Rahu in Purva Ashadha Nakshatra (Rahu in पूर्वाषाढ़ा)

Purva Ashadha, the 20th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 253°20′ – 266°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Sagittarius. Purva Ashadha is ruled by Venus, so Rahu in Purva Ashadha stands in Venus’s star.

Rahu’s row in the friendship lists counts Venus a friend; Venus’s row names no node, so the star lord of Purva Ashadha has no entry for Rahu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Bharani and Purva Phalguni, put Rahu under the same star lord.

Rahu in Purva Ashadha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Purva Ashadha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Sagittarius. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Rahu’s strongest navamsas in Purva Ashadha are padas 2 (Virgo, in a friend's sign) and 3 (Libra, in a friend's sign), and its weakest is pada 4 (Scorpio, debilitated on the commoner reckoning).

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

• 25 August 2028: Rahu enters Purva Ashadha, and is still there when the table closes on 1 January 2029.

That is the one spell Rahu spends in Purva Ashadha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. Over the same span Rahu stands in 5 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Rahu in Purva Ashadha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Purva Ashadha: what the tables locate there for Rahu

• 20 December 2028: Rahu meets Mercury at 20° Sagittarius, in Purva Ashadha pada 3.

Purva Ashadha as the Setting for Rahu

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

The Other Grahas in Purva Ashadha