Mercury Transit in Hasta
Mercury in Hasta nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Mercury is in Hasta, since 13 Sep 2026, 11:00, until 21 Sep 2026, 22:58.
- Next entry
- 6 Sep 2027, 12:32, leaves 16 Sep 2027, 04:01
- Last stay
- 21 Sep 2025 to 28 Sep 2025
- Typical stay
- 8 days (median of 11 stays)
Mercury in Hasta: every entry and exit
Mercury returns to Hasta about every year. That makes 15 stays between 2021 and 2031, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2025, 01:08 | 28 Sep 2025, 23:21 | 8 days | 2025 |
| 13 Sep 2026, 11:00 | 21 Sep 2026, 22:58 | 8 days | 2026 |
| 6 Sep 2027, 12:32 | 16 Sep 2027, 04:01 | 10 days | 2027 |
| 31 Aug 2028, 04:32 | 15 Sep 2028, 10:34 | 15 days | 2028 |
Show the other 11 stays, 2021 to 2031
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2021, 10:46 | 13 Sep 2021, 16:04 | 11 days | 2021 |
| 9 Oct 2021, 03:50 | 28 Oct 2021, 17:17 | 20 days | 2021 |
| 30 Aug 2022, 19:20 | 19 Sep 2022, 18:47 (retrograde, re-enters) | 20 days | 2022 |
| 14 Oct 2022, 07:53 | 22 Oct 2022, 15:20 | 8 days | 2022 |
| 7 Oct 2023, 14:49 | 15 Oct 2023, 04:24 | 8 days | 2023 |
| 28 Sep 2024, 21:24 | 6 Oct 2024, 12:00 | 8 days | 2024 |
| 24 Sep 2028, 02:37 | 8 Oct 2028, 17:29 (retrograde, re-enters) | 15 days | 2028 |
| 14 Oct 2028, 15:43 | 26 Oct 2028, 04:11 | 12 days | 2028 |
| 11 Oct 2029, 10:01 | 19 Oct 2029, 05:18 | 8 days | 2029 |
| 4 Oct 2030, 01:34 | 11 Oct 2030, 14:31 | 8 days | 2030 |
| 26 Sep 2031, 05:36 | 3 Oct 2031, 22:51 | 8 days | 2031 |
What Mercury in Hasta nakshatra means
Hasta is the hand, and Savitr, the Sun who sets things in motion, is its deity, with the Moon as lord. The nakshatra lies in the middle of Virgo, so Mercury is exalted in the sign. It is uneasy with the lord, since it counts the Moon an enemy. The skill is all there; the mood is the question.
The stay is about eight days, and a retrograde seldom holds Mercury here for long. Craft, handwriting, surgery, massage, accounting, coding, any work done with the fingers, comes forward. Hasta is laghu in Muhurta Chintamani's classes, light, and the days are good for trade, learning, medicine and travel. A thing begun here is usually finished quickly.
The transit shows what the hands do when the mind is clever and the heart is unsettled. Some make something. Some fidget. Hasta gives the person eight days to notice which.
The remedy is work done well with the hands and given away. Recite Om Budhaya Namah, worship Vishnu, and give green cloth or moong on Wednesday. Gayatri japa at sunrise honours Savitr, and a gift of rice or milk on Monday honours the Moon, the nakshatra lord.
Leo, Gemini, Aries, Aquarius, Sagittarius and Scorpio Moons and lagnas hold Mercury in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and eleventh, Phaladeepika's houses. Virgo, Cancer, Taurus, Pisces, Capricorn and Libra Moons have the others, and their skill may outrun their patience with the people around them.