Mercury Transit in Mrigashira
Mercury in Mrigashira nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 19 May 2027, 01:35, leaves 14 Jul 2027, 02:22
- Last stay
- 26 May 2026 to 2 Jun 2026
- Typical stay
- 7 days (median of 11 stays)
Mercury in Mrigashira: every entry and exit
Mercury returns to Mrigashira about every year. That makes 13 stays between 2021 and 2031, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026, 00:03 | 2 Jun 2026, 06:27 | 7 days | 2026 |
| 19 May 2027, 01:35 | 29 May 2027, 22:42 | 11 days | 2027 |
| 24 Jun 2027, 21:09 | 14 Jul 2027, 02:22 | 19 days | 2027 |
Show the other 10 stays, 2021 to 2031
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2021, 12:19 | 16 Jun 2021, 22:32 (retrograde, re-enters) | 31 days | 2021 |
| 29 Jun 2021, 00:50 | 12 Jul 2021, 16:00 | 14 days | 2021 |
| 28 Jun 2022, 12:48 | 5 Jul 2022, 22:23 | 7 days | 2022 |
| 21 Jun 2023, 07:33 | 27 Jun 2023, 15:33 | 6 days | 2023 |
| 11 Jun 2024, 22:29 | 18 Jun 2024, 00:24 | 6 days | 2024 |
| 3 Jun 2025, 07:12 | 9 Jun 2025, 15:10 | 6 days | 2025 |
| 30 Jun 2028, 17:38 | 9 Jul 2028, 20:19 | 9 days | 2028 |
| 25 Jun 2029, 09:39 | 2 Jul 2029, 04:39 | 7 days | 2029 |
| 17 Jun 2030, 12:20 | 23 Jun 2030, 16:08 | 6 days | 2030 |
| 8 Jun 2031, 22:47 | 15 Jun 2031, 01:48 | 6 days | 2031 |
What Mercury in Mrigashira nakshatra means
The deer's head is the symbol of Mrigashira, and Soma, the Moon as nectar, is its deity. Mars rules it, and Mercury is neutral toward Mars. The nakshatra sits across two signs: the first two padas in Taurus, a friend's sign, and the last two in Gemini, Mercury's own. The graha grows stronger as it crosses.
The deer seeks, and so does the mind here. About a week is the usual stay, and curiosity runs ahead of conclusions. Questions multiply, reading widens, and conversations go where they were not planned to go. It is a good transit for research, for interviews, for a search that has stalled, and for travel undertaken to find something out.
Muhurta Chintamani counts Mrigashira among the mridu nakshatras, soft and friendly. The days suit study, new acquaintance, art, music and gentle trade. Mars as lord adds restlessness, and the nerves may tire from too many open threads. Close a few of them before the week ends.
For the Taurus padas, Aries, Aquarius, Sagittarius, Libra, Leo and Cancer Moons hold Mercury in Phaladeepika's favourable houses. For the Gemini padas, Taurus, Pisces, Capricorn, Scorpio, Virgo and Leo Moons gain. Gemini, Aries, Aquarius, Sagittarius, Libra and Cancer Moons have the harder houses once Mercury enters Gemini, and should not scatter their attention. Read the lagna the same way.
The transit shows whether one seeks in order to find or seeks in order to keep seeking. Mercury in its own sign can answer the question, if the person lets it.
The remedy is a single question held for the whole week. Recite Om Budhaya Namah, worship Vishnu, and give green cloth or moong on Wednesday. Soma is honoured with a cup of water or milk set out under the evening Moon.