graha in nakshatra
Jupiter in Purva Ashadha Nakshatra (Guru in पूर्वाषाढ़ा)
253°20′ – 266°40′ sidereal · Sagittarius · star of Venus
Purva Ashadha, the 20th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 253°20′ – 266°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Sagittarius. Purva Ashadha is ruled by Venus, so Jupiter in Purva Ashadha stands in Venus’s star.
Jupiter counts Venus an enemy, while Venus counts Jupiter neutral. The table is not symmetric, so Jupiter in Purva Ashadha has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Bharani and Purva Phalguni, put Jupiter under the same star lord.
Jupiter in Purva Ashadha, Pada by Pada
| Pada | Arc | Jupiter by rashi | Navamsa | Jupiter by navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purva Ashadha 1 | Sagittarius 13°20′ – 16°40′ | in its own sign | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| Purva Ashadha 2 | Sagittarius 16°40′ – 20°00′ | in its own sign | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| Purva Ashadha 3 | Sagittarius 20°00′ – 23°20′ | in its own sign | Libra | in an enemy's sign |
| Purva Ashadha 4 | Sagittarius 23°20′ – 26°40′ | in its own sign | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
By rashi, Jupiter is in its own sign in all four padas of Purva Ashadha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Sagittarius. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Jupiter’s strongest navamsas in Purva Ashadha 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).
Neither Jupiter’s deepest exaltation (Cancer) nor its deepest debilitation (Capricorn) degree falls inside Purva Ashadha, and Jupiter’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Purva Ashadha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Jupiter’s dignity.
When Jupiter Is in Purva Ashadha, 2026–2028
Jupiter does not enter Purva Ashadha 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 Purva Ashadha is 6 nakshatras further on. So Jupiter in Purva Ashadha is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.
Purva Ashadha as the Setting for Jupiter
In the nakshatra tables Purva Ashadha’s deity is listed as Apas and its symbol as fan; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Ashadha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Ashadha page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius, the relation to Venus, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Purva Ashadha; 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 Sagittarius; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Purva Ashadha article.
The Other Grahas in Purva Ashadha
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