Mars in Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra (Mangal in उत्तराषाढ़ा)

Uttara Ashadha, the 21st of the 27 nakshatras, covers 266°40′ – 280°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Sagittarius and Capricorn. Uttara Ashadha is ruled by the Sun, so Mars in Uttara Ashadha stands in the Sun’s star.

Mars and the Sun count each other a friend, so in Uttara Ashadha the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras the Sun rules, Krittika and Uttara Phalguni, put Mars under the same star lord.

Mars in Uttara Ashadha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mars in Uttara Ashadha is in a friend's sign in pada 1 (Sagittarius) and exalted in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Capricorn), because Uttara Ashadha crosses from Sagittarius into Capricorn. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Uttara Ashadha is pada 2 (Capricorn, exalted), and its weakest is pada 3 (Aquarius, in a neutral sign).

Uttara Ashadha pada 1 is vargottama — Sagittarius in rashi and in navamsa — so Mars there is in a friend's sign on both counts. Uttara Ashadha pada 2 is vargottama — Capricorn in rashi and in navamsa — so Mars there is exalted on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

When Mars Is in Uttara Ashadha, 2026–2028

• 11 January 2026: Mars enters Uttara Ashadha, and leaves on 29 January 2026 — 18 days.
• 23 December 2027: Mars enters Uttara Ashadha, and leaves on 9 January 2028 — 17 days.

Those are the two spells Mars spends in Uttara Ashadha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 35 days in all. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Uttara Ashadha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Uttara 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 Uttara Ashadha spells, at 18 and 17 days, sit inside that range.

• 18 January 2026: Mars meets Mercury at 1° Capricorn, in Uttara Ashadha pada 2.
• 7 January 2028: Mars meets Rahu at 8° Capricorn, in Uttara Ashadha pada 4.
• 9 January 2028: Mars meets Mercury at 9° Capricorn, within a quarter of a degree of Uttara Ashadha’s edge, so another ayanamsa may put the meeting in the neighbouring nakshatra.

Uttara Ashadha as the Setting for Mars

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Ashadha’s deity is listed as Vishvedevas and its symbol as elephant tusk; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Ashadha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Ashadha page. What changes with Mars is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius and Capricorn, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mars in Uttara 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 and Mars in Capricorn; 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 Uttara Ashadha