Mesha lagna
The 5th Lord for Aries Ascendant: Sun
5th house = Leo · lord Sun
With Aries rising, the 5th house is Leo, the 5th sign counted from Aries, and Leo is ruled by the Sun. So for Aries ascendant the 5th lord is the Sun, which rules no other sign, so for Aries ascendant it holds the 5th alone. The 5th is a trikona.
The lagna lord, Mars, and the 5th lord, the Sun, count each other a friend for Aries ascendant. The 5th’s matters are children, creativity and arts, romance and higher learning; with Aries rising they sit in Leo, a fixed fire sign that is also the 5th of the natural zodiac.
Leo as the 5th House of Aries Ascendant
Leo exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 5th for Aries ascendant, and it debilitates none. The house holds Magha (all four padas), Purva Phalguni (all four padas) and Uttara Phalguni (pada 1), whose lords are Ketu, Venus and the Sun; the Sun rules one of them, Uttara Phalguni, so for Aries ascendant the 5th lord also owns a nakshatra inside the 5th. Opposite, across the chart, the 11th holds Aquarius, ruled by Saturn.
Where the Sun Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Aries Ascendant
Counted from Aries, the Sun is exalted in the 1st, debilitated in the 7th, and in its own sign in the 5th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Aries ascendant the 5th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 5th lord in | Sign | Sun’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Aries | exalted |
| the 2nd | Taurus | in an enemy's sign |
| the 3rd | Gemini | in a neutral sign |
| the 4th | Cancer | in a friend's sign |
| the 5th | Leo | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 6th | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| the 7th | Libra | debilitated |
| the 8th | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
| the 9th | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 10th | Capricorn | in an enemy's sign |
| the 11th | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign |
| the 12th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Aries is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Aries rising; where the Sun actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 5th lord does in a chart.
The Sun Through the 5th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
The Sun transits Leo, the 5th house of Aries ascendant, 3 times in the table: 17 August 2026 to 17 September 2026 (31 days), 17 August 2027 to 17 September 2027 (31 days) and 16 August 2028 to 16 September 2028 (31 days). Through Aries, the 1st house of Aries ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 14 April 2026 to 15 May 2026 (31 days), 14 April 2027 to 15 May 2027 (31 days) and 13 April 2028 to 14 May 2028 (31 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Aries-rising chart’s 5th house at once.
The Other Houses of Aries Ascendant
The whole Aries chart, house by house, is on the Aries ascendant page; the Sun in Leo on Sun in Leo. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.