Saturn in Vishakha Nakshatra (Shani 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 Saturn in Vishakha stands in Jupiter’s star.

Saturn and Jupiter count each other neutral, 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 Saturn under the same star lord.

Saturn in Vishakha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Saturn in Vishakha is exalted in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Libra) and in an enemy's sign in pada 4 (Scorpio), because Vishakha crosses from Libra into Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Saturn’s strongest navamsas in Vishakha 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).

Saturn’s deepest exaltation, 20° Libra in the classical table, falls inside Vishakha, in pada 1 (Libra 20°00′ – 23°20′, the Aries navamsa).

When Saturn Is in Vishakha, 2026–2028

Saturn does not enter Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 15 nakshatras further on. So Saturn in Vishakha is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Vishakha as the Setting for Saturn

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 Saturn 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 Saturn 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 Saturn in Libra and Saturn in Scorpio; Saturn in all 27 nakshatras is on the Saturn nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Vishakha article.

The Other Grahas in Vishakha