graha in nakshatra
Mars in Purva Ashadha Nakshatra (Mangal 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 Mars in Purva Ashadha stands in Venus’s star.
Mars and Venus count each other neutral, so in Purva Ashadha the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Bharani and Purva Phalguni, put Mars under the same star lord.
Mars in Purva Ashadha, Pada by Pada
| Pada | Arc | Mars by rashi | Navamsa | Mars by navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purva Ashadha 1 | Sagittarius 13°20′ – 16°40′ | in a friend's sign | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| Purva Ashadha 2 | Sagittarius 16°40′ – 20°00′ | in a friend's sign | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| Purva Ashadha 3 | Sagittarius 20°00′ – 23°20′ | in a friend's sign | Libra | in a neutral sign |
| Purva Ashadha 4 | Sagittarius 23°20′ – 26°40′ | in a friend's sign | Scorpio | in its own sign |
By rashi, Mars is in a friend's 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. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Purva Ashadha is pada 4 (Scorpio, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Virgo, in an enemy's sign).
Neither Mars’s deepest exaltation (Capricorn) nor its deepest debilitation (Cancer) degree falls inside Purva Ashadha, and Mars’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Purva Ashadha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Mars’s dignity.
When Mars Is in Purva Ashadha, 2026–2028
- Mars is already in Purva Ashadha when the table opens on 1 January 2026, and leaves on 11 January 2026.
- 5 December 2027: Mars enters Purva Ashadha, and leaves on 23 December 2027 — 18 days.
Those are the two spells Mars spends in Purva Ashadha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Purva Ashadha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.
Inside Purva Ashadha: 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 Purva Ashadha spell, at 18 days, sits inside that range.
- 8 January 2026: Mars meets Venus at 23° Sagittarius, in Purva Ashadha pada 4.
- 9 January 2026: Mars meets the Sun at 25° Sagittarius, in Purva Ashadha pada 4.
Purva Ashadha as the Setting for Mars
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 Mars is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius, the relation to Venus, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mars 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 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 Purva Ashadha article.
The Other Grahas in Purva Ashadha
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