Ketu in Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra (Ketu in उत्तर भाद्रपद)

Uttara Bhadrapada, the 26th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 333°20′ – 346°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Pisces. Uttara Bhadrapada is ruled by Saturn, so Ketu in Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada has no entry for Ketu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Saturn rules, Pushya and Anuradha, put Ketu under the same star lord.

Ketu in Uttara Bhadrapada, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Uttara Bhadrapada, because the whole nakshatra lies in Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Ketu’s strongest navamsa in Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada, 2026–2028

Ketu does not enter Uttara Bhadrapada 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 Uttara Bhadrapada is 7 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Uttara Bhadrapada is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Uttara Bhadrapada as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Bhadrapada’s deity is listed as Ahirbudhnya and its symbol as twin; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Bhadrapada whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Bhadrapada page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Pisces, the relation to Saturn, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Uttara Bhadrapada; 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 astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Uttara Bhadrapada