Rahu in Purva Phalguni Nakshatra (Rahu in पूर्व फाल्गुनी)

Purva Phalguni, the 11th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 133°20′ – 146°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Leo. Purva Phalguni is ruled by Venus, so Rahu in Purva Phalguni 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 Phalguni has no entry for Rahu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Venus rules, Bharani and Purva Ashadha, put Rahu under the same star lord.

Rahu in Purva Phalguni, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu is in an enemy's sign in all four padas of Purva Phalguni, because the whole nakshatra lies in Leo. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Rahu’s strongest navamsas in Purva Phalguni 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).

Purva Phalguni pada 1 is vargottama — Leo in rashi and in navamsa — so Rahu there is in an enemy's sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

Rahu does not enter Purva Phalguni 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 Phalguni is 9 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Rahu in Purva Phalguni is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Purva Phalguni as the Setting for Rahu

In the nakshatra tables Purva Phalguni’s deity is listed as Bhaga and its symbol as front of bed; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Ugra class (fierce). Those belong to Purva Phalguni whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Purva Phalguni page. What changes with Rahu is everything above: the dignities in Leo, the relation to Venus, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Rahu in Purva 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 Rahu in Leo; 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 Phalguni