing on texts like the Picatrix, chose the moment to begin work by which manzil the Moon occupied: some stations favor travel, trade, marriage, or medicine, while others suit conflict or are best avoided. Each manzil also carried a ruling angel and a talismanic image used to make rings and seals for specific aims.
What does my natal Moon mansion say about me?
Your natal manzil is the lunar mansion the Moon occupied when you were born, read as a lens on your emotional tempo and timing instincts rather than a prediction. It points to the rhythms that feel native to you and the kinds of starts you take to naturally. It describes a tendency, not a fixed outcome.
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