Jupiter in Ashlesha Nakshatra (Guru in आश्लेषा)

Ashlesha, the 9th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 106°40′ – 120°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Cancer. Ashlesha is ruled by Mercury, so Jupiter in Ashlesha stands in Mercury’s star.

Jupiter counts Mercury an enemy, while Mercury counts Jupiter neutral. The table is not symmetric, so Jupiter in Ashlesha has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras Mercury rules, Jyeshtha and Revati, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Ashlesha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter is exalted in all four padas of Ashlesha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Cancer. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Jupiter’s strongest navamsas in Ashlesha are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in its own sign) and 4 (Pisces, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Capricorn, debilitated).

Ashlesha pada 4 (Cancer 26°40′ – 30°00′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Jupiter placed in that quarter of Ashlesha sits on the junction itself.

Neither Jupiter’s deepest exaltation (Cancer) nor its deepest debilitation (Capricorn) degree falls inside Ashlesha, and Jupiter’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Ashlesha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Jupiter’s dignity.

When Jupiter Is in Ashlesha, 2026–2028

• 19 August 2026: Jupiter enters Ashlesha, and leaves on 31 October 2026 — 73 days.
• 25 January 2027: Jupiter enters Ashlesha while retrograde, backing in from the next nakshatra, and leaves on 26 June 2027 — 152 days.

Those are the two spells Jupiter spends in Ashlesha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 225 days in all. Over the same span Jupiter stands in 8 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Jupiter in Ashlesha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Ashlesha: what the tables locate there for Jupiter

Of the ten complete spells Jupiter has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 62 days and the longest 152, and that longest spell is the one in Ashlesha.

• 1 March 2027: Jupiter meets Ketu at 25° Cancer, in Ashlesha pada 3.
• 20 April 2027: Jupiter meets Ketu at 22° Cancer, in Ashlesha pada 2.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Ashlesha. On 13 April 2027 Jupiter stations direct inside Ashlesha, in pada 2. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Ashlesha.

Ashlesha as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Ashlesha’s deity is listed as Sarpas (Nagas) and its symbol as coiled snake; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Tikshna class (sharp). Those belong to Ashlesha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Ashlesha page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Cancer, the relation to Mercury, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Ashlesha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Jupiter in Cancer; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Ashlesha