Jupiter in Chitra Nakshatra (Guru in चित्रा)

Chitra, the 14th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 173°20′ – 186°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Virgo and Libra. Chitra is ruled by Mars, so Jupiter in Chitra stands in Mars’s star.

Jupiter and Mars count each other a friend, so in Chitra the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Mars rules, Mrigashira and Dhanishta, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Chitra, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter in Chitra is in an enemy's sign in padas 1 and 2 (Virgo) and in an enemy's sign in padas 3 and 4 (Libra), because Chitra crosses from Virgo into Libra. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Jupiter’s strongest navamsas in Chitra are padas 1 (Leo, in a friend's sign) and 4 (Scorpio, in a friend's sign), and its weakest are padas 2 (Virgo, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Libra, in an enemy's sign).

Chitra pada 2 is vargottama — Virgo in rashi and in navamsa — so Jupiter there is in an enemy's sign on both counts. Chitra pada 3 is vargottama — Libra in rashi and in navamsa — so Jupiter there is in an enemy's sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

When Jupiter Is in Chitra, 2026–2028

• 16 November 2028: Jupiter enters Chitra, and is still there when the table closes on 1 January 2029.

That is the one spell Jupiter spends in Chitra between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. Over the same span Jupiter stands in 8 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Jupiter in Chitra a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Chitra: what the tables locate there for Jupiter

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Chitra. On 10 February 2029 Jupiter stations retrograde inside Chitra, in pada 3. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Chitra.

Chitra as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Chitra’s deity is listed as Vishvakarma and its symbol as bright jewel; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Chitra whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Chitra page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Virgo and Libra, the relation to Mars, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Chitra; 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 Virgo and Jupiter in Libra; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Chitra article.

The Other Grahas in Chitra