Rahu Transit
Where Rahu is transiting right now, and what it means for every Moon sign.
Rahu year by year
Every sign change, nakshatra change, retrograde and combust spell for a single year, with real dates.
Transit analysis
Rahu is always retrograde — it never turns direct, so unlike the other grahas there is no retrograde period here to wait out.
- Degree in sign
- 4.5°
- Nakshatra
- Dhanishta
- In Aquarius
- 18 May 2025 → 6 Dec 2026
As of 12 Sep 2026
Rahu in Aquarius: general themes
Rahu is in Aquarius while Ketu is in Leo. Social networks, collective aspirations, and material gain through groups are intensified (Rahu in Aquarius), while attachment to personal recognition and creative self-expression loosens (Ketu in Leo).
Rahu in Aquarius amplifies the desire to belong to something larger: communities, movements, and income from large-scale or technologically mediated networks all tend to attract unusual energy. Ketu in Leo brings a loosening of ego identification with one's creative output and personal legacy, sometimes liberating and sometimes felt as a creative quietening.
Rahu ingress timeline
| Sign | From | Until | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisces | 12 Sep 2024 | 18 May 2025 | |
| Aquarius NOW | 18 May 2025 | 6 Dec 2026 | |
| Capricorn | 6 Dec 2026 | 24 Jun 2028 | |
| Sagittarius | 24 Jun 2028 | 11 Jan 2030 | |
| Scorpio | 11 Jan 2030 | 31 Jul 2031 | |
| Libra | 31 Jul 2031 | 12 Sep 2032 |
Rahu through the 12 Moon signs
Find your Moon sign in the first column to see how this transit lands for you. A summary of the themes for each house from Moon is shown free; load your chart above for your full personalized reading.
| Moon sign | House from Moon | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | 11 | Rahu transiting the 11th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) is one of Rahu's most favorable transits, supporting gains, ambition, networking opportunities, and unconventional sources of profit. |
| Taurus | 10 | Rahu transiting the 10th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) can be favorable for career ambition, unconventional professional moves, public visibility, and strategic growth when ethics stay clear. |
| Gemini | 9 | Rahu transiting the 9th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) undermines faith, creates confusion in spiritual matters, and strains the relationship with father and mentors, leading to misguided beliefs or religious hypocrisy. |
| Cancer | 8 | Rahu transiting the 8th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) is challenging and unpredictable, increasing the need for prudence around health, shared finances, secrets, and transformative experiences. |
| Leo | 7 | Rahu transiting the 7th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) creates turbulence in marriage and partnerships, bringing deceptive alliances, unconventional relationship dynamics, and contractual complications. |
| Virgo | 6 | Rahu transiting the 6th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) is favorable for handling competition, debts, disputes, and difficult routines through focused, strategic effort. |
| Libra | 5 | Rahu transiting the 5th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) creates obsessive attachments in romance, speculative losses, and anxiety about children, while fueling intense but undisciplined creative urges. |
| Scorpio | 4 | Rahu transiting the 4th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) disturbs domestic peace, creates property entanglements, and brings emotional turmoil, with a restless mind unable to find comfort at home. |
| Sagittarius | 3 | Rahu transiting the 3rd house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) is highly favorable, granting exceptional courage, communication prowess, and success through bold initiatives, media, and technology ventures. |
| Capricorn | 2 | Rahu transiting the 2nd house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) disrupts family harmony and financial stability, bringing deceptive speech patterns, sudden monetary fluctuations, and tension in domestic relationships. |
| Aquarius | 1 | Rahu transiting the 1st house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) creates identity confusion, obsessive self-focus, and health disturbances, amplifying desires while clouding judgment about one's true path. |
| Pisces | 12 | Rahu transiting the 12th house from Moon (ruled by Saturn) is unfavorable, bringing excessive expenses, foreign displacement, sleep disorders, and encounters with hidden enemies and deceptive spiritual experiences. |
House from Moon is counted from your natal Moon sign to the sign Rahu currently occupies.
Rahu through the nakshatras
The sign is the long chapter. The nakshatra is the shorter passage inside it, and it carries its own ruling planet — which is what changes the flavour of the transit.
| Nakshatra | Ruled by | From | To | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Saturn | 12 Sep 2024 | 16 Mar 2025 | 6.1 mo | |
| Purva Bhadrapada | Jupiter | 16 Mar 2025 | 23 Nov 2025 | 8.3 mo | |
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 23 Nov 2025 | 2 Aug 2026 | 8.3 mo | |
| Dhanishta | Mars | 2 Aug 2026 | 10 Apr 2027 | 8.3 mo | Now |
| Shravana | Moon | 10 Apr 2027 | 18 Dec 2027 | 8.3 mo | |
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 18 Dec 2027 | 25 Aug 2028 | 8.3 mo | |
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 25 Aug 2028 | 4 May 2029 | 8.3 mo | |
| Mula | Ketu | 4 May 2029 | 11 Jan 2030 | 8.3 mo | |
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 11 Jan 2030 | 19 Sep 2030 | 8.3 mo | |
| Anuradha | Saturn | 19 Sep 2030 | 29 May 2031 | 8.3 mo | |
| Vishakha | Jupiter | 29 May 2031 | 5 Feb 2032 | 8.3 mo | |
| Swati | Rahu | 5 Feb 2032 | 12 Sep 2032 | 7.2 mo |
A planet re-crosses a nakshatra boundary when it turns retrograde, so the same nakshatra can appear more than once. Those rows are marked as a re-entry.
Why there is no kakṣhā table here
Rahu and Ketu are not given an Aṣhṭakavarga of their own — the classical scheme awards bindus to the seven grahas and the Lagna only. So the kakṣhā reading shown on the Saturn and Jupiter pages has nothing to read from here, and is deliberately left out rather than estimated.
What Is Transit Analysis?
Transit analysis (Gochar) studies the current real-time positions of planets and how they interact with the fixed positions in your birth chart. As planets continue moving through the zodiac after your birth, they form temporary relationships with your natal placements — activating different houses and triggering new themes in your life.
While your birth chart is a static snapshot, transits are dynamic. They explain why certain periods feel expansive or challenging. A Jupiter transit over your Moon sign may bring optimism and opportunity, while Saturn crossing the same point could demand discipline and patience. Transits are the bridge between your birth potential and lived experience.
How Does Transit Analysis Work?
The tool calculates the current sidereal longitude of each planet using a high-precision astronomical engine and compares it against your natal Moon sign. In Vedic astrology, transits are primarily read from the Moon (Chandra Lagna) rather than the Ascendant. The house a transiting planet occupies relative to your Moon sign determines its effect on specific life areas.
Slow-moving planets like Saturn (2.5 years per sign), Jupiter (about 1 year per sign), and Rahu-Ketu (1.5 years per sign) produce the most significant transit effects. The tool highlights these major transits, indicates which natal house is activated, and notes whether classical texts consider the transit favorable or challenging for your Moon sign.
