Venus in Magha Nakshatra (Shukra in मघा)

Magha, the 10th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 120°00′ – 133°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Magha is ruled by Ketu, so Venus in Magha stands in Ketu’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts Venus a friend; Venus’s own row names no node, so Venus’s view of the lord of Magha has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Ketu rules, Ashwini and Mula, put Venus under the same star lord.

Venus in Magha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Venus is in an enemy's sign in all four padas of Magha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Leo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Magha is pada 2 (Taurus, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 4 (Cancer, in an enemy's sign).

Magha pada 1 (Leo 0°00′ – 3°20′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Venus placed in that quarter of Magha sits on the junction itself.

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

When Venus Is in Magha, 2026–2028

• 4 July 2026: Venus enters Magha, and leaves on 16 July 2026 — 12 days.
• 16 August 2027: Venus enters Magha, and leaves on 27 August 2027 — 11 days.
• 27 September 2028: Venus enters Magha, and leaves on 9 October 2028 — 12 days.

Those are the three spells Venus spends in Magha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 35 days in all. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Magha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Magha: 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 Magha spells, at 12, 11 and 12 days, sit inside that range.

• 11 July 2026: Venus meets Ketu at 7° Leo, in Magha pada 3.
• 26 August 2027: Venus meets Jupiter at 12° Leo, in Magha pada 4.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Venus's stations in Magha. On 20 July 2031 Venus stations retrograde inside Magha, in pada 1. At a station Venus’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Magha.

Magha as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Magha’s deity is listed as Pitrs and its symbol as throne; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Magha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Magha page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Leo, the relation to Ketu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Magha; 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 Leo; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Magha article.

The Other Grahas in Magha