Ketu in Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra (Ketu in पूर्व भाद्रपद)

Purva Bhadrapada, the 25th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 320°00′ – 333°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aquarius and Pisces. Purva Bhadrapada is ruled by Jupiter, so Ketu in Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Punarvasu and Vishakha, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Purva Bhadrapada, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu in Purva Bhadrapada is in a friend's sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Aquarius) and in a neutral sign in pada 4 (Pisces), because Purva Bhadrapada crosses from Aquarius into Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada, 2026–2028

Ketu does not enter Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 8 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Purva Bhadrapada is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Purva Bhadrapada as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Purva Bhadrapada’s deity is listed as Aja Ekapada and its symbol as two-faced man; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Bhadrapada whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Bhadrapada page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Aquarius and Pisces, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Purva Bhadrapada; 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 Aquarius and Ketu in Pisces; 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 Purva Bhadrapada