Sun in Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra (Surya in उत्तर भाद्रपद)

Uttara Bhadrapada, the 26th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 333°20′ – 346°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Pisces. Uttara Bhadrapada is ruled by Saturn, so the Sun in Uttara Bhadrapada stands in Saturn’s star.

The Sun and Saturn count each other an enemy, so in Uttara Bhadrapada the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Saturn rules, Pushya and Anuradha, put the Sun under the same star lord.

The Sun in Uttara Bhadrapada, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Uttara Bhadrapada, because the whole nakshatra lies in Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. The Sun’s strongest navamsa in Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada, and the Sun’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Uttara Bhadrapada the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of the Sun’s dignity.

When the Sun Is in Uttara Bhadrapada, 2026–2028

• 18 March 2026: the Sun enters Uttara Bhadrapada, and leaves on 31 March 2026 — 13 days.
• 18 March 2027: the Sun enters Uttara Bhadrapada, and leaves on 1 April 2027 — 14 days.
• 17 March 2028: the Sun enters Uttara Bhadrapada, and leaves on 31 March 2028 — 14 days.

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

Inside Uttara Bhadrapada: 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is level with the longest.

• 25 March 2026: the Sun meets Saturn at 10° Pisces, in Uttara Bhadrapada pada 3.
• 21 March 2028: the Sun meets Mars at 6° Pisces, in Uttara Bhadrapada pada 2.

The lunation table puts the new moons of 19 March 2026 and 26 March 2028 in Uttara Bhadrapada: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Uttara Bhadrapada as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Bhadrapada’s deity is listed as Ahirbudhnya and its symbol as twin; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Bhadrapada whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Bhadrapada page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Pisces, the relation to Saturn, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Uttara Bhadrapada; 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 Pisces; 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 Uttara Bhadrapada