Sun in Shravana Nakshatra (Surya in श्रवण)

Shravana, the 22nd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 280°00′ – 293°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Capricorn. Shravana is ruled by the Moon, so the Sun in Shravana stands in the Moon’s star.

The Sun and the Moon count each other a friend, so in Shravana the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras the Moon rules, Rohini and Hasta, put the Sun under the same star lord.

The Sun in Shravana, Pada by Pada

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

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

When the Sun Is in Shravana, 2026–2028

• 24 January 2026: the Sun enters Shravana, and leaves on 6 February 2026 — 13 days.
• 24 January 2027: the Sun enters Shravana, and leaves on 6 February 2027 — 13 days.
• 24 January 2028: the Sun enters Shravana, and leaves on 7 February 2028 — 14 days.

Those are the three spells the Sun spends in Shravana 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 Shravana a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Shravana: 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 Shravana is level with the longest.

• 2 February 2028: the Sun meets Mercury at 18° Capricorn, in Shravana pada 3.

The lunation table puts the new moon of 26 January 2028 in Shravana: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Shravana as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Shravana’s deity is listed as Vishnu and its symbol as ear; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Shravana whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Shravana page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Capricorn, the relation to the Moon, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Shravana; 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 Capricorn; the Sun in all 27 nakshatras is on the Sun nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Shravana article.

The Other Grahas in Shravana