Jupiter in Magha Nakshatra (Guru in मघा)

Magha, the 10th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 120°00′ – 133°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Magha is ruled by Ketu, so Jupiter in Magha stands in Ketu’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts Jupiter neutral; Jupiter’s own row names no node, so Jupiter’s view of the lord of Magha has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Ketu rules, Ashwini and Mula, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Magha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Magha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Leo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Jupiter’s strongest navamsa in Magha 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).

Magha pada 1 (Leo 0°00′ – 3°20′) 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 Magha sits on the junction itself.

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

When Jupiter Is in Magha, 2026–2028

• 31 October 2026: Jupiter enters Magha, and leaves on 25 January 2027 moving backwards — 86 days.
• 26 June 2027: Jupiter enters Magha, and leaves on 31 August 2027 — 66 days.

Those are the two spells Jupiter spends in Magha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 152 days in all. Over the same span Jupiter stands in 8 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Jupiter in Magha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Magha: 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 Magha spells, at 86 and 66 days, sit inside that range.

• 12 November 2026: Jupiter meets Ketu at 1° Leo, in Magha pada 1.
• 16 November 2026: Jupiter meets Mars at 1° Leo, in Magha pada 1.
• 20 August 2027: Jupiter meets Mercury at 10° Leo, in Magha pada 4.
• 26 August 2027: Jupiter meets Venus at 12° Leo, in Magha pada 4.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Magha. On 13 December 2026 Jupiter stations retrograde inside Magha, in pada 1. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Magha.

Magha as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Magha’s deity is listed as Pitrs and its symbol as throne; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Magha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Magha page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Leo, the relation to Ketu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Magha; 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 Leo; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Magha article.

The Other Grahas in Magha