Rahu in Shravana Nakshatra (Rahu in श्रवण)

Shravana, the 22nd of the 27 nakshatras, covers 280°00′ – 293°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Capricorn. Shravana is ruled by the Moon, so Rahu in Shravana stands in the Moon’s star.

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

Rahu in Shravana, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu is in a friend's sign in all four padas of Shravana, because the whole nakshatra lies in Capricorn. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Rahu’s strongest navamsa in Shravana 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 Shravana 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 Shravana, 2026–2028

• 10 April 2027: Rahu enters Shravana, and leaves on 18 December 2027 — 252 days.

That is the one spell Rahu spends in Shravana between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 252 days in all. Over the same span Rahu stands in 5 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Rahu in Shravana a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Shravana: what the tables locate there for Rahu

Of the three complete spells Rahu has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 251 days and the longest 252, and that longest spell is the one in Shravana.

Shravana as the Setting for Rahu

In the nakshatra tables Shravana’s deity is listed as Vishnu and its symbol as ear; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Shravana whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Shravana page. What changes with Rahu is everything above: the dignities in Capricorn, the relation to the Moon, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Rahu in Shravana; 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 Capricorn; Rahu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Rahu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Shravana article.

The Other Grahas in Shravana