Mars in Swati Nakshatra (Mangal in स्वाती)

Swati, the 15th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 186°40′ – 200°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Libra. Swati is ruled by Rahu, so Mars in Swati stands in Rahu’s star.

Rahu’s row in the friendship lists counts Mars an enemy; Mars’s own row names no node, so Mars’s view of the lord of Swati has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Rahu rules, Ardra and Shatabhisha, put Mars under the same star lord.

Mars in Swati, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mars is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Swati, because the whole nakshatra lies in Libra. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Swati is pada 2 (Capricorn, exalted), and its weakest is pada 3 (Aquarius, in a neutral sign).

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

When Mars Is in Swati, 2026–2028

• 3 September 2027: Mars enters Swati, and leaves on 23 September 2027 — 20 days.

That is the one spell Mars spends in Swati between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 20 days in all. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Swati a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Swati: 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 Swati spell, at 20 days, sits inside that range.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Mars's stations in Swati. On 13 June 2031 Mars stations direct inside Swati, in pada 2. At a station Mars’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Swati.

Swati as the Setting for Mars

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

The Other Grahas in Swati