graha in nakshatra
Venus in Swati Nakshatra (Shukra in स्वाती)
186°40′ – 200°00′ sidereal · Libra · star of Rahu
Swati, the 15th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 186°40′ – 200°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Libra. Swati is ruled by Rahu, so Venus in Swati stands in Rahu’s star.
Rahu’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 Swati has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Rahu rules, Ardra and Shatabhisha, put Venus under the same star lord.
Venus in Swati, Pada by Pada
| Pada | Arc | Venus by rashi | Navamsa | Venus by navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swati 1 | Libra 6°40′ – 10°00′ | in its own sign | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign |
| Swati 2 | Libra 10°00′ – 13°20′ | in its own sign | Capricorn | in a friend's sign |
| Swati 3 | Libra 13°20′ – 16°40′ | in its own sign | Aquarius | in a friend's sign |
| Swati 4 | Libra 16°40′ – 20°00′ | in its own sign | Pisces | exalted |
By rashi, Venus is in its own sign in all four padas of Swati, because the whole nakshatra lies in Libra. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Swati is pada 4 (Pisces, exalted), and its weakest is pada 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign).
Venus’s moolatrikona, Libra 0°–15°, covers padas 1, 2 and 3 of Swati.
When Venus Is in Swati, 2026–2028
- 11 September 2026: Venus enters Swati, and leaves on 24 October 2026 moving backwards — 43 days.
- 5 December 2026: Venus enters Swati, and leaves on 22 December 2026 — 17 days.
- 9 October 2027: Venus enters Swati, and leaves on 19 October 2027 — 10 days.
- 22 November 2028: Venus enters Swati, and leaves on 2 December 2028 — 10 days.
Those are the four spells Venus spends in Swati between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 80 days in all. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Swati a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.
Inside Swati: 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 that longest spell is the one in Swati.
- 7 October 2026: Venus meets Mercury at 13° Libra, in Swati pada 3.
- 11 October 2027: Venus meets Mercury at 9° Libra, in Swati pada 1.
The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Venus's stations in Swati. On 3 October 2026 Venus stations retrograde inside Swati, in pada 3. At a station Venus’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Swati.
Swati as the Setting for Venus
In the nakshatra tables Swati’s deity is listed as Vayu and its symbol as coral; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Swati whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Swati page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Libra, the relation to Rahu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Swati; 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 Libra; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Swati article.
The Other Grahas in Swati
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