Ketu Nakshatra Pada Transit 2030

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
11-Jan-2030 Friday 04:27 AM Mrigashira Pada 3 → Mrigashira Pada 2
15-Mar-2030 Friday 02:07 AM Mrigashira Pada 2 → Mrigashira Pada 1
16-May-2030 Thursday 11:46 PM Mrigashira Pada 1 → Rohini Pada 4
18-Jul-2030 Thursday 09:26 PM Rohini Pada 4 → Rohini Pada 3
19-Sep-2030 Thursday 07:06 PM Rohini Pada 3 → Rohini Pada 2
21-Nov-2030 Thursday 04:46 PM Rohini Pada 2 → Rohini 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.