Rahu in Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra (Rahu in उत्तराषाढ़ा)

Uttara Ashadha, the 21st of the 27 nakshatras, covers 266°40′ – 280°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Sagittarius and Capricorn. Uttara Ashadha is ruled by the Sun, so Rahu in Uttara Ashadha stands in the Sun’s star.

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

Rahu in Uttara Ashadha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu in Uttara Ashadha is in a neutral sign in pada 1 (Sagittarius) and in a friend's sign in padas 2, 3 and 4 (Capricorn), because Uttara Ashadha crosses from Sagittarius into Capricorn. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Rahu’s strongest navamsa in Uttara Ashadha is pada 3 (Aquarius, in a sign it co-lords), and its weakest are padas 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign) and 4 (Pisces, in a neutral sign).

Uttara Ashadha pada 1 is vargottama — Sagittarius in rashi and in navamsa — so Rahu there is in a neutral sign on both counts. Uttara Ashadha pada 2 is vargottama — Capricorn in rashi and in navamsa — so Rahu there is in a friend'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 Uttara 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 Uttara Ashadha, 2026–2028

• 18 December 2027: Rahu enters Uttara Ashadha, and leaves on 25 August 2028 — 251 days.

That is the one spell Rahu spends in Uttara Ashadha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 251 days in all. Over the same span Rahu stands in 5 of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Rahu in Uttara Ashadha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Uttara Ashadha: 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 a spell in Uttara Ashadha is level with the shortest.

• 23 December 2027: Rahu meets Venus at 9° Capricorn, in Uttara Ashadha pada 4.
• 7 January 2028: Rahu meets Mars at 8° Capricorn, in Uttara Ashadha pada 4.
• 8 January 2028: Rahu meets Mercury at 8° Capricorn, in Uttara Ashadha pada 4.
• 23 January 2028: Rahu meets the Sun at 8° Capricorn, in Uttara Ashadha pada 4.

Uttara Ashadha as the Setting for Rahu

In the nakshatra tables Uttara Ashadha’s deity is listed as Vishvedevas and its symbol as elephant tusk; its gana is Manushya, and the muhurta texts put it in the Dhruva class (fixed). Those belong to Uttara Ashadha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Uttara Ashadha page. What changes with Rahu is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius and Capricorn, the relation to the Sun, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Rahu in Uttara 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 and Rahu in Capricorn; 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 Uttara Ashadha