🪷 राहु · Rāhu (Rāhu (North Node))
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this graha IS Krishna
Rāhu is the eclipse-shadow that veils — Krishna covers Himself with Yogamāyā (BG 7.25). Rāhu in chart = exactly where Krishna is HIDDEN to test the bhakta. Rāhu-experience invites the bhakta to seek what is veiled.
Graha · Vāyu (Air, smoke-like) · Tamas · Female · South-West-direction · Vimśottarī 18 yrs
Today's transit (2026-06-03)
| Rāśi (sign) | Kumbha |
|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Śatabhiṣā · pāda 3 |
| Sidereal longitude | 313.7789° |
| Motion | Direct (mārgī) |
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Note: Rāhu (North Node) is the ascending (north) lunar node — a computed shadow-point, not a physical body. Always retrograde · 18.6-year cycle through the zodiac.
Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Alternate names
- Tamas · Svarbhānu · Bhujañgapati
- Ruling rāśi(s)
- —
- Exalted
- Taurus (Vṛṣabha) [some say Gemini]
- Debilitated
- Scorpio (Vṛścika) [some say Sagittarius]
- Friends
- Mercury · Venus · Saturn
- Enemies
- Sun · Moon · Mars
- Neutrals
- Jupiter
- Special aspects
- 7th + houses 5 & 9 (Parāśara dṛṣṭi)
Significations (kāratva)
- Foreign · taboo · unconventional
- Obsession · addiction · innovation
- Maternal grandfather · paternal grandmother
- Skin diseases · poison · drugs
- Politics · espionage · media
Mantra
oṁ bhraṁ bhrīṁ bhrauṁ saḥ rāhave namaḥ
Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)
Bhairava-stotra · hessonite (gomedha) · Saturdays · serving aged · feeding crows
Cross-references
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga · all of Krishna's named excellences
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7 manifest
- Compute your own birth-chart
- API: today's krishna-tattva (Ujjain reference)
📖 References
- Parāśara Muni. Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (बृहत् पाराशर होरा शास्त्र). The canonical Vedic-jyotiṣa treatise · BPHS 97 adhyāyas · the supreme manual · Source for Vimśottarī Mahādaśā · Pañca-Mahā-Puruṣa Yogas · Aṣṭakavarga · Doṣa-detection.
- Sūrya-Siddhānta (सूर्य-सिद्धान्त). Classical Indian astronomy treatise · first-principles closed-form analytical engine · earliest extant Sanskrit text ~4th-5th century CE · Foundation of all pañchāṅga computation on Vidhyamitra · operationalised for the 1.6M BCE → 429K CE range.
- Vyāsa Maharṣi. Bhagavad-Gītā (भगवद्गीता), BG 7.25. Mahābhārata Bhīṣma-parva 23-40 · multiple recensions in continuous use ~5,150 years · Krishna's explicit identification with Rāhu (North Node)/Rāhu: I am not manifest to all, being veiled by Yogamāyā. · www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179572.
- Bhāskara II (1114–1185 CE). Siddhānta-Śiromaṇi (सिद्धान्त-शिरोमणि). Classical Indian astronomical treatise · 4-step iterative manda-method · Source for the orbital-position computation underlying Rāhu (North Node)'s sidereal longitude.
📚 See Also
- Taurus (Vṛṣabha) [some say Gemini] · Rāhu (North Node)'s exaltation rāśi · Where Rāhu (North Node) attains maximum strength
- Mercury · a friend-graha of Rāhu (North Node) · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Venus · a friend-graha of Rāhu (North Node) · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Saturn · a friend-graha of Rāhu (North Node) · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- BG 10 Vibhūti-Yoga · grahas as Krishna's tejo-aṁśas · Krishna IS the grahas (BG 10.21-22)
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See Rāhu (North Node)'s position + dignity + house for YOUR chart
- Why we can compute 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta engine moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Rāhu (North Node)'s significations · dignities · aspects
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā BG 7.25 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect