Enter the owner’s date, time and place of birth above and this free tool finds two things for the first letter of a business name. The first is the owner’s naming syllable, from the Moon’s nakshatra and pada at birth, with the other syllables of that nakshatra. The second is every letter from A to Z with its Chaldean number, and how the owner’s moolank and bhagyank list that number. Letters that start one of the owner’s syllables and also sit well with both numbers are named first.
How it works
The syllable comes from the Moon. The tool turns the local birth time into universal time with the time zone in force at the birth place on that date, reads the Moon from the NASA JPL DE440 tables on this site with the Lahiri ayanamsa, and finds the nakshatra and pada. Each pada has one syllable in the traditional table called the Avakahada chakra, the same table our baby names by date of birth tool uses, and the first letter of that syllable, as our list spells it in English, is the owner’s own initial in the naming custom.
The letter numbers come from Chaldean numerology. A, I, J, Q and Y are 1; B, K and R are 2; C, G, L and S are 3; D, M and T are 4; E, H, N and X are 5; U, V and W are 6; O and Z are 7; F and P are 8. No letter is 9. These are the values of our business name numerology tool and the Chaldean name number page. The owner’s moolank is the day of birth reduced to one digit, and the bhagyank is every digit of the date of birth added and reduced.
Each letter’s number is then read against the moolank and the bhagyank with the friendly, neutral and less comfortable lists on the number pages. A letter sits well with both when both numbers list it as the same number or as friendly. For example, the four syllables of Ashwini are Chu, Che, Cho and La, which start with C and L. Both letters are 3 in the Chaldean table, and an owner with moolank 1 and bhagyank 9 would find both listed as friendly, so C and L would be named first.
Reading the result
The headline gives the birth syllable with its nakshatra and pada, and the moolank and bhagyank. Below it come the four syllables of the birth nakshatra and two short lists: letters that start the birth syllable and sit well with both numbers, and letters that start another syllable of the same nakshatra and sit well with both. A table then lists all 26 letters, with the letters that sit well with both numbers in bold.
Either list can be empty, and often is, because the syllables give only a few letters and the numbers rule many out. In that case, read the two columns on their own: the syllable for the naming custom, and the bold letters for numerology. If you do not know the birth time, the tool shows every pada the Moon passed through that day, with the hours, and marks all their letters.
Where traditions differ
The naming custom gives a person’s first sound from the Moon’s pada at birth. Carrying that sound over to a shop or a firm is a modern custom, and we know of no classical text that gives it. Chaldean numerology is a separate and lighter tradition, and it has no link with the nakshatra syllables. Numerology readers do not all use the same number of the owner, so this tool shows both the moolank and the bhagyank, as our business name numerology tool does, rather than choose one.
The syllable table has variations too. Tables that count Abhijit as a 28th nakshatra give Shravana other syllables, and some families use a first-letter chart by rashi instead, as our baby names hub explains.
What it does not do
It does not suggest a business name, and it cannot say whether a business will earn, grow or last. It does not read the 10th house, the dasha or any other part of the chart, and a first letter is not a remedy for anything. A business name is better chosen first for clarity, ease of saying and spelling, and being free to register and use. To check a whole name, use the business name numerology tool, and to choose an opening day, the business opening muhurat.
Frequently asked questions
↳ How do I choose the first letter of a business name by astrology?
One custom starts the name with the owner's naming syllable, from the Moon's nakshatra pada at birth. Another reads the Chaldean number of the first letter against the owner's moolank and bhagyank. The tool shows both, and names the letters that satisfy both if there are any.
↳ Which chart is used, mine or the business's?
The owner's: the founder, or the person whose name the business carries. The name is usually chosen before the business opens, and the opening day itself is a matter of muhurat.
↳ Do I need the exact time of birth?
The time gives the pada, and so the birth syllable. Without it, the tool shows every pada the Moon passed through that day, with the hours, and the moolank and bhagyank, which need only the date.
↳ Why does no letter satisfy both readings?
The syllables of one nakshatra give only one to four first letters, and the friendly lists rule many numbers out, so the two often do not meet. Read them separately then, and remember that neither is a rule.
↳ Is there a classical rule for a business name from the owner's nakshatra?
Not that we know of. The naming custom gives the syllable for a child's name. Using it for a business is a modern custom, which is why this tool calls it a custom and shows the numerology beside it.
↳ Does the tool keep the birth details?
The chart is worked out in your browser. Once your email is confirmed, the birth details you enter are kept with your email, so our emails can fit your chart. You can delete them at any time; the privacy policy has the detail.