Editing Chandra (section)

{{Short description|Hindu god of the Moon}}
{{about|the Hindu moon deity|other uses|Chandra (disambiguation)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| image = Chandra, The Moon God; Folio from a Book of Dreams LACMA M.83.219.2 (2 of 3).jpg
| alt = Chandra
| Devanagari = चन्द्र
| Sanskrit_transliteration = Candra
| affiliation = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]], [[Graha]], [[Dikpala]]
| mantra = {{IAST|Om Chandramasē Namaha}}
| consort = [[Rohini (goddess)|Rohini]] (chief consort), and other 26 [[Nakshatra|Nakshatra goddesses]]
| mount = Chariot pulled by an [[antelope]]
| father = [[Atri]]
| mother = [[Anasuya]]
| children = [[Budha]], [[Varchas]], [[Bhadra#Chandra's daughter|Bhadra]], Jyotsnakali<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/jyotsnakali | title=Jyotsnakali, Jyotsnākālī: 4 definitions | date=16 March 2019 }}</ref> and other children
| caption = A painting of Chandra from [[Mewar]], [[Rajasthan]], {{circa}} 18th century CE
| planet = [[Moon]]
| deity_of = God of the [[Moon]], [[Night]] and [[Vegetation]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Vinod ChandraaSrivastava|title=History of Agriculture in India, Up to C. 1200 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FvjZVwYVmNcC&pg=PA557 |year=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing|isbn=978-81-8069-521-6|page=557}}</ref>{{sfn|Edward Washburn Hopkins|1968|p=90}}
| abode = Chandraloka
| day = [[Monday]]
| number = 2, 11, 20, 29
| weapon = [[Rope]]
| color = Pale white<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.astrosagar.com/article.asp?id=71 |title=Significance of Colors in Astrological Remedies - astrosagar.com |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-date=21 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021002911/http://www.astrosagar.com/article.asp?id=71 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gender = Male
| siblings = [[Durvasa]] and [[Dattatreya]]
| other_names = Soma, Chandrama, [[Shashank]], Nishakara, Shashi, Mayank, Vidhu
| member_of = [[Navagraha]]
| Greek_equivalent = [[Selene]]
| Roman_equivalent = [[Luna (mythology)|Luna]]
}}

'''Chandra''' ({{langx|sa|चन्द्र|Chandra|shining' or 'moon}}), also known as '''Soma''' ({{langx|sa|सोम}}), is the [[Hindu god]] [[Lunar deity|of the Moon]], and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation. He is one of the [[Navagraha]] (nine planets of Hinduism) and [[Dikpala]] (guardians of the directions).{{sfn|Dalal|2010a|p=394}}