Where will Ketu be on a specific date?

Set the date picker to any future day and this tool returns Ketu’s sidereal rashi, nakshatra, pada and exact degree — plus Rahu’s mirror position on the opposite end of the axis — at that day’s local sunrise. Positions are computed with Swiss Ephemeris DE431 and Lahiri Ayanamsha, so they match classical panchang publications.

Where was Ketu on a past date?

Set the date picker to any historical day. The Swiss Ephemeris DE431 dataset covers 13,201 BCE onward, so ancestral birth dates, past contract dates, and historical events all resolve exactly. The readout gives Ketu’s rashi, nakshatra, pada, degree, and motion state at local sunrise on that date.

Was Ketu retrograde on a specific date?

Always — and so was Rahu. The lunar nodes are shadow points rather than physical bodies, and they move backwards through the zodiac continuously. Classical practice therefore reads them as permanently retrograde and the readout shows no motion state; the true node does drift forward on roughly a quarter of days, but never long enough to station.

Where was Rahu on that date?

Exactly 180 degrees from Ketu. The readout shows both ends of the axis together, so looking up Ketu also tells you Rahu: if Ketu was in Leo, Rahu was in Aquarius at the same moment.

What is the difference between this page and Find Dates?

This page answers “where will Ketu be on a date I already know?” — you supply the date, it returns the position. Find Ketu Transit Dates answers the reverse: “when will Ketu be in a sign or nakshatra I already know?” — you supply the target, it returns every matching window in a date range up to 730 days wide, including axis shifts.

Can I look up where Ketu was on my birthday?

Yes — set the date field to your birth date. The tool computes Ketu at local sunrise for that day and returns the sidereal sign (Rashi), nakshatra, pada, degree and dignity for both Ketu and Rahu. If Ketu changed sign or nakshatra during the day, both boundaries are listed.

Why is the position computed at sunrise instead of my birth time?

The Vedic day begins at sunrise, so the classical panchang convention reports planetary positions as of sunrise. This makes the readout comparable to how traditional Vedic panchang publications, muhurta software, and almanacs list Ketu for that date. For a live intra-day reading of Ketu today, use the Live Tracker.

How far back and forward can I look up Ketu?

The Swiss Ephemeris DE431 dataset covers the range 13,201 BCE through 17,191 CE. In practice this means you can look up any historical or future date without hitting a data limit. Ancient dates use the same Lahiri Ayanamsha correction applied to the tropical longitude of the era.

Does my location affect Ketu date-lookup results?

Ketu’s sidereal longitude at any UTC instant is the same for every observer on Earth — the figure is geocentric, measured from the centre of the Earth. What varies by location is the sunrise moment used as the classical Vedic day-boundary. The tool auto-detects your location so the sunrise anchor matches your local horizon.

How do I use this for contract Muhurta planning?

Check each candidate signing or launch date: the readout will tell you which sign and nakshatra Ketu occupies, and whether it sits in a favorable sign. Vedic tradition strongly prefers Ketu in Scorpio (exalted) and notes when it sits in Taurus (debilitated) for contracts. Cross-reference with the Year Timeline to see the full context.

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Ketu Date Lookup

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Where will Ketu be on a given date? Get its complete Vedic readout at local sunrise for any past or future day — including sign, nakshatra and pada. Great for verifying natal Ketu placement or checking a property or surgery Muhurta.

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Note: All calculations use Lahiri Ayanamsa (sidereal) and Swiss Ephemeris for high precision, using the true node rather than the mean node. Times are displayed in your local timezone. Ketu and its opposite point Rahu sit exactly 180° apart at every instant and move backwards continuously at about 0.05° per day, taking roughly 18 months to cross a sign and around seven months to cross a Nakshatra. They are permanently retrograde and are never combust, so no motion or combustion state is shown.

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About Ketu Date Lookup (Historical Ketu Gochar)

Where was Ketu on a given date?

Pick any past or future date and this tool returns the sidereal position of Ketu at local sunrise — sign (rashi), nakshatra, pada and exact degree — alongside Rahu's mirror position on the opposite end of the axis.

Because Ketu always sits exactly 180° from Rahu, knowing one gives the other: if Rahu was in Aquarius, Ketu was in Leo on the same date.

Common reasons to look up a date

Verifying a natal nodal axis — enter a birth date to read the Ketu and Rahu placements used in Vedic chart interpretation and Vimshottari Dasha.
Checking which nakshatra Ketu occupied — Ketu owns Ashwini, Magha and Moola; Rahu owns Ardra, Swati and Shatabhisha.
Dating an axis shift — find when Ketu last changed sign, which happens roughly every 18 months.

Why sunrise, and why no motion state

Vedic panchang convention reads the day from local sunrise, so the readout is anchored there rather than to midnight. There is no retrograde or combust indicator because neither applies: Ketu is a shadow point, permanently retrograde and never combust.

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