yuti · Budh–Rahu
Mercury–Rahu Conjunction: Every Meeting, 2026 to 2028
4 meetings · Aquarius, Capricorn and Sagittarius
Between 2026 and 2028 the site’s DE421 table records four conjunctions of Mercury and Rahu — days on which the two share a sidereal longitude — in Aquarius, Capricorn and Sagittarius. Successive meetings come 347 to 347 days apart. Rahu here is the mean node, which can stand up to 1.7° from the true node, so for Mercury–Rahu even the day is approximate.
Rahu counts Mercury a friend; Mercury’s row names no node, so Mercury’s view of Rahu has no entry. None of the four meetings falls in a sign either of them rules.
The Four Meetings
| Day | Sign, degree | Nakshatra | Mercury | Rahu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 February 2026 | Aquarius 15° | Shatabhisha 3 | in a neutral sign | in a sign it co-lords |
| 26 January 2027 | Capricorn 27° | Dhanishta 2 | in a neutral sign | in a friend's sign |
| 8 January 2028 | Capricorn 8° | Uttara Ashadha 4 | in a neutral sign | in a friend's sign |
| 20 December 2028 | Sagittarius 20° | Purva Ashadha 3 | in a neutral sign | in a neutral sign |
The dignity columns are each graha’s standing in the sign of the meeting, as the planet-in-sign pages give it; the nakshatra is the one the shared longitude falls in. For Mercury–Rahu every date is a day, not a time: the table does carry a minute, but the site publishes a conjunction to the day, the resolution independent tables agree on.
A conjunction in the sky touches every chart at once, in whichever house that sign falls for it; it is not a reading of anyone’s chart. For Mercury and Rahu in a birth chart, see the Mercury and Rahu pages, and for how grahas are read together, astrology for beginners and what Vedic astrology is.