Ketu Transit in Hasta
Ketu in Hasta nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Ketu is in Hasta, since 29 Jul 1912, 16:03, until 18 Jun 2043, 14:24.
- Typical stay
- about 130 years 11 months
Ketu in Hasta: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 1912, 16:03 | 7 Apr 1913, 06:41 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1912 |
| 6 Mar 1931, 03:04 | 12 Nov 1931, 17:43 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1931 |
| 10 Oct 1949, 14:20 | 19 Jun 1950, 04:59 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1949 |
| 17 May 1968, 01:39 | 23 Jan 1969, 16:18 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1968 |
| 22 Dec 1986, 13:17 | 31 Aug 1987, 03:56 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1986 |
| 29 Jul 2005, 00:43 | 6 Apr 2006, 15:21 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2005 |
| 4 Mar 2024, 12:12 | 11 Nov 2024, 02:51 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2024 |
| 9 Oct 2042, 23:44 | 18 Jun 2043, 14:24 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2042 |
What Ketu in Hasta nakshatra means
Hasta is the hand, the Moon's nakshatra in Virgo, with Savitr as its deity. The Moon is a friend of Mars, and Ketu takes the Kujavat relationships, so the lord of the star is warm toward the graha. Mercury owns the sign and is an enemy.
The stay runs about eight months, backward from the fourth pada to the first. When the true node runs direct for some weeks, the stay divides into two visits. Rahu stands in Revati for the first half and in Uttara Bhadrapada for the second.
Hasta rules craft, dexterity, healing touch, humour and the control of small things. Ketu is the karaka of skill carried over from before, and in Hasta that skill surfaces. A person finds their hands know something they were never taught: a craft, a script, a way of touching the sick. Work done by hand becomes a sadhana, and detail work should not be done in a hurry.
One learns here what one can do without thinking. Savitr sets everything in motion and asks nothing of it, and Ketu in Hasta invites the same ease. The remedy is Ganesha and Om Kem Ketave Namah, and the Gayatri at sunrise for Savitr. Parashara prescribes mantra and dana for Ketu, a blanket, sesame or food for dogs on Tuesday, with something made by hand.
Cancer, Aries and Scorpio Moons receive Ketu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika names favourable. Virgo Moons carry Ketu on the lagna and Rahu in the seventh, and the digestion and the marriage are touched. Pisces Moons have Rahu on the lagna and Ketu on the partner. Libra Moons hold Ketu in the twelfth and Aquarius Moons in the eighth, and the lagna is read the same way.