graha in nakshatra
Mars in Anuradha Nakshatra (Mangal in अनुराधा)
213°20′ – 226°40′ sidereal · Scorpio · star of Saturn
Anuradha, the 17th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 213°20′ – 226°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Scorpio. Anuradha is ruled by Saturn, so Mars in Anuradha stands in Saturn’s star.
Mars counts Saturn neutral, while Saturn counts Mars an enemy. The table is not symmetric, so Mars in Anuradha has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras Saturn rules, Pushya and Uttara Bhadrapada, put Mars under the same star lord.
Mars in Anuradha, Pada by Pada
| Pada | Arc | Mars by rashi | Navamsa | Mars by navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anuradha 1 | Scorpio 3°20′ – 6°40′ | in its own sign | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| Anuradha 2 | Scorpio 6°40′ – 10°00′ | in its own sign | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| Anuradha 3 | Scorpio 10°00′ – 13°20′ | in its own sign | Libra | in a neutral sign |
| Anuradha 4 | Scorpio 13°20′ – 16°40′ | in its own sign | Scorpio (vargottama) | in its own sign |
By rashi, Mars is in its own sign in all four padas of Anuradha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Anuradha is pada 4 (Scorpio, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Virgo, in an enemy's sign).
Anuradha pada 4 is vargottama — Scorpio in rashi and in navamsa — so Mars there is in its own sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.
Neither Mars’s deepest exaltation (Capricorn) nor its deepest debilitation (Cancer) degree falls inside Anuradha, and Mars’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Anuradha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Mars’s dignity.
When Mars Is in Anuradha, 2026–2028
- 12 October 2027: Mars enters Anuradha, and leaves on 31 October 2027 — 19 days.
That is the one spell Mars spends in Anuradha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 19 days in all. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Anuradha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.
Inside Anuradha: what the tables locate there for Mars
Of the 49 complete spells Mars has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 16 days and the longest 47; the Anuradha spell, at 19 days, sits inside that range.
Anuradha as the Setting for Mars
In the nakshatra tables Anuradha’s deity is listed as Mitra and its symbol as lotus; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Anuradha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Anuradha page. What changes with Mars is everything above: the dignities in Scorpio, the relation to Saturn, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mars in Anuradha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.
Related Placements
The sign-level reading is on Mars in Scorpio; Mars in all 27 nakshatras is on the Mars nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Anuradha article.
The Other Grahas in Anuradha
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