Mercury in Revati Nakshatra (Budh in रेवती)

Revati, the 27th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 346°40′ – 360°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Pisces. Revati is ruled by Mercury itself — one of the three nakshatras Mercury rules, with Ashlesha and Jyeshtha — so Mercury in Revati stands in its own star, and there is no second graha’s view to read at the level of the nakshatra.

Mercury in Revati, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Mercury is debilitated in all four padas of Revati, because the whole nakshatra lies in Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Mercury’s strongest navamsas in Revati are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign), 2 (Capricorn, in a neutral sign) and 3 (Aquarius, in a neutral sign), and its weakest is pada 4 (Pisces, debilitated).

Revati pada 4 is vargottama — Pisces in rashi and in navamsa — so Mercury there is debilitated on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

Revati pada 4 (Pisces 26°40′ – 30°00′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Mercury placed in that quarter of Revati sits on the junction itself.

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

When Mercury Is in Revati, 2026–2028

• 22 April 2026: Mercury enters Revati, and leaves on 30 April 2026 — 8 days.
• 15 April 2027: Mercury enters Revati, and leaves on 22 April 2027 — 7 days.
• 6 April 2028: Mercury enters Revati, and leaves on 12 April 2028 — 6 days.

Those are the three spells Mercury spends in Revati between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 21 days in all. Over the same span Mercury stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Mercury in Revati a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Revati: what the tables locate there for Mercury

Of the 100 complete spells Mercury has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 4 days and the longest 58; the Revati spells, at 8, 7 and 6 days, sit inside that range.

• 19 April 2027: Mercury meets Saturn at 24° Pisces, in Revati pada 3.
• 8 April 2028: Mercury meets Mars at 20° Pisces, in Revati pada 2.
• 12 April 2028: Mercury meets the Sun at 28° Pisces, in Revati pada 4.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places two of Mercury's stations in Revati. On 25 April 2024 Mercury stations direct inside Revati, in pada 2. On 26 March 2031 Mercury stations retrograde inside Revati, in pada 3. At a station Mercury’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Revati.

Revati as the Setting for Mercury

In the nakshatra tables Revati’s deity is listed as Pushan and its symbol as fish; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Revati whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Revati page. What changes with Mercury is everything above: the dignities in Pisces, its own lordship of Revati, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Mercury in Revati; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Mercury in Pisces; Mercury in all 27 nakshatras is on the Mercury nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Revati article.

The Other Grahas in Revati