Mercury Transit in Shravana
Mercury in Shravana nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 16 Jan 2027, 00:21, leaves 23 Jan 2027, 23:05
- Last stay
- 23 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026
- Typical stay
- 9 days (median of 11 stays)
Mercury in Shravana: every entry and exit
Mercury returns to Shravana about every year. That makes 15 stays between 2021 and 2031, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2026, 10:40 | 31 Jan 2026, 03:40 | 8 days | 2026 |
| 16 Jan 2027, 00:21 | 23 Jan 2027, 23:05 | 8 days | 2027 |
| 9 Jan 2028, 05:20 | 19 Jan 2028, 18:36 | 11 days | 2028 |
Show the other 12 stays, 2021 to 2031
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 2021, 06:36 | 19 Jan 2021, 22:02 | 9 days | 2021 |
| 10 Feb 2021, 22:57 | 5 Mar 2021, 07:32 | 22 days | 2021 |
| 5 Jan 2022, 18:18 | 23 Jan 2022, 01:35 (retrograde, re-enters) | 17 days | 2022 |
| 19 Feb 2022, 06:38 | 1 Mar 2022, 20:47 | 11 days | 2022 |
| 14 Feb 2023, 16:42 | 23 Feb 2023, 13:36 | 9 days | 2023 |
| 8 Feb 2024, 03:44 | 16 Feb 2024, 08:44 | 8 days | 2024 |
| 30 Jan 2025, 22:21 | 7 Feb 2025, 18:48 | 8 days | 2025 |
| 29 Jan 2028, 10:30 | 12 Feb 2028, 16:25 (retrograde, re-enters) | 14 days | 2028 |
| 16 Feb 2028, 22:28 | 4 Mar 2028, 05:18 | 16 days | 2028 |
| 17 Feb 2029, 10:34 | 27 Feb 2029, 00:58 | 10 days | 2029 |
| 11 Feb 2030, 17:24 | 20 Feb 2030, 06:15 | 9 days | 2030 |
| 4 Feb 2031, 19:45 | 12 Feb 2031, 20:31 | 8 days | 2031 |
What Mercury in Shravana nakshatra means
Shravana is the ear, and its second symbol is the three footprints of Vishnu, who is its deity. The Moon is the lord, and Mercury counts the Moon an enemy. The nakshatra lies in Capricorn, and Mercury counts Saturn, the sign lord, neutral, and Saturn counts Mercury a friend. Mercury's own remedial deity presides over a nakshatra whose lord it dislikes, which is the shape of the stay.
The stay is about nine days, and a retrograde seldom holds Mercury here for long. Listening is the theme: hearing, learning by ear, recorded speech, broadcasting, and the transmission of a teaching from one person to the next. Mercury, the graha of speech, is asked to be quiet and receive. Trade in media, in sound and in education does well.
Muhurta Chintamani counts Shravana chara, movable, and the days suit travel, beginning a course of learning, and work that must reach many people. Because the Moon is lord, the mood colours what is heard, and a tired mind hears insult where none was meant.
Sagittarius, Libra, Leo, Gemini, Aries and Pisces Moons and lagnas hold Mercury in Phaladeepika's favourable houses from Capricorn. Capricorn, Scorpio, Virgo, Cancer, Taurus and Aquarius Moons have the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth and twelfth. For them the week goes best in silence.
The transit shows whether a person can listen. Most believe they can. Shravana gives nine days of evidence.
The remedy is the practice of hearing: a teaching listened to in full, once, without reply. Worship Vishnu, who is both the nakshatra's deity and Mercury's, recite Om Budhaya Namah, and give green cloth or moong on Wednesday. Milk or rice given on Monday settles the Moon as lord.