Rahu Transit in Purva Ashadha
Rahu in Purva Ashadha nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Rahu is in Purva Ashadha, since 20 Jan 1917, 03:11, until 10 Dec 2047, 01:37.
- Typical stay
- about 130 years 11 months
Rahu in Purva Ashadha: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1917, 03:11 | 28 Sep 1917, 17:49 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1917 |
| 27 Aug 1935, 14:13 | 5 May 1936, 04:52 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1935 |
| 3 Apr 1954, 01:30 | 10 Dec 1954, 16:09 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1954 |
| 7 Nov 1972, 12:50 | 17 Jul 1973, 03:29 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1972 |
| 15 Jun 1991, 00:28 | 21 Feb 1992, 15:07 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1991 |
| 19 Jan 2010, 11:55 | 28 Sep 2010, 02:34 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2010 |
| 25 Aug 2028, 23:25 | 4 May 2029, 14:04 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2028 |
| 2 Apr 2047, 10:58 | 10 Dec 2047, 01:37 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2047 |
What Rahu in Purva Ashadha nakshatra means
Purva Ashadha is Venus's nakshatra in Sagittarius, with Apas, the waters, as its deity and a fan or a winnowing basket as its symbol. Jupiter owns the ground. Venus is Rahu's friend in the usual lists and Jupiter is neutral. Rahu passes through this star with more ease than through most of Sagittarius.
The stay lasts about eight months, taken backward from the fourth pada to the first. The true node sometimes runs direct for a few weeks, and a stay is then split into two visits. The themes are invincibility, early victory, purification by water, persuasion, and the winnowing that separates grain from chaff.
Rahu amplifies confidence. Arguments are won by force of conviction, causes gather followers, and a person may declare victory before the work is finished. Ketu stands in Punarvasu during the first half of the stay and in Ardra during the second.
Conviction and truth come apart under this transit, and the person sees which one they were holding. The winnowing basket keeps what has weight, and Rahu in Purva Ashadha shows how much of one's certainty is chaff.
Worship Durga, and offer water to the waters, at a river or a well, for Apas. Recite Om Ram Rahave Namah, take no intoxicants, and refuse every argument that has no purpose. Parashara's graha shanti calls for mantra and dana, and the traditional gifts for Rahu are dark cloth, sesame and oil, given on a Saturday.
- Libra, Cancer and Aquarius Moons and lagnas hold Rahu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika favours.
- Sagittarius Moons carry Rahu in the first and should watch the thighs, their pride and their promises.
- Gemini Moons have Ketu in the first and Rahu in the seventh.
- Capricorn and Taurus Moons take the twelfth and the eighth.