Ketu in Krittika Nakshatra (Ketu in कृत्तिका)

Krittika, the 3rd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 26°40′ – 40°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aries and Taurus. Krittika is ruled by the Sun, so Ketu in Krittika stands in the Sun’s star.

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

Ketu in Krittika, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu in Krittika is in a friend's sign in pada 1 (Aries) and debilitated on the commoner reckoning in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Taurus), because Krittika crosses from Aries into Taurus. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Ketu’s strongest navamsas in Krittika are padas 2 (Capricorn, in a friend's sign) and 3 (Aquarius, in a friend's sign), and its weakest are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign) and 4 (Pisces, in a neutral sign).

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

Ketu does not enter Krittika 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 Krittika is 3 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Krittika is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Krittika as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Krittika’s deity is listed as Agni and its symbol as razor; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Krittika whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Krittika page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Aries and Taurus, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Krittika; 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 and Ketu in Taurus; 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 Krittika