Venus in Purva Phalguni Nakshatra (Shukra in पूर्व फाल्गुनी)

Purva Phalguni, the 11th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 133°20′ – 146°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Purva Phalguni is ruled by Venus itself — one of the three nakshatras Venus rules, with Bharani and Purva Ashadha — so Venus in Purva Phalguni stands in its own star, and there is no second graha’s view to read at the level of the nakshatra.

Venus in Purva Phalguni, Pada by Pada

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

Purva Phalguni pada 1 is vargottama — Leo in rashi and in navamsa — so Venus there is in an enemy's 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 Purva Phalguni, and Venus’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Purva Phalguni the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Venus’s dignity.

When Venus Is in Purva Phalguni, 2026–2028

• 16 July 2026: Venus enters Purva Phalguni, and leaves on 29 July 2026 — 13 days.
• 27 August 2027: Venus enters Purva Phalguni, and leaves on 6 September 2027 — 10 days.
• 9 October 2028: Venus enters Purva Phalguni, and leaves on 20 October 2028 — 11 days.

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

Inside Purva Phalguni: 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, and a spell in Purva Phalguni is level with the shortest.

Purva Phalguni as the Setting for Venus

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

The Other Grahas in Purva Phalguni