Venus (Shukra) Nakshatra Transit 2026
Venus rules love, marriage, comfort, art and luxury. It spends roughly a month in each sign and turns retrograde about every 19 months.
Each sign holds two and a quarter nakshatras (13°20' each). A nakshatra transit is the moment a graha moves from one lunar mansion into the next, a finer timing layer than the sign change that is used in muhurta, Panchang and event timing. The Venus spends about 4 weeks in each sign. Times below are exact to the minute, calculated with the sidereal Lahiri ayanamsa.
Each sign holds two and a quarter nakshatras (13°20' each). A nakshatra transit is the moment a graha moves from one lunar mansion into the next, a finer timing layer than the sign change that is used in muhurta, Panchang and event timing. The Venus spends about 4 weeks in each sign. Times below are exact to the minute, calculated with the sidereal Lahiri ayanamsa.
All times shown in: Asia/Kolkata
| Date | Time | Venus Nakshatra Transition | Action |
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| 10-Jan-2026 Saturday | 12:21 PM | Purva Ashadha → Uttara Ashadha |
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| 21-Jan-2026 Wednesday | 02:50 AM | Uttara Ashadha → Shravana |
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| 31-Jan-2026 Saturday | 05:37 PM | Shravana → Dhanishta |
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| 11-Feb-2026 Wednesday | 08:52 AM | Dhanishta → Shatabhisha |
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| 22-Feb-2026 Sunday | 12:37 AM | Shatabhisha → Purva Bhadrapada |
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| 04-Mar-2026 Wednesday | 05:10 PM | Purva Bhadrapada → Uttara Bhadrapada |
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| 15-Mar-2026 Sunday | 10:38 AM | Uttara Bhadrapada → Revati |
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| 26-Mar-2026 Thursday | 05:09 AM | Revati → Ashwini |
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| 06-Apr-2026 Monday | 12:59 AM | Ashwini → Bharani |
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| 16-Apr-2026 Thursday | 10:14 PM | Bharani → Krittika |
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| 27-Apr-2026 Monday | 09:03 PM | Krittika → Rohini |
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| 08-May-2026 Friday | 09:47 PM | Rohini → Mrigashira |
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| 20-May-2026 Wednesday | 12:32 AM | Mrigashira → Ardra |
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| 31-May-2026 Sunday | 05:47 AM | Ardra → Punarvasu |
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| 11-Jun-2026 Thursday | 02:06 PM | Punarvasu → Pushya |
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| 23-Jun-2026 Tuesday | 02:07 AM | Pushya → Ashlesha |
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| 04-Jul-2026 Saturday | 07:13 PM | Ashlesha → Magha |
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| 16-Jul-2026 Thursday | 07:07 PM | Magha → Purva Phalguni |
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| 29-Jul-2026 Wednesday | 04:52 AM | Purva Phalguni → Uttara Phalguni |
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| 11-Aug-2026 Tuesday | 06:28 AM | Uttara Phalguni → Hasta |
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| 25-Aug-2026 Tuesday | 12:49 PM | Hasta → Chitra |
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| 11-Sep-2026 Friday | 11:10 PM | Chitra → Swati |
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| 24-Oct-2026 Saturday | 03:22 AM | Swati → Chitra Retrograde |
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| 05-Dec-2026 Saturday | 10:58 PM | Chitra → Swati |
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| 22-Dec-2026 Tuesday | 01:54 PM | Swati → Vishakha |
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Rows marked Retrograde are crossings made while Venus is moving backward, so it can appear to re-enter the same nakshatra more than once.
Note: positions are calculated with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa using the Swiss Ephemeris. Other Panchang sources use slightly different ayanamsa values, so their times can differ from these by a few minutes for the Sun and Moon, and by more for slower planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.