{{short description|16th lunar mansion of Hindu astronomy}} {{Other uses}} {{Nakshatras}}
'''Vishākhā''' ({{lang|sa|विशाखा}}), meaning "forked, having many branches", is the 16th nakshatra in Indian astronomy. It corresponds to the stars α, β, γ and ι Librae in the constellation Libra.<ref name=ASE>{{cite web |title=Viśākhā (विशाखा) |url=https://ase.exopla.net/index.php/Vishakha |website=All Skies Encyclopaedia |publisher=IAU Working Group on Star Names |access-date=18 December 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burgess|first1=Ebenezer|title=Translation of the Sûrya-Siddhânta: E Text-book of Astronomy|date=1860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jpE7AAAAcAAJ&q=viçâkhâ|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref>
==See also== *Gopi, Vishaka is also one of the main gopis in Krishna lila, Krishna's muses in Goloka Vrndavana
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{{Jyotish Vidya}}
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