Planet Transits
Where the planets are today, and every sign change and retrograde period of the year, computed with the Swiss Ephemeris (sidereal, Lahiri). Times are India time.
Today: Sun in Libra, Moon in Aquarius, Mars in Cancer, Mercury in Libra, Jupiter in Cancer, Venus in Libra (retrograde), Saturn in Pisces (retrograde), Rahu in Aquarius (retrograde), Ketu in Leo (retrograde).
Planets today
| Planet | Sign | Degree | Nakshatra | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 3.5° | Chitra | direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 0.4° | Dhanishta | direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 18.7° | Ashlesha | direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 26.1° | Vishakha | direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 28.6° | Ashlesha | direct |
| Venus | Libra | 8.4° | Swati | retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces | 15.8° | Uttara Bhadrapada | retrograde |
| Rahu | Aquarius | 2.4° | Dhanishta | retrograde |
| Ketu | Leo | 2.4° | Magha | retrograde |
The year at a glance
- Fire sign
- Earth sign
- Air sign
- Water sign
- Retrograde: the planet seems to move backward, as seen from Earth
- Today
Each bar is the sign the planet is in, month by month. The hatched strip (////) marks a retrograde spell: for a while the planet seems to move backward through the signs, as seen from Earth. It is a long-watched part of a transit, not a planet really turning round. Rahu and Ketu always move backward, so they get no strip.
Sign changes
| January | |
|---|---|
| Venus enters Capricorn | 13 Jan, 3:59 AM |
| Sun enters Capricorn | 14 Jan, 3:08 PM |
| Mars enters Capricorn | 16 Jan, 4:29 AM |
| Mercury enters Capricorn | 17 Jan, 10:25 AM |
| February | |
| Mercury enters Aquarius | 3 Feb, 9:53 PM |
| Venus enters Aquarius | 6 Feb, 1:12 AM |
| Sun enters Aquarius | 13 Feb, 4:09 AM |
| Mars enters Aquarius | 23 Feb, 11:51 AM |
| March | |
| Venus enters Pisces | 2 Mar, 12:58 AM |
| Sun enters Pisces | 15 Mar, 1:04 AM |
| Venus enters Aries | 26 Mar, 5:10 AM |
| April | |
| Mars enters Pisces | 2 Apr, 3:30 PM |
| Mercury enters Pisces | 11 Apr, 1:17 AM |
| Sun enters Aries | 14 Apr, 9:33 AM |
| Venus enters Taurus | 19 Apr, 3:47 PM |
| Mercury enters Aries | 30 Apr, 6:53 AM |
| May | |
| Mars enters Aries | 11 May, 12:39 PM |
| Venus enters Gemini | 14 May, 10:54 AM |
| Mercury enters Taurus | 15 May, 12:33 AM |
| Sun enters Taurus | 15 May, 6:23 AM |
| Mercury enters Gemini | 29 May, 11:12 AM |
| June | |
| Jupiter enters Cancer | 2 Jun, 1:51 AM |
| Venus enters Cancer | 8 Jun, 5:44 PM |
| Sun enters Gemini | 15 Jun, 12:54 PM |
| Mars enters Taurus | 21 Jun, 12:00 AM |
| Mercury enters Cancer | 22 Jun, 3:31 PM |
| July | |
| Venus enters Leo | 4 Jul, 7:14 PM |
| Mercury enters Gemini | 7 Jul, 10:47 AM |
| Sun enters Cancer | 16 Jul, 11:40 PM |
| August | |
| Venus enters Virgo | 1 Aug, 9:29 AM |
| Mars enters Gemini | 2 Aug, 10:52 PM |
| Mercury enters Cancer | 5 Aug, 7:55 PM |
| Sun enters Leo | 17 Aug, 7:59 AM |
| Mercury enters Leo | 22 Aug, 7:32 PM |
| September | |
| Venus enters Libra | 2 Sept, 1:45 PM |
| Mercury enters Virgo | 7 Sept, 1:33 PM |
| Sun enters Virgo | 17 Sept, 7:53 AM |
| Mars enters Cancer | 18 Sept, 4:36 PM |
| Mercury enters Libra | 26 Sept, 12:39 PM |
| October | |
| Sun enters Libra | 17 Oct, 7:52 PM |
| Jupiter enters Leo | 31 Oct, 12:03 PM |
| November | |
| Venus enters Virgo | 6 Nov, 1:05 AM |
| Mars enters Leo | 12 Nov, 8:19 PM |
| Sun enters Scorpio | 16 Nov, 7:44 PM |
| Venus enters Libra | 22 Nov, 5:22 PM |
| December | |
| Mercury enters Scorpio | 2 Dec, 5:28 PM |
| Rahu enters Capricorn | 5 Dec, 10:33 PM |
| Ketu enters Cancer | 5 Dec, 10:33 PM |
| Sun enters Sagittarius | 16 Dec, 10:26 AM |
| Mercury enters Sagittarius | 22 Dec, 7:40 AM |
Retrograde periods
When a planet seems to move backwards: a time to review rather than to start.
What is a transit (gochar)?
A transit, gochar in Hindi, is a planet moving through the zodiac today. Astrologers read where each planet is now against your birth chart — usually from your Moon sign (rashi) — to see which areas of life a period stirs.
The slow planets matter most
The Moon changes sign every two and a half days and the Sun every month, so their transits colour days and weeks. Jupiter (about a year in a sign), Saturn (about two and a half years) and Rahu–Ketu (about eighteen months) shape the longer chapters — Sade Sati is Saturn's transit over and around your Moon. Sade Sati calculator
Retrograde (vakri) planets
Seen from the Earth, a planet sometimes appears to move backwards for a few weeks or months. Vedic astrology calls it vakri and reads it as a time to revisit and finish matters of that planet rather than start new ones.
Questions
What is a transit (gochar)?
A planet's movement through the signs now, read against your birth chart, usually from your Moon sign.
How long does each planet stay in a sign?
The Moon about 2½ days, the Sun, Mercury and Venus about a month, Mars about 6 weeks, Jupiter about a year, Saturn about 2½ years, and Rahu and Ketu about 18 months.
Which transits matter most?
Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu–Ketu, because they stay long in a sign; Sade Sati and Jupiter's transit from your Moon are the best known.
What does retrograde mean?
A planet appearing to move backwards as seen from the Earth (vakri). It is read as a time to revisit rather than begin.
Are these sidereal or tropical positions?
Sidereal, with the Lahiri ayanamsa, as in Vedic astrology — about 24° behind the tropical (Western) zodiac.
Do transits affect everyone the same way?
No. The same transit falls in a different house for each Moon sign and lagna, so its effect differs from chart to chart.