Mars in Mula Nakshatra (Mangal in मूल)

Mula, the 19th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 240°00′ – 253°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Sagittarius. Mula is ruled by Ketu, so Mars in Mula stands in Ketu’s star.

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

Mars in Mula, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mars is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Mula, because the whole nakshatra lies in Sagittarius. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Mula is pada 1 (Aries, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 4 (Cancer, debilitated).

Mula pada 1 (Sagittarius 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 Mars placed in that quarter of Mula sits on the junction itself.

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

When Mars Is in Mula, 2026–2028

• 18 November 2027: Mars enters Mula, and leaves on 5 December 2027 — 17 days.

That is the one spell Mars spends in Mula between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 17 days in all. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Mula a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Mula: 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 Mula spell, at 17 days, sits inside that range.

• 25 November 2027: Mars meets Venus at 5° Sagittarius, in Mula pada 2.

Mula as the Setting for Mars

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

The Other Grahas in Mula