graha in nakshatra
Ketu in Bharani Nakshatra (Ketu in भरणी)
13°20′ – 26°40′ sidereal · Aries · star of Venus
Bharani, the 2nd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 13°20′ – 26°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Aries. Bharani is ruled by Venus, so Ketu in Bharani stands in Venus’s star.
Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts Venus a friend; Venus’s row names no node, so the star lord of Bharani has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha, put Ketu under the same star lord.
Ketu in Bharani, Pada by Pada
| Pada | Arc | Ketu by rashi | Navamsa | Ketu by navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharani 1 | Aries 13°20′ – 16°40′ | in a friend's sign | Leo | in an enemy's sign |
| Bharani 2 | Aries 16°40′ – 20°00′ | in a friend's sign | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| Bharani 3 | Aries 20°00′ – 23°20′ | in a friend's sign | Libra | in a friend's sign |
| Bharani 4 | Aries 23°20′ – 26°40′ | in a friend's sign | Scorpio | exalted on the commoner reckoning |
By rashi, Ketu is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Bharani, because the whole nakshatra lies in Aries. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Bharani is pada 4 (Scorpio, exalted on the commoner reckoning), and its weakest is pada 1 (Leo, in an enemy's sign).
The classical table of deepest exaltation and debilitation degrees covers the seven grahas and gives Ketu none, so for Ketu in Bharani no degree of special dignity can be located; the sign-level verdicts above carry the hedge the planet pages use for Ketu.
When Ketu Is in Bharani, 2026–2028
Ketu does not enter Bharani at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Purva Phalguni when the table opens and in Ardra when it closes, having visited 6 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Ardra Bharani is 4 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Bharani is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.
Bharani as the Setting for Ketu
In the nakshatra tables Bharani’s deity is listed as Yama and its symbol as yoni; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Bharani whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Bharani page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Aries, the relation to Venus, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Bharani; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.
Related Placements
The sign-level reading is on Ketu in Aries; Ketu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Ketu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.
The Other Grahas in Bharani
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