Saturn in Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra (Shani in उत्तर फाल्गुनी)

Uttara Phalguni, the 12th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 146°40′ – 160°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Leo and Virgo. Uttara Phalguni is ruled by the Sun, so Saturn in Uttara Phalguni stands in the Sun’s star.

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

Saturn in Uttara Phalguni, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Saturn in Uttara Phalguni is in an enemy's sign in pada 1 (Leo) and in a friend's sign in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Virgo), because Uttara Phalguni crosses from Leo into Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Saturn’s strongest navamsas in Uttara Phalguni are padas 2 (Capricorn, in its own sign) and 3 (Aquarius, in its own sign), and its weakest are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign) and 4 (Pisces, in a neutral sign).

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

When Saturn Is in Uttara Phalguni, 2026–2028

Saturn does not enter Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni is 11 nakshatras further on. So Saturn in Uttara Phalguni is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Uttara Phalguni as the Setting for Saturn

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Phalguni’s deity is listed as Aryaman and its symbol as back of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Phalguni page. What changes with Saturn is everything above: the dignities in Leo and Virgo, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Saturn in Uttara Phalguni; 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 Leo and 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 Uttara Phalguni article.

The Other Grahas in Uttara Phalguni