Sun in Mula Nakshatra (Surya in मूल)

Mula, the 19th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 240°00′ – 253°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Sagittarius. Mula is ruled by Ketu, so the Sun in Mula stands in Ketu’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts the Sun an enemy; the Sun’s own row names no node, so the Sun’s view of the lord of Mula has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Ketu rules, Ashwini and Magha, put the Sun under the same star lord.

The Sun in Mula, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Mula, because the whole nakshatra lies in Sagittarius. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. The Sun’s strongest navamsa in Mula is pada 1 (Aries, exalted), and its weakest is pada 2 (Taurus, in an enemy's sign).

Mula pada 1 (Sagittarius 0°00′ – 3°20′) 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 Mula sits on the junction itself.

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

When the Sun Is in Mula, 2026–2028

• 16 December 2026: the Sun enters Mula, and leaves on 29 December 2026 — 13 days.
• 16 December 2027: the Sun enters Mula, and leaves on 29 December 2027 — 13 days.
• 15 December 2028: the Sun enters Mula, and leaves on 29 December 2028 — 14 days.

Those are the three spells the Sun spends in Mula between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 40 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 Mula a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Mula: 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 Mula is level with the longest.

The lunation table puts the new moons of 28 December 2027 and 16 December 2028 in Mula: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Mula as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Mula’s deity is listed as Nirriti and its symbol as tied roots; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Tikshna class (sharp). Those belong to Mula whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Mula page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius, the relation to Ketu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Mula; 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 Sagittarius; the Sun in all 27 nakshatras is on the Sun nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Mula article.

The Other Grahas in Mula