Jupiter in Punarvasu Nakshatra (Guru in पुनर्वसु)

Punarvasu, the 7th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 80°00′ – 93°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Gemini and Cancer. Punarvasu is ruled by Jupiter itself — one of the three nakshatras Jupiter rules, with Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada — so Jupiter in Punarvasu stands in its own star, and there is no second graha’s view to read at the level of the nakshatra.

Jupiter in Punarvasu, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter in Punarvasu is in an enemy's sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Gemini) and exalted in pada 4 (Cancer), because Punarvasu crosses from Gemini into Cancer. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Jupiter’s strongest navamsa in Punarvasu 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).

Punarvasu pada 3 is vargottama — Gemini in rashi and in navamsa — so Jupiter there is in an enemy's sign on both counts. Punarvasu pada 4 is vargottama — Cancer in rashi and in navamsa — so Jupiter there is exalted 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 Punarvasu, and Jupiter’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Punarvasu the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Jupiter’s dignity.

When Jupiter Is in Punarvasu, 2026–2028

• Jupiter is already in Punarvasu when the table opens on 1 January 2026, and leaves on 18 June 2026.

That is the one spell Jupiter spends in Punarvasu 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 Punarvasu a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Punarvasu: what the tables locate there for Jupiter

• 10 June 2026: Jupiter meets Venus at 1° Cancer, in Punarvasu pada 4.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places two of Jupiter's stations in Punarvasu. On 11 November 2025 Jupiter stations retrograde inside Punarvasu, in pada 4. On 11 March 2026 Jupiter stations direct inside Punarvasu, in pada 1. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Punarvasu.

Punarvasu as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Punarvasu’s deity is listed as Aditi and its symbol as quiver; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Punarvasu whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Punarvasu page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Gemini and Cancer, its own lordship of Punarvasu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Punarvasu; 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 Gemini and 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 Punarvasu