Venus in Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra (Shukra in उत्तर फाल्गुनी)

Uttara Phalguni, the 12th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 146°40′ – 160°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Leo and Virgo. Uttara Phalguni is ruled by the Sun, so Venus in Uttara Phalguni stands in the Sun’s star.

Venus and the Sun count each other an enemy, so in Uttara Phalguni the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras the Sun rules, Krittika and Uttara Ashadha, put Venus under the same star lord.

Venus in Uttara Phalguni, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Venus in Uttara Phalguni is in an enemy's sign in pada 1 (Leo) and debilitated in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Virgo), because Uttara Phalguni crosses from Leo into Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Uttara Phalguni is pada 4 (Pisces, exalted), and its weakest is pada 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign).

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

When Venus Is in Uttara Phalguni, 2026–2028

• 29 July 2026: Venus enters Uttara Phalguni, and leaves on 11 August 2026 — 13 days.
• 6 September 2027: Venus enters Uttara Phalguni, and leaves on 17 September 2027 — 11 days.
• 20 October 2028: Venus enters Uttara Phalguni, and leaves on 31 October 2028 — 11 days.

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

Inside Uttara 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; the Uttara Phalguni spells, at 13, 11 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

Uttara Phalguni as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Phalguni’s deity is listed as Aryaman and its symbol as back of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Phalguni page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Leo and Virgo, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Uttara 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 and Venus in Virgo; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Uttara Phalguni article.

The Other Grahas in Uttara Phalguni