Ketu in Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra (Ketu in उत्तर फाल्गुनी)

Uttara Phalguni, the 12th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 146°40′ – 160°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Leo and Virgo. Uttara Phalguni is ruled by the Sun, so Ketu in Uttara Phalguni stands in the Sun’s star.

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

Ketu in Uttara Phalguni, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Ketu in Uttara Phalguni is in an enemy's sign in pada 1 (Leo) and in a neutral sign in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Virgo), because Uttara Phalguni crosses from Leo into Virgo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Ketu’s strongest navamsas in Uttara Phalguni 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 Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni, 2026–2028

Ketu does not enter Uttara Phalguni 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 Phalguni is 21 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Ketu in Uttara Phalguni is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Uttara Phalguni as the Setting for Ketu

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Phalguni’s deity is listed as Aryaman and its symbol as back of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Phalguni page. What changes with Ketu is everything above: the dignities in Leo and Virgo, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Ketu in Uttara Phalguni; 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 Leo and Ketu in Virgo; Ketu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Ketu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Uttara Phalguni article.

The Other Grahas in Uttara Phalguni