Ketu in Hasta Nakshatra (Ketu in हस्त)

Hasta, the 13th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 160°00′ – 173°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Virgo. Hasta is ruled by the Moon, so Ketu in Hasta stands in the Moon’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts the Moon an enemy; the Moon’s row names no node, so the star lord of Hasta has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras the Moon rules, Rohini and Shravana, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Hasta, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Hasta, because the whole nakshatra lies in Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Hasta is pada 1 (Aries, in a friend's sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Taurus, debilitated on the commoner reckoning).

The classical table of deepest exaltation and debilitation degrees covers the seven grahas and gives Ketu none, so for Ketu in Hasta 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 Hasta, 2026–2028

Ketu does not enter Hasta 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 Hasta is 20 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Hasta is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Hasta as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Hasta’s deity is listed as Savitar and its symbol as hand; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Kshipra class (swift and light). Those belong to Hasta whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Hasta page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Virgo, the relation to the Moon, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Hasta; 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 Virgo; Ketu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Ketu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Hasta article.

The Other Grahas in Hasta