Venus in Vishakha Nakshatra (Shukra in विशाखा)

Vishakha, the 16th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 200°00′ – 213°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Libra and Scorpio. Vishakha is ruled by Jupiter, so Venus in Vishakha stands in Jupiter’s star.

Venus counts Jupiter neutral, while Jupiter counts Venus an enemy. The table is not symmetric, so Venus in Vishakha has to be described from both sides, as it is here. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Punarvasu and Purva Bhadrapada, put Venus under the same star lord.

Venus in Vishakha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Venus in Vishakha is in its own sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Libra) and in a neutral sign in pada 4 (Scorpio), because Vishakha crosses from Libra into Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Vishakha is pada 2 (Taurus, in its own sign), and its weakest is pada 4 (Cancer, in an enemy's sign).

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

When Venus Is in Vishakha, 2026–2028

• 22 December 2026: Venus enters Vishakha, and leaves on 5 January 2027 — 14 days.
• 19 October 2027: Venus enters Vishakha, and leaves on 30 October 2027 — 11 days.
• 2 December 2028: Venus enters Vishakha, and leaves on 13 December 2028 — 11 days.

Those are the three spells Venus spends in Vishakha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 36 days in all. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Vishakha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Vishakha: 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 Vishakha spells, at 14, 11 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

Vishakha as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Vishakha’s deity is listed as Indra-Agni and its symbol as triumphal arch; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Vishakha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Vishakha page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Libra and Scorpio, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Vishakha; 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 and Venus in Scorpio; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Vishakha article.

The Other Grahas in Vishakha