Ketu Nakshatra Pada Transit 2022

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
08-Feb-2022 Tuesday 03:59 PM Anuradha Pada 1 → Vishakha Pada 4
12-Apr-2022 Tuesday 01:39 PM Vishakha Pada 4 → Vishakha Pada 3
14-Jun-2022 Tuesday 11:19 AM Vishakha Pada 3 → Vishakha Pada 2
16-Aug-2022 Tuesday 08:58 AM Vishakha Pada 2 → Vishakha Pada 1
18-Oct-2022 Tuesday 06:38 AM Vishakha Pada 1 → Swati Pada 4
20-Dec-2022 Tuesday 04:18 AM Swati Pada 4 → Swati Pada 3

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.