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Graha

Jupiter

गुरुGuru

Wisdom, wealth, children, fortune, dharma.

Where Jupiter is now

Kark 14°10', in Pushya pada 4

Sign lord
Moon
Western sign
Cancer
Dignity here
Exalted

Computed for Fri, 7 Aug, 2026, 5:30 pm IST, sidereal Lahiri.

Classical attributes

From the standard texts. These do not change.

Rules the signs
Dhanu and Meen
Exalted in
Kark (deep exaltation at 5°)
Debilitated in
Makar (deep debilitation at 5°)
Moolatrikona
Dhanu 0°–10°
Aspects (drishti)
5th, 7th, 9th house from itself — the 7th plus its special aspects
Natural friends
Sun, Moon, Mars
Neutral toward
Saturn
Natural enemies
Mercury, Venus
Karaka of
Wisdom and dharma, wealth, children, the teacher, and fortune generally.
Presiding deity
Brihaspati
Weekday
Thursday
Gemstone
Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)
Metal
Gold
Direction
North-east
Beeja mantra
Om Graam Greem Graum Sah Gurave Namah
Vimshottari mahadasha
16 years

Jupiter in the Vimshottari cycle

Wisdom, wealth, children, marriage and fortune; the most auspicious, expansive period.

Jupiter rules three of the twenty-seven nakshatras, evenly spaced through the zodiac. A birth Moon in any of them starts life in a Jupiter mahadasha of 16 years.

The other grahas