There is an ancient connection between the phonetics of Sanskrit, the mother of all languages, and the special constellations called Nakshatras spanning the zodiac of Vedic Astrology, the mother of all predictive sciences.

A nakshatra is made up of four equal divisions called padas and each pada is associated with a particular sound syllable. 27 nakshatras landmark the zodiac, giving a total of 108 nakshatra padas and corresponding sound syllables. One's birth nakshatra is the constellation the Moon is posited at time of birth and plays an important role in determining one's personality make-up. For an idea of how much information can be pieced together on you based on your birth nakshatra, try our related Lunar Profile service.

The ancients harnessed the latent power of sound vibration. They mastered it to such a fine degree that it is recorded in the Mahabharata and other Vedic texts of how even war missiles were launched by mantras - Vedic prayers recited to exact enunciation and metre. The Vedas state that of all sound vibrations, the highest and most purifying is the mahamantra, the transcendental chanting of the Holy Names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Coming back to the subject of naming, the idea is to go by a name which starts with a syllable corresponding to one's birth nakshatra. Such sound vibrations will have long-term positive effects on a person when repeatedly addressed by that name. The naming technique is to choose a name starting with the syllable corresponding to one's birth nakshatra pada. If that's not possible, then choose a name starting with a syllable of the other three padas of one's birth nakshatra.

We have made it simple for you - just input your birth data, the calculations will be done in the background to determine your birth nakshatra and you will then be presented with a selection of suitable names. These are no ordinary names. They are the omnipotent Names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna and His expansions as documented in the Vedic scriptures. We have compiled thousands of these Names from the sacred texts and arranged them by nakshatra order to provide this Names by Birth Star service. But if personal birth data is not known, then you may choose Names by Alphabet to get Names starting with your preferred letter of the alphabet.

INPUT — Your name, email address, gender, birth date-time, time zone and daylight savings time (dst, if applicable). Only name, email address, gender and preferred start letter for Names by Alphabet.

OUTPUT — Your Name Selector report is generated on the fly and delivered online to your browser immediately after you have successfully made your e-gold payment. You are advised to save this report as html file to your disk (using your browser's File Save menu command) for future reference, or print it.

The all-auspicious potency of the Holy Names of Krishna is described in a famous prayer by His most munificent incarnation Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu (the Golden Avatar) 500 years ago: "O my Lord, Your Holy Name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of Names, like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental Names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these Names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your Holy Names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them."