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Rahu

Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु, ) is one of the nine major celestial bodies (navagraha) in Hindu texts and the king of meteors. It represents the ascension of the Moon in its precessional orbit around the Earth, also referred to as the north lunar node, and along with Ketu, is a "shadow planet" that causes eclipses. Despite having no physical existence, Rahu has…

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Abode
Rāhu Kāla
Affiliation
Graha, Asura, Svarbhanu
Consort
Nāgavalli and Nāgakanni or Karali
Day
Saturday, Rāhu Kāla
Devanagari
राहु
Festivals
Amavasya or Rāhu Kāla

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Legends

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Rahu

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples106
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Rahu

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related to Legends · 18
Rahu → Chandra, Earth, Following, For, However, Ketu, Mohini, Moon, Puranic, Since Rahu, Sudarshana Chakra, Sun, Surya, Svarbhanu, Svarbhanu's, The, This, Vishnu
related to Hanuman · 16
Rahu → Airavata, As Rahu, Brahma, Coincidentally, Earth, Furious, Hanuman, He, Indra, So, Sun, Sun's, They, Vayu, When, When Hanuman
related to Buddhist culture · 14
Rahu → Buddha, Buddhist, Candima Sutta, Chandra, In, Moon, Pali Canon, Rāhu, Samyutta Nikaya, Sun, Suriya Sutta, Surya, The, The Buddha
related to Jalandhara · 14
Rahu → Earth, Following, He, In, Infatuated, Jalandhara, Kailasa, Kirtimukha, Kirtimukha’s, Narada, Parvati, Shiva, The, Upon
related to Astrology · 12
Rahu → Both, Due, Hindu, In, It, Ketu, Like Ketu, Moon, Rāhu, Sanskrit, Since Rahu, Sun
related to Gallery · 5
Rahu → Moon, Phra Rahu, Thailand, ThailandRahu, The British MuseumRahu
related to Reincarnation during Mahabharata · 3
Rahu → During, Kratha, Mahabharata
Parents · 2
Rahu → Simhika (mother), Viprachitti (father)
Abode · 1
Rahu → Rāhu Kāla
Affiliation · 1
Rahu → Graha, Asura, Svarbhanu

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sun moon ketu astrology lunar hindu rāhu hanuman node eclipses planet shiva eclipse also celestial svarbhanu navagraha earth solar one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RahuAbodeRāhu Kāla1.00infobox
RahuAffiliationGraha, Asura, Svarbhanu1.00infobox
RahuConsortNāgavalli and Nāgakanni or Karali1.00infobox
RahuDaySaturday, Rāhu Kāla1.00infobox
RahuDevanagariराहु1.00infobox
RahuFestivalsAmavasya or Rāhu Kāla1.00infobox
RahuMantraOm Viprachitti putra Simhika putra Om Navagraha Rahuya Namah1.00infobox
RahuMountBlack Lion1.00infobox
RahuNumber4, 13, 22, 311.00infobox
RahuParentsViprachitti (father)1.00infobox
RahuParentsSimhika (mother)1.00infobox
RahuSanskrit transliterationrāhu (The point of intersection of ascending node of lunar orbit with the elliptic plane of Earth's orbit)1.00infobox
RahuSiblingsKetu1.00infobox
RahuWeaponSceptre1.00infobox
Rahuis ahead without the body0.90text

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