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Graha

Rahu

राहुRahu

Desire, ambition, foreign, obsession.

Where Rahu is now

Kumbh 5°39', in Dhanishta pada 4Retrograde

Sign lord
Saturn
Western sign
Aquarius
Dignity here
Neither exalted nor debilitated

Computed for Sat, 8 Aug, 2026, 5:30 pm IST, sidereal Lahiri.

Classical attributes

From the standard texts. These do not change.

Rules the signs
— the shadow planets rule no sign in the classical texts.
Exalted in
Traditions differ — commonly Vrishabh, sometimes Mithun
Debilitated in
Traditions differ — commonly Vrishchik, sometimes Dhanu
Moolatrikona
Not assigned
Aspects (drishti)
5th, 7th, 9th house from itself — the 7th plus its special aspects
Natural friends
Venus, Saturn
Neutral toward
Mars
Natural enemies
Sun, Moon
Karaka of
Desire and ambition, foreign lands and languages, technology, obsession and sudden gain.
Presiding deity
Durga
Weekday
None — the nodes rule no day
Gemstone
Hessonite (Gomed)
Metal
Lead
Direction
South-west
Beeja mantra
Om Bhraam Bhreem Bhraum Sah Rahave Namah
Vimshottari mahadasha
18 years

Rahu in the Vimshottari cycle

Ambition, desire, foreign gains and sudden change; intense, unconventional, worldly years.

Rahu rules three of the twenty-seven nakshatras, evenly spaced through the zodiac. A birth Moon in any of them starts life in a Rahu mahadasha of 18 years.

The other grahas