What is the meaning of Pada in Indian astrology?

Question

For example horoscopes may have the term 'Magha Nakshatra is in 3rd Pada'.What does this statement mean?

Answer 1

One-fourth part of anything is called a paad.In english,we sometimes write it as pada.Each nakshtra measuring 13 deg.&20 mts. is sub devided into 4 equal parts measuring 3 deg.20 mts each which are called paads/padas or somtimes charans.