Rahu in Vishakha Nakshatra (Rahu in विशाखा)

Vishakha, the 16th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 200°00′ – 213°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Libra and Scorpio. Vishakha is ruled by Jupiter, so Rahu in Vishakha 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 Vishakha has no entry for Rahu, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Jupiter rules, Punarvasu and Purva Bhadrapada, put Rahu under the same star lord.

Rahu in Vishakha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Rahu in Vishakha is in a friend's sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Libra) and debilitated on the commoner reckoning in pada 4 (Scorpio), because Vishakha crosses from Libra into Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Rahu’s strongest navamsa in Vishakha 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 Vishakha 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 Vishakha, 2026–2028

Rahu does not enter Vishakha 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 Vishakha is 4 nakshatras further, counted backwards, the way the nodes move. So Rahu in Vishakha is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Vishakha as the Setting for Rahu

In the nakshatra tables Vishakha’s deity is listed as Indra-Agni and its symbol as triumphal arch; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Vishakha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Vishakha page. What changes with Rahu is everything above: the dignities in Libra and Scorpio, the relation to Jupiter, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Rahu in Vishakha; 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 Libra and Rahu in Scorpio; Rahu in all 27 nakshatras is on the Rahu nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Vishakha article.

The Other Grahas in Vishakha