Sun in Punarvasu Nakshatra (Surya in पुनर्वसु)

Punarvasu, the 7th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 80°00′ – 93°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Gemini and Cancer. Punarvasu is ruled by Jupiter, so the Sun in Punarvasu stands in Jupiter’s star.

The Sun and Jupiter count each other a friend, so in Punarvasu the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada, put the Sun under the same star lord.

The Sun in Punarvasu, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun in Punarvasu is in a neutral sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Gemini) and in a friend's sign in pada 4 (Cancer), because Punarvasu crosses from Gemini into Cancer. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. The Sun’s strongest navamsa in Punarvasu is pada 1 (Aries, exalted), and its weakest is pada 2 (Taurus, in an enemy's sign).

Punarvasu pada 3 is vargottama — Gemini in rashi and in navamsa — so the Sun there is in a neutral sign on both counts. Punarvasu pada 4 is vargottama — Cancer in rashi and in navamsa — so the Sun there is in a friend's sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

When the Sun Is in Punarvasu, 2026–2028

• 6 July 2026: the Sun enters Punarvasu, and leaves on 20 July 2026 — 14 days.
• 6 July 2027: the Sun enters Punarvasu, and leaves on 20 July 2027 — 14 days.
• 6 July 2028: the Sun enters Punarvasu, and leaves on 19 July 2028 — 13 days.

Those are the three spells the Sun spends in Punarvasu between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 41 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 Punarvasu a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Punarvasu: 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 Punarvasu is level with the longest.

• 13 July 2026: the Sun meets Mercury at 26° Gemini, in Punarvasu pada 2.
• 15 July 2028: the Sun meets Ketu at 28° Gemini, in Punarvasu pada 3.

The lunation table puts the new moon of 14 July 2026 in Punarvasu: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Punarvasu as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Punarvasu’s deity is listed as Aditi and its symbol as quiver; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Punarvasu whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Punarvasu page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Gemini and Cancer, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Punarvasu; 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 Gemini and Sun in Cancer; 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 Punarvasu