Nodal transit
Rahu Ketu Gochar — the nodes' current signs and change dates
Rahu is in Aquarius, Ketu is in Leo. The next change is Rahu entering Capricorn on 5 December 2026.
Rahu and Ketu are the Moon's two nodes. They are always exactly opposite each other and always move backwards through the zodiac, taking about eighteen months per sign. Both are listed below.
- Every date is a computed ingress, not a copied table
- The exact instant is shown alongside the date, so you can check it
- Dates are shown in Indian Standard Time
Rahu today
- Sign now
- Aquarius
- Entered Aquarius
- 18 May 2025, 7:34 PM IST
- Next ingress
- Capricorn on 5 December 2026, 10:32 PM IST
| Sign | Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|---|
| Pisces | 1 January 2024 | 18 May 2025 |
| Aquarius | 18 May 2025 | 5 December 2026 |
| Capricorn | 5 December 2026 | 24 June 2028 |
| Sagittarius | 24 June 2028 | 11 January 2030 |
| Scorpio | 11 January 2030 | 31 July 2031 |
| Libra | 31 July 2031 | 1 January 2033 |
The first and last rows are clipped by the window this page renders, not by an ingress — Rahu was in the first sign before the table starts and stays in the last one after it ends.
Ketu today
- Sign now
- Leo
- Entered Leo
- 18 May 2025, 7:34 PM IST
- Next ingress
- Cancer on 5 December 2026, 10:32 PM IST
| Sign | Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|---|
| Virgo | 1 January 2024 | 18 May 2025 |
| Leo | 18 May 2025 | 5 December 2026 |
| Cancer | 5 December 2026 | 24 June 2028 |
| Gemini | 24 June 2028 | 11 January 2030 |
| Taurus | 11 January 2030 | 31 July 2031 |
| Aries | 31 July 2031 | 1 January 2033 |
The first and last rows are clipped by the window this page renders, not by an ingress — Ketu was in the first sign before the table starts and stays in the last one after it ends.
How these dates are produced
Sidereal (Lahiri) longitudes from Swiss Ephemeris, stepped a day at a time, with every sign crossing narrowed to the minute. That means a boundary here is the real ingress rather than an artifact of where the walk happened to start.
Rahu and Ketu are not planets and are always retrograde — that is what the nodes are, not a temporary condition, and a page implying they station is describing something that does not happen.
An ingress is one instant everywhere on Earth; the calendar date it lands on is not. A crossing at 00:40 IST is the previous day in London. Every date on this page is IST, and the instant is printed next to it so a reader in another zone can convert rather than guess.
For what the tradition reads into a transit, see the gochar guide. For where a transit falls in your chart, which is what decides anything, start with a free Kundli. Today's full Panchang.
Transit guidance here is a traditional framework for reflection and planning, not medical, legal or financial advice. Nothing on this page predicts an event, and no timing is a reason to delay medical care.
Common questions
Which sign is Rahu and Ketu in right now?
Rahu is in Aquarius, Ketu is in Leo. The next change is Rahu entering Capricorn on 5 December 2026.
Are these dates the same in every panchang?
The ingress instant is astronomy and is not in dispute. The date it falls on can differ by one day between sources, because an ingress near midnight lands on different calendar days in different timezones. Every date on this page is in Indian Standard Time, and the exact instant is shown so you can check it yourself.
Why does the same sign appear twice?
Because the planet re-entered it. Outer planets turn retrograde each year and can cross back over a sign boundary they have already passed. Each crossing is a real ingress, so each gets its own row.
What does a transit actually mean?
It means the planet has moved into a new sign of the zodiac. What the tradition reads into that depends entirely on where the sign falls in your own chart, which is why no transit has one meaning for everybody.