You can find your birth star and birth sign (rashi) in indian astrology using this online tool for FREE ! Knowing your janma nakshatra is very important for determining various astrological activities such as muhurtha, birthday celebrations (especially in kerala) where hindus celebrate birthday based on the birth star. It is also very useful in remedial astrology where the native performs remedial measures on his/her birth star to propitiate the malefic influence of planets in the birth chart. The Nakshatra names are displayed both in sanskrit and in their malayalam names (in bracket).