Ketu in Swati Nakshatra (Ketu in स्वाती)

Swati, the 15th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 186°40′ – 200°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Libra. Swati is ruled by Rahu, so Ketu in Swati stands in Rahu’s star.

Neither node’s row in the friendship lists names the other, so for Ketu in Swati there is no entry in either direction between Ketu and its star lord, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Rahu rules, Ardra and Shatabhisha, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Swati, Pada by Pada

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

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

Ketu does not enter Swati 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 Swati is 18 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Swati is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Swati as the Setting for Ketu

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

The Other Grahas in Swati