Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 1975: when each graha changes sign
In 1975, Guru moves into Meena on 19 Feb; Guru moves into Mesha on 18 Jul; Shani moves into Karka on 23 Jul; Guru moves into Meena on 11 Sep; Rahu moves into Tula on 12 Oct. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
The grahas on 1 January 1975
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 16 Dec 1974, until 14 Jan 1975
- Chandra (Moon)In Karkasince 30 Dec 1974, until 1 Jan 1975
- Mangala (Mars)In Vrishchikasince 1 Dec 1974, until 13 Jan 1975
- Budha (Mercury)In Dhanusince 17 Dec 1974, until 5 Jan 1975
- Guru (Jupiter)In Kumbhasince 9 Feb 1974, until 19 Feb 1975
- Shukra (Venus)In Dhanusince 8 Dec 1974, until 1 Jan 1975
- Shani (Saturn)RetrogradeIn Mithunasince 10 Jun 1973, until 23 Jul 1975
- RahuIn Vrishchikasince 25 Mar 1974, until 12 Oct 1975
- KetuIn Vrishabhasince 25 Mar 1974, until 12 Oct 1975
Gochar calendar for 1975
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 1975
1 Jan7:51 am
Shukra enters Makara
5 Jan4:23 am
Budha enters Makara
12 Jan10:30 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
13 Jan2:00 am
Mangala enters Dhanu
14 Jan1:01 pm
Surya enters Makara
25 Jan6:41 am
Shukra enters Kumbha
25 Jan11:22 pm
Budha enters Kumbha
30 Jan4:17 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 1°56′ Kumbha
February 1975
2 Feb10:39 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 14 Feb†
4 Feb6:25 am
Budha enters Makara (moving backward)
13 Feb2:00 am
Surya enters Kumbha
14 Feb7:46 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
18 Feb9:19 am
Shukra enters Meena
19 Feb5:35 pm
Guru enters Meena
21 Feb12:57 am
Budha turns direct at 16°27′ Makara
22 Feb7:11 pm
Mangala enters Makara
March 1975
7 Mar5:41 pm
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 6 Apr†
11 Mar3:21 pm
Budha enters Kumbha
14 Mar2:31 pm
Shani turns direct at 18°26′ Mithuna
14 Mar7:05 pm
Shukra enters Mesha
14 Mar10:51 pm
Surya enters Meena
April 1975
1 Apr1:07 am
Budha enters Meena
3 Apr12:08 pm
Mangala enters Kumbha
4 Apr9:21 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 1 May†
6 Apr12:33 am
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
8 Apr4:31 pm
Shukra enters Vrishabha
14 Apr7:20 am
Surya enters Mesha
16 Apr8:35 pm
Budha enters Mesha
May 1975
1 May5:44 am
Budha enters Vrishabha
1 May6:32 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
4 May8:41 am
Shukra enters Mithuna
12 May11:05 pm
Mangala enters Meena
15 May4:10 am
Surya enters Vrishabha
28 May9:09 am
Budha enters Mithuna
29 May9:29 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 0°05′ Mithuna
31 May10:16 am
Budha enters Vrishabha (moving backward)
31 May11:26 am
Shukra enters Karka
June 1975
2 Jun12:00 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 19 Jun†
15 Jun10:45 am
Surya enters Mithuna
19 Jun1:03 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
22 Jun8:35 am
Mangala enters Mesha
22 Jun8:49 pm
Budha turns direct at 21°30′ Vrishabha
27 Jun3:48 pm
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 3 Aug†
July 1975
1 Jul11:13 am
Shukra enters Simha
7 Jul3:02 pm
Budha enters Mithuna
16 Jul9:38 pm
Surya enters Karka
18 Jul7:20 pm
Guru enters Mesha
19 Jul9:41 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 Aug†
23 Jul3:06 pm
Shani enters Karka
25 Jul11:21 am
Budha enters Karka
August 1975
3 Aug12:00 am
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
4 Aug8:11 pm
Mangala enters Vrishabha
6 Aug10:49 am
Shukra turns retrograde at 18°12′ Simha
9 Aug1:20 am
Budha enters Simha
15 Aug12:44 am
Guru turns retrograde at 1°11′ Mesha
15 Aug11:10 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
17 Aug6:04 am
Surya enters Simha
22 Aug4:10 pm
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 1 Sep†
26 Aug12:11 pm
Budha enters Kanya
September 1975
1 Sep8:49 pm
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
11 Sep2:54 am
Guru enters Meena (moving backward)
17 Sep6:02 am
Surya enters Kanya
18 Sep7:17 am
Shukra turns direct at 1°55′ Simha
23 Sep12:18 am
Budha enters Tula
27 Sep5:15 am
Budha turns retrograde at 0°55′ Tula
28 Sep9:26 am
Mangala enters Mithuna
October 1975
1 Oct3:09 am
Budha enters Kanya (moving backward)
3 Oct8:07 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 Oct†
12 Oct10:52 pm
Rahu enters Tula (moving backward)
12 Oct10:52 pm
Ketu enters Mesha (moving backward)
15 Oct11:21 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
17 Oct5:59 pm
Surya enters Tula
18 Oct3:45 pm
Budha turns direct at 15°34′ Kanya
November 1975
2 Nov10:59 am
Budha enters Tula
3 Nov7:22 am
Shukra enters Kanya
5 Nov10:45 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 24 Dec†
6 Nov5:26 pm
Mangala turns retrograde at 9°09′ Mithuna
15 Nov12:25 am
Shani turns retrograde at 9°28′ Karka
16 Nov5:45 pm
Surya enters Vrishchika
21 Nov5:13 am
Budha enters Vrishchika
December 1975
1 Dec1:21 pm
Shukra enters Tula
10 Dec6:32 am
Budha enters Dhanu
10 Dec6:25 pm
Guru turns direct at 21°14′ Meena
14 Dec9:49 am
Mangala enters Vrishabha (moving backward)
16 Dec8:22 am
Surya enters Dhanu
24 Dec10:49 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
27 Dec7:40 am
Shukra enters Vrishchika
29 Dec12:36 pm
Budha enters Makara
† 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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