Ketu in Pushya Nakshatra (Ketu in पुष्य)

Pushya, the 8th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 93°20′ – 106°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Cancer. Pushya is ruled by Saturn, so Ketu in Pushya stands in Saturn’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts Saturn a friend; Saturn’s row names no node, so the star lord of Pushya has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Saturn rules, Anuradha and Uttara Bhadrapada, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Pushya, Pada by Pada

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

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

• 14 August 2027: Ketu enters Pushya, and leaves on 22 April 2028 — 252 days.

That is the one spell Ketu spends in Pushya between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 252 days in all. Over the same span Ketu stands in 6 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Ketu in Pushya a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Pushya: 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 Pushya is level with the longest.

Pushya as the Setting for Ketu

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

The Other Grahas in Pushya