Saturn in Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra (Shani in पूर्व भाद्रपद)

Purva Bhadrapada, the 25th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 320°00′ – 333°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aquarius and Pisces. Purva Bhadrapada is ruled by Jupiter, so Saturn in Purva Bhadrapada stands in Jupiter’s star.

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

Saturn in Purva Bhadrapada, Pada by Pada

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

When Saturn Is in Purva Bhadrapada, 2026–2028

• Saturn is already in Purva Bhadrapada when the table opens on 1 January 2026, and leaves on 20 January 2026.

That is the one spell Saturn spends in Purva Bhadrapada between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. Over the same span Saturn stands in 5 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Saturn in Purva Bhadrapada a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Purva Bhadrapada: what the tables locate there for Saturn

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places two of Saturn's stations in Purva Bhadrapada. On 30 June 2024 Saturn stations retrograde inside Purva Bhadrapada, in pada 2. On 28 November 2025 Saturn stations direct inside Purva Bhadrapada, in pada 4. At a station Saturn’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Purva Bhadrapada.

Purva Bhadrapada as the Setting for Saturn

In the nakshatra tables Purva Bhadrapada’s deity is listed as Aja Ekapada and its symbol as two-faced man; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Bhadrapada whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Bhadrapada page. What changes with Saturn is everything above: the dignities in Aquarius and Pisces, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Saturn in Purva Bhadrapada; 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 Aquarius and Saturn in Pisces; Saturn in all 27 nakshatras is on the Saturn nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Purva Bhadrapada