Overview
From 5 December 2026 until 24 June 2028, Rahu occupies your sixth house from the Moon in Simha. Work, service, debt, health routines and opposition become the practical field of the stay.
Classically this is a strong Rahu placement: difficulties tend to be worked through rather than merely met. Ketu in the twelfth suits quieter practice and trims wasteful outgoings.
Always retrograde from entry, the period favours method over spectacle through to the exit on 24 June 2028. Systems for daily friction matter more than a single victory lap.
Give consistent attention to service quality and recurring problems. The stay rewards disciplined repair without treating every obstacle as permanent.
Career and profession
Daily workload, colleagues, service quality and problems that need systems sit at the centre of professional life through this stay. Competence shows in how friction is handled.
Work behind the scenes, foreign links and tasks nearing closure pull from the opposite side. Closing loops cleanly supports the visible sixth-house effort.
Across these months, build repeatable processes rather than heroic sprints. Standing grows from reliability when others bring disorder to your desk.
Name the bottleneck, fix the step you control, and keep records. Purposeful effort here is maintenance and improvement, not a hunt for applause.
Money and finance
Debt reduction, recurring expenses and practical financial repair define the money theme from entry through exit. Small leaks closed repeatedly outweigh one grand gesture.
Ketu in the twelfth helps curb wasteful expenditure when you notice it. Expenses whose return is delayed still need a clear reason to continue.
Schedule reviews of subscriptions, dues and repayment timelines across the stay. The sixth favours repair you can measure month by month.
Track what leaves and why. Discipline with recurring costs stabilises the period without advice to borrow, invest, or choose one product over another.
Health and routine
Treatment adherence, habits and small issues handled before they grow mark health through this stay. Early attention keeps minor friction from compounding.
Sleep, recovery, feet and the cost of ignoring rest sit opposite. Recovery time is part of the system, not an optional extra after the work is done.
From 5 December 2026 until 24 June 2028, routines that you can repeat beat intense bursts followed by collapse. Diet and rest support the service load.
Keep appointments you set with yourself and with qualified care. The period favours prevention and follow-through, never a diagnosis from the chart alone.
Family and home
Division of labour and the burden of unspoken practical tasks colour family life across these months. Who handles the everyday load becomes a live question.
Distance, private burdens and matters needing compassionate closure arrive from the twelfth. Some duties resolve better with quiet completion than debate.
Through this stay, name the chores and timelines you can own. Clarity about the practical share reduces resentment without assigning blame.
Offer help you can sustain and ask for the same. Shared domestic duty works best as a roster, not a test of devotion.
Marriage and relationships
How criticism, service and unequal workload affect the bond deserves attention with a partner through this stay. Tone in small corrections matters as much as the task list.
Space, sacrifice and the line between solitude and withdrawal sit opposite. Your need for recovery should be stated, not acted out as distance alone.
Across the retrograde months, fair division of effort keeps closeness workable. Notice when helpfulness turns into silent scorekeeping.
Speak early about load and appreciation. Your conduct—patience, clarity, boundaries—shapes the climate without predicting another person’s mood.
The sign and house are calculated; individual
outcomes still depend on the natal chart, its rulership and the running
dasha.