Ketu in Revati Nakshatra (Ketu in रेवती)

Revati, the 27th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 346°40′ – 360°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Pisces. Revati is ruled by Mercury, so Ketu in Revati stands in Mercury’s star.

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

Ketu in Revati, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Revati, because the whole nakshatra lies in Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Ketu’s strongest navamsas in Revati 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).

Revati pada 4 is vargottama — Pisces in rashi and in navamsa — so Ketu there is in a neutral sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

Revati pada 4 (Pisces 26°40′ – 30°00′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Ketu placed in that quarter of Revati sits on the junction itself.

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

Ketu does not enter Revati 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 Revati is 6 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Revati is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Revati as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Revati’s deity is listed as Pushan and its symbol as fish; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Revati whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Revati page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Pisces, the relation to Mercury, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Revati; 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 Pisces; Ketu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Ketu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Revati article.

The Other Grahas in Revati