Nila-kantha (IAST: Nīlakaṇṭha) was a 16th-century astrologer and astronomer (jyotishi or daivajña) and Sanskrit writer from the Mughal Empire of present-day India. He was a royal astrologer to emperor Akbar, and contributed to Todarananda (c. 1572 CE), an encyclopedia sponsored by Akbar's minister Todara-malla. He wrote Tajika-Nilakanthi (1587 CE), the most popular work on the Tajika astrology, and possibly compiled Prashna-tantra, a work on interrogational astrology, based on an earlier text.