Jupiter in Pushya Nakshatra (Guru in पुष्य)

Pushya, the 8th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 93°20′ – 106°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Cancer. Pushya is ruled by Saturn, so Jupiter in Pushya stands in Saturn’s star.

Jupiter and Saturn count each other neutral, so in Pushya the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Saturn rules, Anuradha and Uttara Bhadrapada, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Pushya, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter is exalted in all four padas of Pushya, because the whole nakshatra lies in Cancer. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Jupiter’s strongest navamsas in Pushya 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).

Jupiter’s deepest exaltation, 5° Cancer in the classical table, falls inside Pushya, in pada 1 (Cancer 3°20′ – 6°40′, the Leo navamsa).

When Jupiter Is in Pushya, 2026–2028

• 18 June 2026: Jupiter enters Pushya, and leaves on 19 August 2026 — 62 days.

That is the one spell Jupiter spends in Pushya between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 62 days in all. Over the same span Jupiter stands in 8 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Jupiter in Pushya a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Pushya: 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, and that shortest spell is the one in Pushya.

• 29 July 2026: Jupiter meets the Sun at 12° Cancer, in Pushya pada 3.
• 15 August 2026: Jupiter meets Mercury at 15° Cancer, in Pushya pada 4.

Pushya as the Setting for Jupiter

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

The Other Grahas in Pushya