graha in nakshatra
Sun in Purva Phalguni Nakshatra (Surya in पूर्व फाल्गुनी)
133°20′ – 146°40′ sidereal · Leo · star of Venus
Purva Phalguni, the 11th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 133°20′ – 146°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Purva Phalguni is ruled by Venus, so the Sun in Purva Phalguni stands in Venus’s star.
The Sun and Venus count each other an enemy, so in Purva Phalguni the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Bharani and Purva Ashadha, put the Sun under the same star lord.
The Sun in Purva Phalguni, Pada by Pada
| Pada | Arc | Sun by rashi | Navamsa | Sun by navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purva Phalguni 1 | Leo 13°20′ – 16°40′ | in its own sign | Leo (vargottama) | in its own sign |
| Purva Phalguni 2 | Leo 16°40′ – 20°00′ | in its own sign | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| Purva Phalguni 3 | Leo 20°00′ – 23°20′ | in its own sign | Libra | debilitated |
| Purva Phalguni 4 | Leo 23°20′ – 26°40′ | in its own sign | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
By rashi, the Sun is in its own sign in all four padas of Purva Phalguni, because the whole nakshatra lies in Leo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. The Sun’s strongest navamsa in Purva Phalguni is pada 1 (Leo, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 3 (Libra, debilitated).
Purva Phalguni pada 1 is vargottama — Leo in rashi and in navamsa — so the Sun there is in its own sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.
The Sun’s moolatrikona, Leo 0°–20°, covers padas 1 and 2 of Purva Phalguni.
When the Sun Is in Purva Phalguni, 2026–2028
- 31 August 2026: the Sun enters Purva Phalguni, and leaves on 13 September 2026 — 13 days.
- 31 August 2027: the Sun enters Purva Phalguni, and leaves on 14 September 2027 — 14 days.
- 30 August 2028: the Sun enters Purva Phalguni, and leaves on 13 September 2028 — 14 days.
Those are the three spells the Sun spends in Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.
Inside Purva Phalguni: 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 Purva Phalguni is level with the longest.
- 31 August 2027: the Sun meets Jupiter at 13° Leo, within a quarter of a degree of Purva Phalguni’s edge, so another ayanamsa may put the meeting in the neighbouring nakshatra.
The lunation table puts the new moons of 11 September 2026 and 31 August 2027 in Purva Phalguni: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.
Purva Phalguni as the Setting for the Sun
In the nakshatra tables Purva Phalguni’s deity is listed as Bhaga and its symbol as front of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Phalguni page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Leo, the relation to Venus, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Purva Phalguni; 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 Leo; 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 Purva Phalguni
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