Rahu in Krittika Nakshatra (Rahu in कृत्तिका)

Krittika, the 3rd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 26°40′ – 40°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aries and Taurus. Krittika is ruled by the Sun, so Rahu in Krittika stands in the Sun’s star.

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

Rahu in Krittika, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu in Krittika is in an enemy's sign in pada 1 (Aries) and exalted on the commoner reckoning in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Taurus), because Krittika crosses from Aries into Taurus. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Rahu’s strongest navamsa in Krittika is pada 3 (Aquarius, in a sign it co-lords), 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 Rahu none, so for Rahu in Krittika no degree of special dignity can be located; the sign-level verdicts above carry the hedge the planet pages use for Rahu.

When Rahu Is in Krittika, 2026–2028

Rahu does not enter Krittika at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Shatabhisha when the table opens and in Purva Ashadha when it closes, having visited 5 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Purva Ashadha Krittika is 17 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Rahu in Krittika is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Krittika as the Setting for Rahu

In the nakshatra tables Krittika’s deity is listed as Agni and its symbol as razor; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Krittika whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Krittika page. What changes with Rahu is everything above: the dignities in Aries and Taurus, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Rahu in Krittika; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Rahu in Aries and Rahu in Taurus; Rahu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Rahu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Krittika