Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 1972: when each graha changes sign
In 1972, Guru moves into Dhanu on 6 Jan; Rahu moves into Dhanu on 5 Sep. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
The grahas on 1 January 1972
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 16 Dec 1971, until 14 Jan 1972
- Chandra (Moon)In Mithunasince 30 Dec 1971, until 2 Jan 1972
- Mangala (Mars)In Meenasince 16 Dec 1971, until 31 Jan 1972
- Budha (Mercury)In Vrishchikasince 10 Dec 1971, until 6 Jan 1972
- Guru (Jupiter)In Vrishchikasince 11 Dec 1970, until 6 Jan 1972
- Shukra (Venus)In Makarasince 18 Dec 1971, until 11 Jan 1972
- Shani (Saturn)RetrogradeIn Vrishabhasince 28 Apr 1971, until 10 Jun 1973
- RahuIn Makarasince 17 Feb 1971, until 5 Sep 1972
- KetuIn Karkasince 17 Feb 1971, until 5 Sep 1972
Gochar calendar for 1972
Times in IST. Each is the same instant everywhere on Earth. The Moon changes sign every two and a half days, so its list is on its own page.
Sign changeRetrograde / directAsta / rising
January 1972
6 Jan6:33 am
Guru enters Dhanu
6 Jan10:13 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
11 Jan12:32 pm
Shukra enters Kumbha
14 Jan6:27 pm
Surya enters Makara
27 Jan4:39 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 4 Mar†
28 Jan1:38 am
Budha enters Makara
31 Jan4:21 pm
Shani turns direct at 6°07′ Vrishabha
31 Jan9:48 pm
Mangala enters Mesha
February 1972
5 Feb4:35 am
Shukra enters Meena
13 Feb7:23 am
Surya enters Kumbha
15 Feb3:25 am
Budha enters Kumbha
March 1972
1 Mar3:33 pm
Shukra enters Mesha
2 Mar7:02 am
Budha enters Meena
4 Mar9:42 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
14 Mar4:16 am
Surya enters Meena
17 Mar10:25 am
Mangala enters Vrishabha
22 Mar12:08 am
Budha turns retrograde at 22°23′ Meena
24 Mar6:47 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Apr†
28 Mar7:36 pm
Shukra enters Vrishabha
April 1972
7 Apr3:11 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
13 Apr12:49 pm
Surya enters Mesha
14 Apr8:59 am
Budha turns direct at 10°13′ Meena
25 Apr5:30 am
Guru turns retrograde at 14°52′ Dhanu
30 Apr12:40 pm
Shukra enters Mithuna
May 1972
2 May2:35 pm
Mangala enters Mithuna
8 May7:20 pm
Budha enters Mesha
13 May12:54 pm
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 18 Jun†
14 May9:44 am
Surya enters Vrishabha
23 May8:26 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 17 Jun†
26 May8:09 am
Budha enters Vrishabha
27 May8:42 am
Shukra turns retrograde at 11°17′ Mithuna
June 1972
9 Jun7:01 am
Budha enters Mithuna
12 Jun5:52 pm
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 22 Jun†
14 Jun4:23 pm
Surya enters Mithuna
17 Jun6:15 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
18 Jun2:20 pm
Mangala enters Karka
18 Jun4:33 pm
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
22 Jun7:45 pm
Shukra enters Vrishabha (moving backward)
22 Jun11:22 pm
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
24 Jun6:49 pm
Budha enters Karka
July 1972
9 Jul10:26 am
Shukra turns direct at 24°45′ Vrishabha
16 Jul3:18 am
Surya enters Karka
17 Jul12:20 pm
Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 27 Oct†
25 Jul4:31 am
Budha turns retrograde at 28°53′ Karka
27 Jul3:57 am
Shukra enters Mithuna
31 Jul9:04 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 Aug†
August 1972
4 Aug11:24 pm
Mangala enters Simha
15 Aug6:52 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
16 Aug11:43 am
Surya enters Simha
18 Aug4:08 am
Budha turns direct at 16°59′ Karka
25 Aug1:48 pm
Guru turns direct at 5°01′ Dhanu
September 1972
1 Sep7:08 pm
Shukra enters Karka
1 Sep10:09 pm
Budha enters Simha
4 Sep11:25 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 10 Oct†
5 Sep4:59 pm
Rahu enters Dhanu (moving backward)
5 Sep4:59 pm
Ketu enters Mithuna (moving backward)
16 Sep11:39 am
Surya enters Kanya
18 Sep4:11 am
Budha enters Kanya
21 Sep1:24 am
Mangala enters Kanya
29 Sep8:06 pm
Shukra enters Simha
October 1972
2 Oct9:26 pm
Shani turns retrograde at 27°08′ Vrishabha
5 Oct1:07 pm
Budha enters Tula
10 Oct3:41 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
16 Oct11:34 pm
Surya enters Tula
25 Oct4:07 pm
Shukra enters Kanya
25 Oct10:18 pm
Budha enters Vrishchika
27 Oct9:28 pm
Mangala rises again (asta ends)†
November 1972
6 Nov6:15 am
Mangala enters Tula
15 Nov11:18 pm
Surya enters Vrishchika
16 Nov1:56 am
Budha turns retrograde at 18°59′ Vrishchika
19 Nov11:19 am
Shukra enters Tula
20 Nov10:33 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 1 Dec†
December 1972
1 Dec11:39 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
5 Dec9:52 pm
Budha turns direct at 2°46′ Vrishchika
13 Dec6:10 pm
Shukra enters Vrishchika
15 Dec1:51 pm
Surya enters Dhanu
21 Dec6:39 am
Mangala enters Vrishchika
27 Dec3:12 pm
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 24 Jan†
31 Dec10:45 am
Budha enters Dhanu
† Practice varies. Texts and almanacs give slightly different asta limits, and some almanacs use the true rather than the mean node for Rahu and Ketu, which can move the nodes’ sign changes by some weeks.
See also: Transits over your chart · Gochar (glossary) · Sade Sati · Ayanamsa · Sankranti
Understand
What gochar is
Gochar means the movement of the grahas: each moves on through the zodiac, and when it crosses from one rasi into the next, that is its sign change (sankramana). This page only says which graha is where, and when. In the classical method gochar is read by counting from a person’s natal Moon sign; to see today’s sky against your own chart, open the transits tool.
Retrograde (vakri) and direct (margi)
Seen from the Earth, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn now and then appear to move backward for a while. That is retrograde motion; the instant the graha stops and turns is a station, and moving forward again is turning direct. It is an effect of the Earth and the planet moving on their orbits at different speeds. The Sun and Moon are never retrograde; Rahu and Ketu (mean) always move backward.
Combustion (asta)
A graha very close to the Sun is lost in its glare; the texts call it asta (set), and its reappearance udaya (rising). The Surya Siddhanta gives a distance limit for each graha. The limits used here: Mangala 17°, Budha 14° (12° when retrograde), Guru 11°, Shukra 10° (8° when retrograde), Shani 15°. Almanacs leave out the asta periods of Guru and Shukra when choosing times for samskaras such as weddings.
Sidereal signs
Indian almanacs count the rasis against the stars (nirayana). Western (tropical) signs run about 24° ahead, so the dates printed there are about three weeks earlier than these. The ayanamsa used here is Lahiri.
How this is calculated
Each graha’s apparent geocentric position from NASA JPL’s DE421 ephemeris, less the Lahiri ayanamsa. The instants of crossing a rasi edge, of zero speed and of reaching the asta limit are found by bisection to under a second. Small differences in ayanamsa can move a slow graha’s time (Shani above all) by a few hours against other almanacs.
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