Mercury Transit in Purva Ashadha
Mercury in Purva Ashadha nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 30 Dec 2026, 18:47, leaves 8 Jan 2027, 00:25
- Last stay
- 7 Jan 2026 to 15 Jan 2026
- Typical stay
- 9 days (median of 10 stays)
Mercury in Purva Ashadha: every entry and exit
Mercury returns to Purva Ashadha about every year. That makes 15 stays between 2021 and 2031, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jan 2026, 00:17 | 15 Jan 2026, 09:35 | 8 days | 2026 |
| 30 Dec 2026, 18:47 | 8 Jan 2027, 00:25 | 8 days | 2026 |
| 23 Dec 2027, 12:13 | 31 Dec 2027, 19:27 | 8 days | 2027 |
Show the other 12 stays, 2021 to 2031
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| before 2021 | 3 Jan 2021, 03:20 | — | 2021 |
| 18 Dec 2021, 17:57 | 27 Dec 2021, 06:59 | 9 days | 2021 |
| 12 Dec 2022, 06:39 | 22 Dec 2022, 22:23 | 11 days | 2022 |
| 4 Jan 2023, 16:38 | 4 Feb 2023, 15:13 | 31 days | 2023 |
| 10 Dec 2023, 01:42 | 16 Dec 2023, 18:16 (retrograde, re-enters) | 7 days | 2023 |
| 20 Jan 2024, 15:56 | 30 Jan 2024, 08:14 | 10 days | 2024 |
| 13 Jan 2025, 20:53 | 22 Jan 2025, 15:07 | 9 days | 2025 |
| 15 Dec 2028, 12:59 | 24 Dec 2028, 11:48 | 9 days | 2028 |
| 21 Jan 2029, 04:10 | 4 Feb 2029, 22:42 | 15 days | 2029 |
| 9 Dec 2029, 19:24 | 2 Jan 2030, 14:46 (retrograde, re-enters) | 24 days | 2029 |
| 22 Jan 2030, 04:07 | 2 Feb 2030, 08:46 | 11 days | 2030 |
| 18 Jan 2031, 02:31 | 27 Jan 2031, 06:29 | 9 days | 2031 |
What Mercury in Purva Ashadha nakshatra means
The waters, Apas, are the deities of Purva Ashadha, and a fan, or a winnowing basket, is its symbol. Venus is the lord, Mercury's friend. The nakshatra lies in Sagittarius, Jupiter's sign, and Mercury counts Jupiter neutral. A friendly lord in an indifferent sign gives a middling stay with a pleasant voice.
About nine days is the usual length. Purva Ashadha is invincibility before the fact, the confidence that one will win, and Mercury's speech turns persuasive, buoyant and a little too sure. Debate, advocacy, marketing and the winning of a hearing all do well. The winnowing basket separates grain from chaff, and travel by water suits the stay.
Muhurta Chintamani counts Purva Ashadha ugra, fierce. The days serve firm declarations, the pressing of a claim, and the ending of a dispute by strength. They do not serve a first meeting, a study begun, or a cautious negotiation. Venus as lord keeps the fierceness charming, which is its own danger.
The transit shows the distance between confidence and competence. Some people have both, and the week is theirs. Others have the first, and the week shows the difference.
The remedy is water: offer it to the rising Sun, to a river, or to a tulsi plant, and drink more of it. Recite Om Budhaya Namah, worship Vishnu, and give green cloth or moong on Wednesday. For Venus as lord, white cloth or rice given on Friday, and one claim withdrawn that cannot be kept.
The Moon signs that gain from Sagittarius are Scorpio, Virgo, Cancer, Taurus, Pisces and Aquarius, by Phaladeepika's count. Sagittarius, Libra, Leo, Gemini, Aries and Capricorn Moons have the harder houses and should promise less than they feel able to. The lagna gives the second reading.