Jupiter in Hasta Nakshatra (Guru in हस्त)

Hasta, the 13th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 160°00′ – 173°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Virgo. Hasta is ruled by the Moon, so Jupiter in Hasta stands in the Moon’s star.

Jupiter counts the Moon a friend, while the Moon counts Jupiter neutral. The table is not symmetric, so Jupiter in Hasta has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras the Moon rules, Rohini and Shravana, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Hasta, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter is in an enemy's sign in all four padas of Hasta, because the whole nakshatra lies in Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Jupiter’s strongest navamsa in Hasta is pada 4 (Cancer, exalted), and its weakest are padas 2 (Taurus, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Gemini, in an enemy's sign).

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

When Jupiter Is in Hasta, 2026–2028

• 13 September 2028: Jupiter enters Hasta, and leaves on 16 November 2028 — 64 days.

That is the one spell Jupiter spends in Hasta between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 64 days in all. Over the same span Jupiter stands in 8 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Jupiter in Hasta a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Hasta: 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; the Hasta spell, at 64 days, sits inside that range.

• 30 September 2028: Jupiter meets the Sun at 13° Virgo, in Hasta pada 2.
• 3 October 2028: Jupiter meets Mercury at 14° Virgo, in Hasta pada 2.
• 22 October 2028: Jupiter meets Mercury at 18° Virgo, in Hasta pada 3.
• 10 November 2028: Jupiter meets Venus at 22° Virgo, in Hasta pada 4.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Hasta. On 14 June 2029 Jupiter stations direct at the edge of Hasta, close enough that the nakshatra depends on the ayanamsa. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Hasta.

Hasta as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Hasta’s deity is listed as Savitar and its symbol as hand; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Kshipra class (swift and light). Those belong to Hasta whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Hasta page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Virgo, the relation to the Moon, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Hasta; 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; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Hasta article.

The Other Grahas in Hasta