Saturn in Hasta Nakshatra (Shani in हस्त)

Hasta, the 13th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 160°00′ – 173°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Virgo. Hasta is ruled by the Moon, so Saturn in Hasta stands in the Moon’s star.

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

Saturn in Hasta, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Saturn is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Hasta, because the whole nakshatra lies in Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Saturn’s strongest navamsas in Hasta are padas 2 (Taurus, in a friend's sign) and 3 (Gemini, in a friend's sign), and its weakest is pada 1 (Aries, debilitated).

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

When Saturn Is in Hasta, 2026–2028

Saturn does not enter Hasta at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Purva Bhadrapada when the table opens and in Ashwini when it closes, having visited 5 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Ashwini Hasta is 12 nakshatras further on. So Saturn in Hasta is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Hasta as the Setting for Saturn

In the nakshatra tables Hasta’s deity is listed as Savitar and its symbol as hand; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Kshipra class (swift and light). Those belong to Hasta whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Hasta page. What changes with Saturn is everything above: the dignities in Virgo, the relation to the Moon, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Saturn in Hasta; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

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

The Other Grahas in Hasta