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Also written Karka, Karkata, Kataka, Cancer.

Kark is rashi 4 of 12, spanning 90°00′ – 120°00′ of the sidereal zodiac. It is ruled by Chandra and covers nine nakshatra padas, which give the nine syllables a traditional name may begin with.

Lord	Chandra
Western sign	Cancer
Element	Water
Mode	Movable
Symbol	Crab
Varna	Brahmana
Paya	Swarna
Span	90°00′ – 120°00′

Varna and paya are read from the Moon’s rashi, and enter both matching and muhurta. The nine syllables below are the pada syllables falling inside this rashi — the name letters a traditional name may begin with.

Name letters

• Hi
  Pada 4

  Punarvasu
• Hu
  Pada 1

  Pushya
• He
  Pada 2

  Pushya
• Ho
  Pada 3

  Pushya
• Da
  Pada 4

  Pushya
• Di
  Pada 1

  Ashlesha
• Du
  Pada 2

  Ashlesha
• De
  Pada 3

  Ashlesha
• Do
  Pada 4

  Ashlesha