Rahu in Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra (Rahu in पूर्व भाद्रपद)

Purva Bhadrapada, the 25th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 320°00′ – 333°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Aquarius and Pisces. Purva Bhadrapada is ruled by Jupiter, so Rahu in Purva Bhadrapada stands in Jupiter’s star.

Rahu’s row in the friendship lists counts Jupiter neutral; Jupiter’s row names no node, so the star lord of Purva Bhadrapada has no entry for Rahu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Punarvasu and Vishakha, put Rahu under the same star lord.

Rahu in Purva Bhadrapada, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu in Purva Bhadrapada is in a sign it co-lords in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Aquarius) and in a neutral sign in pada 4 (Pisces), because Purva Bhadrapada crosses from Aquarius into Pisces. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Rahu’s strongest navamsa in Purva Bhadrapada 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).

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

Rahu does not enter Purva Bhadrapada 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 Purva Bhadrapada is 22 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Rahu in Purva Bhadrapada is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Purva Bhadrapada as the Setting for Rahu

In the nakshatra tables Purva Bhadrapada’s deity is listed as Aja Ekapada and its symbol as two-faced man; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Bhadrapada whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Bhadrapada page. What changes with Rahu is everything above: the dignities in Aquarius and Pisces, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Rahu in Purva 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 Rahu in Aquarius and Rahu in Pisces; 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 Purva Bhadrapada