Sun in Jyeshtha Nakshatra (Surya in ज्येष्ठा)

Jyeshtha, the 18th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 226°40′ – 240°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Scorpio. Jyeshtha is ruled by Mercury, so the Sun in Jyeshtha stands in Mercury’s star.

The Sun counts Mercury neutral, while Mercury counts the Sun a friend. The table is not symmetric, so the Sun in Jyeshtha has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras Mercury rules, Ashlesha and Revati, put the Sun under the same star lord.

The Sun in Jyeshtha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Jyeshtha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. The Sun’s strongest navamsas in Jyeshtha are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a friend's sign) and 4 (Pisces, in a friend's sign), and its weakest are padas 2 (Capricorn, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Aquarius, in an enemy's sign).

Jyeshtha pada 4 (Scorpio 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 the Sun placed in that quarter of Jyeshtha sits on the junction itself.

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

When the Sun Is in Jyeshtha, 2026–2028

• 3 December 2026: the Sun enters Jyeshtha, and leaves on 16 December 2026 — 13 days.
• 3 December 2027: the Sun enters Jyeshtha, and leaves on 16 December 2027 — 13 days.
• 2 December 2028: the Sun enters Jyeshtha, and leaves on 15 December 2028 — 13 days.

Those are the three spells the Sun spends in Jyeshtha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 39 days in all. Over the same span the Sun stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for the Sun in Jyeshtha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Jyeshtha: what the tables locate there for the Sun

Of the 80 complete spells the Sun has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 13 days and the longest 14, and a spell in Jyeshtha is level with the shortest.

• 12 December 2027: the Sun meets Mercury at 25° Scorpio, in Jyeshtha pada 3.

The lunation table puts the new moon of 9 December 2026 in Jyeshtha: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Jyeshtha as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Jyeshtha’s deity is listed as Indra and its symbol as earring; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Tikshna class (sharp). Those belong to Jyeshtha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Jyeshtha page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Scorpio, the relation to Mercury, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Jyeshtha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Sun in Scorpio; the Sun in all 27 nakshatras is on the Sun nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Jyeshtha