Positions in the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa.
The four padas
Each nakshatra has four quarters of 3°20′. Each pada falls in a sign of the navamsa, the ninth-part chart.
Pada 1
3°20′ Cancer to 6°40′ Cancer
Navamsa Leo
Pada 2
6°40′ Cancer to 10°00′ Cancer
Navamsa Virgo
Pada 3
10°00′ Cancer to 13°20′ Cancer
Navamsa Libra
Pada 4
13°20′ Cancer to 16°40′ Cancer
Navamsa Scorpio
Pushya and your dashas
If the Moon was in Pushya when you were born, your Vimshottari dashas start with a Saturn period, which lasts 19 years in full. You start partway through it, by how far the Moon had travelled through Pushya.
Is Pushya your birth star?
Your birth star is the nakshatra the Moon was in when you were born. The Moon moves into a new one about once a day, so it takes your birth date, time and place.