Sun in Vishakha Nakshatra (Surya in विशाखा)

Vishakha, the 16th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 200°00′ – 213°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Libra and Scorpio. Vishakha is ruled by Jupiter, so the Sun in Vishakha stands in Jupiter’s star.

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

The Sun in Vishakha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, the Sun in Vishakha is debilitated in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Libra) and in a friend's sign in pada 4 (Scorpio), because Vishakha crosses from Libra into Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. The Sun’s strongest navamsa in Vishakha 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 Vishakha, and the Sun’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Vishakha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of the Sun’s dignity.

When the Sun Is in Vishakha, 2026–2028

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

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

Inside Vishakha: 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 Vishakha is level with the longest.

The lunation table puts the new moons of 9 November 2026 and 16 November 2028 in Vishakha: the Moon joins the Sun there, inside one of the spells listed above.

Vishakha as the Setting for the Sun

In the nakshatra tables Vishakha’s deity is listed as Indra-Agni and its symbol as triumphal arch; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Vishakha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Vishakha page. What changes with the Sun is everything above: the dignities in Libra and Scorpio, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with the Sun in Vishakha; 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 Libra and Sun in Scorpio; the Sun in all 27 nakshatras is on the Sun nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Vishakha article.

The Other Grahas in Vishakha