✦ Ketu (South Lunar Node) Gochar 2026 ✦
✦ Moksha-karaka — past-life karma, vairagya, spiritual liberation ✦
Ketu (South Lunar Node)
केतु
Per rashi
~18 मास
Motion
सदा-वक्री
Always opposite
राहु से
✦ About this graha ✦
Ketu Gochar — perpetually retrograde, always 180° from Rahu. ~18 months per rashi. Full cycle 18 years.
Ketu is karaka of moksha, vairagya, spirituality, occult sciences. Past-life karma. Reveals spiritual inclination, intuition, hidden talents.
In 2026 Ketu shifts from Simha to Karka (~Nov 2026), simultaneously with Rahu (same day).
✦ 2026 Rashi Transits ✦
Enters: Leo
✦ Continuing ✦
Enters: Cancer
✦ 18-month shift ✦
✦ Effect on 12 Rashis ✦
✦ Aries (मेष)
Simha Ketu — Mesh 5th (intellect-progeny). Spiritual leaning.
✦ Taurus (वृषभ)
Vrishabh — 4th (mother-home). Family vairagya.
✦ Gemini (मिथुन)
Mithun — 3rd (parakrama). Bold actions.
✦ Cancer (कर्क)
Karka — 2nd (wealth-speech). Calm speech.
✦ Leo (सिंह)
Simha — 1st (self). Personality purification.
✦ Virgo (कन्या)
Kanya — 12th (vyaya-moksha). Moksha-yatra.
✦ Libra (तुला)
Tula — 11th (income-friends). Unexpected income.
✦ Scorpio (वृश्चिक)
Vrishchika — 10th (karma). Spiritual work.
✦ Sagittarius (धनु)
Dhanu — 9th (bhagya-guru). Tirtha-yatra.
✦ Capricorn (मकर)
Makar — 8th (longevity-occult). Sadhana-tap.
✦ Aquarius (कुम्भ)
Kumbha — 7th (partnership). Partnership vairagya.
✦ Pisces (मीन)
Meena — 6th (enemy-debt). Enemy destruction.
✦ Remedies ✦
- 1
Ketu Kavacha Stotra, "Om Kem Ketave Namah" 108 times.
- 2
Ganesha puja (special — Ketu-pacifier).
- 3
Charity of sesame, mustard oil, blanket, flag, silk cloth.
- 4
Wear Lehsunia (Cat's Eye / Chrysoberyl) — astrological vetting.
✦ FAQs ✦
Q. Is Ketu always inauspicious?
No. Ketu rules spirituality, moksha, occult sciences, intuition. Helpful for sadhana, tap, ascetic work. Difficult only for material desires.
Q. Why don't Rahu-Ketu mahadashas come together?
Per Vimshottari Dasha system: Rahu dasha 18 yrs, Ketu dasha 7 yrs. They come in different periods. ~50-60 year gap between Rahu and Ketu mahadashas.