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Rahu nakshatra calculator

Which nakshatra is your Rahu in? Enter your birth details to see its nakshatra, pada and star lord, and what that combination means.

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How this calculator works

The 27 nakshatras divide the zodiac into lunar mansions of 13°20′, each ruled by one of the nine grahas and split into four padas of 3°20′. Where Rahu falls among them colours how its themes show up: its motives and the way it acts.

Rahu moves slowly and backwards, staying in each nakshatra for about eight months, so everyone born in the same months shares it; its house and the planets it joins make it personal.

Calculated in your browser from the same chart as our free Kundli: sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa, whole-sign houses, mean node. The numbers match our free Kundli exactly.

Background

Rahu is not a planet but a point — where the Moon's orbit crosses the Sun's path going north. Vedic astrology counts it among the nine grahas, "seizers", because it seizes the Sun and Moon in eclipses. Rahu in Astrology: The North Node's Myth, Meaning and Dasha →

Questions

How is the nakshatra of Rahu found?

From its sidereal longitude: the zodiac’s 360° divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′, each with four padas of 3°20′. We use the Lahiri ayanamsa.

Is Rahu’s nakshatra the same as my birth nakshatra?

No. Your birth nakshatra is the Moon’s. Rahu’s nakshatra describes how that planet in particular expresses itself.

Do I need my birth time?

Rarely: Rahu moves slowly enough that the nakshatra is usually the same all day. The house needs the time.