Kanya · कन्या · The Maiden
Precise and useful — the sign that notices the detail everyone else stepped over.
Dates
23 August – 22 September
Element
Earth
Quality
Mutable
Ruling planet
Mercury (Budha)
Lucky day
Wednesday
Gemstone
Emerald (Panna)
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
Virgo shows love by fixing things, which is often missed by partners waiting to be told. It is slow to trust and steady once it does. It needs to be reassured that being cared for is not the same as being corrected.
Strongest matches
Needs more work
Sun-sign compatibility is a starting point, not a verdict. Two full charts say far more than two signs do.
Analysis, medicine, editing, quality, accounting, research, operations — any role where being right matters more than being fast.
Get a career timeline from your chartNumbers
5, 6
Colours
Green, grey, navy
Day
Wednesday
Gemstone
Emerald (Panna)
Nakshatras spanning Kanya: Uttara Phalguni (last three quarters), Hasta, Chitra (first half). 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.