Mars in Shravana Nakshatra (Mangal in श्रवण)

Shravana, the 22nd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 280°00′ – 293°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Capricorn. Shravana is ruled by the Moon, so Mars in Shravana stands in the Moon’s star.

Mars counts the Moon a friend, while the Moon counts Mars neutral. The table is not symmetric, so Mars in Shravana has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras the Moon rules, Rohini and Hasta, put Mars under the same star lord.

Mars in Shravana, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mars is exalted in all four padas of Shravana, because the whole nakshatra lies in Capricorn. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Shravana 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 Shravana, and Mars’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Shravana the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Mars’s dignity.

When Mars Is in Shravana, 2026–2028

• 29 January 2026: Mars enters Shravana, and leaves on 15 February 2026 — 17 days.
• 9 January 2028: Mars enters Shravana, and leaves on 26 January 2028 — 17 days.

Those are the two spells Mars spends in Shravana 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 Shravana a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

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

Shravana as the Setting for Mars

In the nakshatra tables Shravana’s deity is listed as Vishnu and its symbol as ear; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Shravana whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Shravana page. What changes with Mars is everything above: the dignities in Capricorn, the relation to the Moon, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mars in Shravana; 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 Capricorn; Mars in all 27 nakshatras is on the Mars nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Shravana article.

The Other Grahas in Shravana