Jupiter in Krittika Nakshatra (Guru in कृत्तिका)

Krittika, the 3rd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 26°40′ – 40°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aries and Taurus. Krittika is ruled by the Sun, so Jupiter in Krittika stands in the Sun’s star.

Jupiter and the Sun count each other a friend, so in Krittika the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras the Sun rules, Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Krittika, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter in Krittika is in a friend's sign in pada 1 (Aries) and in an enemy's sign in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Taurus), because Krittika crosses from Aries into Taurus. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Jupiter’s strongest navamsas in Krittika are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in its own sign) and 4 (Pisces, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Capricorn, debilitated).

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

When Jupiter Is in Krittika, 2026–2028

Jupiter does not enter Krittika at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Punarvasu when the table opens and in Chitra when it closes, having visited 8 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Chitra Krittika is 16 nakshatras further on. So Jupiter in Krittika is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Krittika as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Krittika’s deity is listed as Agni and its symbol as razor; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Krittika whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Krittika page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Aries and Taurus, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Krittika; 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 Aries and Jupiter in Taurus; 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 Krittika