Ketu in Punarvasu Nakshatra (Ketu in पुनर्वसु)

Punarvasu, the 7th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 80°00′ – 93°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Gemini and Cancer. Punarvasu is ruled by Jupiter, so Ketu in Punarvasu stands in Jupiter’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts Jupiter neutral; Jupiter’s row names no node, so the star lord of Punarvasu has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Punarvasu, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu in Punarvasu is in a neutral sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Gemini) and in an enemy's sign in pada 4 (Cancer), because Punarvasu crosses from Gemini into Cancer. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Punarvasu is pada 1 (Aries, in a friend's sign), and its weakest is pada 2 (Taurus, debilitated on the commoner reckoning).

Punarvasu pada 3 is vargottama — Gemini in rashi and in navamsa — so Ketu there is in a neutral sign on both counts. Punarvasu pada 4 is vargottama — Cancer in rashi and in navamsa — so Ketu there is in an enemy's sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

• 22 April 2028: Ketu enters Punarvasu, and leaves on 29 December 2028 — 251 days.

That is the one spell Ketu spends in Punarvasu between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 251 days in all. Over the same span Ketu stands in 6 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Ketu in Punarvasu a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Punarvasu: what the tables locate there for Ketu

Of the four complete spells Ketu has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 251 days and the longest 252, and a spell in Punarvasu is level with the shortest.

• 15 July 2028: Ketu meets the Sun at 28° Gemini, in Punarvasu pada 3.
• 20 July 2028: Ketu meets Mercury at 28° Gemini, in Punarvasu pada 3.
• 21 August 2028: Ketu meets Mars at 26° Gemini, in Punarvasu pada 3.
• 28 August 2028: Ketu meets Venus at 26° Gemini, in Punarvasu pada 2.

Punarvasu as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Punarvasu’s deity is listed as Aditi and its symbol as quiver; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Punarvasu whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Punarvasu page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Gemini and Cancer, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Punarvasu; 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 Gemini and Ketu in Cancer; 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 Punarvasu