Simha · सिंह · The Lion
Warm, generous and built to be seen — the sign that leads by presence rather than argument.
Dates
23 July – 22 August
Element
Fire
Quality
Fixed
Ruling planet
Sun (Surya)
Lucky day
Sunday
Gemstone
Ruby (Manik)
The dates above are the common Western tropical ranges, which is how most people know their sign. Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which runs roughly three weeks later — so if you were born near the edge of a range, your Vedic rashi may be the previous sign. A full kundali resolves it properly.
Strengths
Challenges
Leo loves generously and expects to be chosen visibly. Public affection matters to it in a way it does not to most signs. It does badly with a partner who withholds praise as a strategy and very well with one who is simply proud of it.
Strongest matches
Leadership, performance, teaching, entrepreneurship, creative direction, politics — anything where being the face of it is an advantage rather than an accident.
Get a career timeline from your chartNumbers
1, 4
Colours
Gold, orange, royal red
Day
Sunday
Gemstone
Ruby (Manik)
Nakshatras spanning Simha: Magha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni (first quarter). A gemstone is traditionally prescribed from a full chart rather than the sign alone — treat the stone above as the classical association, not a recommendation to go and buy one.
Your sun sign is one placement out of a chart full of them. A kundali reads the whole thing — ascendant, houses, dashas and all.