Rahu in Magha Nakshatra (Rahu in मघा)

Magha, the 10th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 120°00′ – 133°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Magha is ruled by Ketu, so Rahu in Magha stands in Ketu’s star.

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

Rahu in Magha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu is in an enemy's sign in all four padas of Magha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Leo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Rahu’s strongest navamsa in Magha is pada 2 (Taurus, exalted on the commoner reckoning), and its weakest are padas 1 (Aries, in an enemy's sign) and 4 (Cancer, in an enemy's sign).

Magha pada 1 (Leo 0°00′ – 3°20′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Rahu placed in that quarter of Magha sits on the junction itself.

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

Rahu does not enter Magha 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 Magha is 10 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Rahu in Magha is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Magha as the Setting for Rahu

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

The Other Grahas in Magha