Sun in Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra (Surya in उत्तर फाल्गुनी)

Uttara Phalguni, the 12th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 146°40′ – 160°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Leo and Virgo. Uttara Phalguni is ruled by the Sun itself — one of the three nakshatras the Sun rules, with Krittika and Uttara Ashadha — so the Sun in Uttara Phalguni stands in its own star, and there is no second graha’s view to read at the level of the nakshatra.

The Sun in Uttara Phalguni, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun in Uttara Phalguni is in its own sign in pada 1 (Leo) and in a neutral sign in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Virgo), because Uttara Phalguni crosses from Leo into Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. The Sun’s strongest navamsas in Uttara Phalguni are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a friend's sign) and 4 (Pisces, in a friend's sign), and its weakest are padas 2 (Capricorn, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Aquarius, in an enemy's sign).

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

When the Sun Is in Uttara Phalguni, 2026–2028

• 13 September 2026: the Sun enters Uttara Phalguni, and leaves on 27 September 2026 — 14 days.
• 14 September 2027: the Sun enters Uttara Phalguni, and leaves on 27 September 2027 — 13 days.
• 13 September 2028: the Sun enters Uttara Phalguni, and leaves on 27 September 2028 — 14 days.

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

Inside Uttara 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 Uttara Phalguni is level with the longest.

The lunation table puts the new moon of 18 September 2028 in Uttara Phalguni: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Uttara Phalguni as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Phalguni’s deity is listed as Aryaman and its symbol as back of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Phalguni page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Leo and Virgo, its own lordship of Uttara Phalguni, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Uttara 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 and Sun in Virgo; the Sun in all 27 nakshatras is on the Sun nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Uttara Phalguni article.

The Other Grahas in Uttara Phalguni