Mars in Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra (Mangal in पूर्व भाद्रपद)

Purva Bhadrapada, the 25th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 320°00′ – 333°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aquarius and Pisces. Purva Bhadrapada is ruled by Jupiter, so Mars in Purva Bhadrapada stands in Jupiter’s star.

Mars and Jupiter count each other a friend, so in Purva Bhadrapada the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Punarvasu and Vishakha, put Mars under the same star lord.

Mars in Purva Bhadrapada, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mars in Purva Bhadrapada is in a neutral sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Aquarius) and in a friend's sign in pada 4 (Pisces), because Purva Bhadrapada crosses from Aquarius into Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Purva Bhadrapada is pada 1 (Aries, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 4 (Cancer, debilitated).

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

When Mars Is in Purva Bhadrapada, 2026–2028

• 20 March 2026: Mars enters Purva Bhadrapada, and leaves on 6 April 2026 — 17 days.
• 28 February 2028: Mars enters Purva Bhadrapada, and leaves on 16 March 2028 — 17 days.

Those are the two spells Mars spends in Purva Bhadrapada between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 34 days in all. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Purva Bhadrapada a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Purva Bhadrapada: 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 Bhadrapada spells, at 17 and 17 days, sit inside that range.

Purva Bhadrapada as the Setting for Mars

In the nakshatra tables Purva Bhadrapada’s deity is listed as Aja Ekapada and its symbol as two-faced man; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Bhadrapada whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Bhadrapada page. What changes with Mars is everything above: the dignities in Aquarius and Pisces, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mars in Purva Bhadrapada; 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 Aquarius and Mars in Pisces; Mars in all 27 nakshatras is on the Mars nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Purva Bhadrapada