High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Hindu mythology, Rahu (Kannada: ರಾಹು)(Malayalam: രാഹു) () is a cut-off head of an asura, that swallows the sun or the moon causing eclipses. He is depicted in art as a serpent with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses. Rahu is one of the navagrahas (nine planets) in Vedic astrology. The Rahu kala (time of day under the influence of Rahu) is considered inauspicious.
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