Venus in Purva Ashadha Nakshatra (Shukra in पूर्वाषाढ़ा)

Purva Ashadha, the 20th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 253°20′ – 266°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Sagittarius. Purva Ashadha is ruled by Venus itself — one of the three nakshatras Venus rules, with Bharani and Purva Phalguni — so Venus in Purva Ashadha stands in its own star, and there is no second graha’s view to read at the level of the nakshatra.

Venus in Purva Ashadha, Pada by Pada

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

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

When Venus Is in Purva Ashadha, 2026–2028

• Venus is already in Purva Ashadha when the table opens on 1 January 2026, and leaves on 10 January 2026.
• 10 February 2027: Venus enters Purva Ashadha, and leaves on 21 February 2027 — 11 days.
• 1 December 2027: Venus enters Purva Ashadha, and leaves on 12 December 2027 — 11 days.

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

Inside Purva Ashadha: 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 Purva Ashadha spells, at 11 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

• 6 January 2026: Venus meets the Sun at 22° Sagittarius, in Purva Ashadha pada 3.
• 8 January 2026: Venus meets Mars at 23° Sagittarius, in Purva Ashadha pada 4.

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Venus's stations in Purva Ashadha. On 27 January 2030 Venus stations direct inside Purva Ashadha, in pada 1. At a station Venus’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Purva Ashadha.

Purva Ashadha as the Setting for Venus

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

The Other Grahas in Purva Ashadha