Mars in Vishakha Nakshatra (Mangal in विशाखा)

Vishakha, the 16th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 200°00′ – 213°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Libra and Scorpio. Vishakha is ruled by Jupiter, so Mars in Vishakha stands in Jupiter’s star.

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

Mars in Vishakha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mars in Vishakha is in a neutral sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Libra) and in its own sign in pada 4 (Scorpio), because Vishakha crosses from Libra into Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Mars’s strongest navamsa in Vishakha 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 Vishakha, and Mars’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Vishakha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Mars’s dignity.

When Mars Is in Vishakha, 2026–2028

• 23 September 2027: Mars enters Vishakha, and leaves on 12 October 2027 — 19 days.

That is the one spell Mars spends in Vishakha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 19 days in all. Over the same span Mars stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mars in Vishakha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Vishakha: 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 Vishakha spell, at 19 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 Vishakha. On 29 March 2031 Mars stations retrograde inside Vishakha, in pada 3. At a station Mars’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Vishakha.

Vishakha as the Setting for Mars

In the nakshatra tables Vishakha’s deity is listed as Indra-Agni and its symbol as triumphal arch; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Vishakha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Vishakha page. What changes with Mars is everything above: the dignities in Libra and Scorpio, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mars in Vishakha; 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 and Mars in Scorpio; Mars in all 27 nakshatras is on the Mars nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Vishakha article.

The Other Grahas in Vishakha