Ketu Nakshatra Pada Transit 2021

Ketu, the south lunar node, signifies detachment, spirituality and past-life karma. It is always exactly opposite Rahu and moves backward through the zodiac, about 18 months per sign.

Every nakshatra is divided into four padas of 3°20'. A pada transit marks a graha crossing into the next quarter of a nakshatra, the finest standard division, which also determines the Navamsa sign the graha occupies. The Ketu spends about 18 months in each sign. Times below are exact to the minute, calculated with the sidereal Lahiri ayanamsa and the mean lunar node.

All times shown in: Asia/Kolkata

Date Time Ketu Nakshatra Pada Transition Action
27-Jan-2021 Wednesday 06:01 AM Jyeshtha Pada 3 → Jyeshtha Pada 2
31-Mar-2021 Wednesday 03:41 AM Jyeshtha Pada 2 → Jyeshtha Pada 1
02-Jun-2021 Wednesday 01:20 AM Jyeshtha Pada 1 → Anuradha Pada 4
03-Aug-2021 Tuesday 11:00 PM Anuradha Pada 4 → Anuradha Pada 3
05-Oct-2021 Tuesday 08:40 PM Anuradha Pada 3 → Anuradha Pada 2
07-Dec-2021 Tuesday 06:19 PM Anuradha Pada 2 → Anuradha Pada 1

Note: positions are calculated with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa using the Swiss Ephemeris and the mean lunar node. Other Panchang sources use slightly different ayanamsa values, so their times can differ from these by a few minutes for the Sun and Moon, and by more for slower planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.