Sun in Mrigashira Nakshatra (Surya in मृगशिरा)

Mrigashira, the 5th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 53°20′ – 66°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Taurus and Gemini. Mrigashira is ruled by Mars, so the Sun in Mrigashira stands in Mars’s star.

The Sun and Mars count each other a friend, so in Mrigashira the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Mars rules, Chitra and Dhanishta, put the Sun under the same star lord.

The Sun in Mrigashira, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun in Mrigashira is in an enemy's sign in padas 1 and 2 (Taurus) and in a neutral sign in padas 3 and 4 (Gemini), because Mrigashira crosses from Taurus into Gemini. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. The Sun’s strongest navamsa in Mrigashira is pada 1 (Leo, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 3 (Libra, debilitated).

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

When the Sun Is in Mrigashira, 2026–2028

• 8 June 2026: the Sun enters Mrigashira, and leaves on 22 June 2026 — 14 days.
• 8 June 2027: the Sun enters Mrigashira, and leaves on 22 June 2027 — 14 days.
• 8 June 2028: the Sun enters Mrigashira, and leaves on 22 June 2028 — 14 days.

Those are the three spells the Sun spends in Mrigashira between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 42 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 Mrigashira a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Mrigashira: 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 Mrigashira is level with the longest.

The lunation table puts the new moon of 15 June 2026 in Mrigashira: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Mrigashira as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Mrigashira’s deity is listed as Soma and its symbol as deer's head; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Mrigashira whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Mrigashira page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Taurus and Gemini, the relation to Mars, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Mrigashira; 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 Taurus and Sun in Gemini; the Sun in all 27 nakshatras is on the Sun nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Mrigashira article.

The Other Grahas in Mrigashira