Venus in Anuradha Nakshatra (Shukra in अनुराधा)

Anuradha, the 17th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 213°20′ – 226°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Scorpio. Anuradha is ruled by Saturn, so Venus in Anuradha stands in Saturn’s star.

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

Venus in Anuradha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Venus is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Anuradha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Anuradha is pada 3 (Libra, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Virgo, debilitated).

Anuradha pada 4 is vargottama — Scorpio in rashi and in navamsa — so Venus there is in a neutral sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

When Venus Is in Anuradha, 2026–2028

• 5 January 2027: Venus enters Anuradha, and leaves on 17 January 2027 — 12 days.
• 30 October 2027: Venus enters Anuradha, and leaves on 10 November 2027 — 11 days.
• 13 December 2028: Venus enters Anuradha, and leaves on 24 December 2028 — 11 days.

Those are the three spells Venus spends in Anuradha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 34 days in all. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Anuradha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Anuradha: what the tables locate there for Venus

Of the 84 complete spells Venus has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 10 days and the longest 43; the Anuradha spells, at 12, 11 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

Anuradha as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Anuradha’s deity is listed as Mitra and its symbol as lotus; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Anuradha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Anuradha page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Scorpio, the relation to Saturn, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Anuradha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Venus in Scorpio; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Anuradha article.

The Other Grahas in Anuradha