Ketu in Purva Phalguni Nakshatra (Ketu in पूर्व फाल्गुनी)

Purva Phalguni, the 11th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 133°20′ – 146°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Purva Phalguni is ruled by Venus, so Ketu in Purva Phalguni 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 Purva Phalguni has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Bharani and Purva Ashadha, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Purva Phalguni, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu is in an enemy's sign in all four padas of Purva Phalguni, because the whole nakshatra lies in Leo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Purva Phalguni is pada 4 (Scorpio, exalted on the commoner reckoning), and its weakest is pada 1 (Leo, in an enemy's sign).

Purva Phalguni pada 1 is vargottama — Leo 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 Purva Phalguni 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 Phalguni, 2026–2028

• Ketu is already in Purva Phalguni when the table opens on 1 January 2026, and leaves on 29 March 2026.

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

Inside Purva Phalguni: what the tables locate there for Ketu

Purva Phalguni as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Purva Phalguni’s deity is listed as Bhaga and its symbol as front of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Phalguni page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Leo, the relation to Venus, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Purva Phalguni; 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 Leo; 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 Phalguni