Ketu in Shravana Nakshatra (Ketu in श्रवण)

Shravana, the 22nd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 280°00′ – 293°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Capricorn. Shravana is ruled by the Moon, so Ketu in Shravana stands in the Moon’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts the Moon an enemy; the Moon’s row names no node, so the star lord of Shravana has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras the Moon rules, Rohini and Hasta, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Shravana, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Shravana, because the whole nakshatra lies in Capricorn. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Shravana 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 Shravana 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 Shravana, 2026–2028

Ketu does not enter Shravana 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 Shravana is 11 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Shravana is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Shravana as the Setting for Ketu

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

The Other Grahas in Shravana