Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 1985: when each graha changes sign
In 1985, Guru moves into Makara on 10 Jan; Rahu moves into Mesha on 29 Jan; Shani moves into Tula on 1 Jun; Shani moves into Vrishchika on 17 Sep. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
The grahas on 1 January 1985
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 15 Dec 1984, until 14 Jan 1985
- Chandra (Moon)In Meshasince 31 Dec 1984, until 3 Jan 1985
- Mangala (Mars)In Kumbhasince 17 Dec 1984, until 25 Jan 1985
- Budha (Mercury)In Vrishchikasince 14 Dec 1984, until 6 Jan 1985
- Guru (Jupiter)In Dhanusince 22 Dec 1983, until 10 Jan 1985
- Shukra (Venus)In Kumbhasince 29 Dec 1984, until 26 Jan 1985
- Shani (Saturn)In Vrishchikasince 21 Dec 1984, until 1 Jun 1985
- RahuIn Vrishabhasince 13 Jul 1983, until 29 Jan 1985
- KetuIn Vrishchikasince 13 Jul 1983, until 29 Jan 1985
Gochar calendar for 1985
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 1985
1 Jan3:41 am
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 29 Jan†
6 Jan8:04 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
10 Jan2:33 pm
Guru enters Makara
14 Jan2:42 am
Surya enters Makara
25 Jan12:54 pm
Mangala enters Meena
26 Jan10:04 pm
Shukra enters Meena
28 Jan11:29 am
Budha enters Makara
29 Jan4:39 am
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
29 Jan3:45 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Mar†
29 Jan4:34 pm
Rahu enters Mesha (moving backward)
29 Jan4:34 pm
Ketu enters Tula (moving backward)
February 1985
12 Feb3:38 pm
Surya enters Kumbha
15 Feb4:17 pm
Budha enters Kumbha
March 1985
3 Mar6:57 pm
Budha enters Meena
6 Mar5:44 pm
Mangala enters Mesha
7 Mar4:54 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
7 Mar5:35 pm
Shani turns retrograde at 4°29′ Vrishchika
13 Mar11:46 pm
Shukra turns retrograde at 28°39′ Meena
14 Mar12:31 pm
Surya enters Meena
25 Mar12:29 am
Budha turns retrograde at 25°01′ Meena
27 Mar7:03 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 10 Apr†
30 Mar3:41 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 9 Apr†
April 1985
9 Apr3:43 am
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
10 Apr7:14 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
13 Apr9:04 pm
Surya enters Mesha
17 Apr10:53 am
Budha turns direct at 13°05′ Meena
17 Apr12:39 pm
Mangala enters Vrishabha
25 Apr5:40 am
Shukra turns direct at 12°21′ Meena
May 1985
9 May7:35 pm
Budha enters Mesha
14 May6:00 pm
Surya enters Vrishabha
21 May7:30 am
Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 9 Sep†
26 May2:05 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 19 Jun†
27 May10:05 pm
Budha enters Vrishabha
30 May7:24 am
Shukra enters Mesha
31 May4:38 am
Mangala enters Mithuna
June 1985
1 Jun2:41 am
Shani enters Tula (moving backward)
5 Jun3:36 am
Guru turns retrograde at 23°19′ Makara
10 Jun10:58 pm
Budha enters Mithuna
15 Jun12:38 am
Surya enters Mithuna
19 Jun11:38 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
26 Jun3:52 am
Budha enters Karka
30 Jun1:44 pm
Shukra enters Vrishabha
July 1985
15 Jul2:33 pm
Mangala enters Karka
16 Jul11:30 am
Surya enters Karka
21 Jul7:42 pm
Budha enters Simha
26 Jul1:37 am
Shani turns direct at 27°49′ Tula
28 Jul12:25 am
Shukra enters Mithuna
28 Jul6:21 am
Budha turns retrograde at 1°40′ Simha
August 1985
3 Aug1:02 pm
Budha enters Karka (moving backward)
4 Aug12:57 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 18 Aug†
16 Aug7:51 pm
Surya enters Simha
18 Aug7:21 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
21 Aug4:18 am
Budha turns direct at 19°34′ Karka
23 Aug12:06 am
Shukra enters Karka
31 Aug7:13 am
Mangala enters Simha
September 1985
3 Sep3:51 am
Budha enters Simha
7 Sep5:30 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 13 Oct†
9 Sep10:11 am
Mangala rises again (asta ends)†
16 Sep7:45 pm
Surya enters Kanya
17 Sep2:52 am
Shukra enters Simha
17 Sep4:54 am
Shani enters Vrishchika
19 Sep5:53 pm
Budha enters Kanya
October 1985
3 Oct2:03 pm
Guru turns direct at 13°28′ Makara
7 Oct12:25 am
Budha enters Tula
11 Oct3:25 pm
Shukra enters Kanya
13 Oct12:43 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
17 Oct7:41 am
Surya enters Tula
17 Oct6:12 pm
Mangala enters Kanya
27 Oct3:00 am
Budha enters Vrishchika
November 1985
4 Nov6:51 pm
Shukra enters Tula
6 Nov10:19 am
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 10 Dec†
16 Nov7:27 am
Surya enters Vrishchika
18 Nov9:39 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 21°21′ Vrishchika
23 Nov4:04 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 4 Dec†
28 Nov5:20 pm
Shukra enters Vrishchika
December 1985
4 Dec4:38 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
4 Dec6:31 pm
Mangala enters Tula
8 Dec4:53 pm
Budha turns direct at 5°07′ Vrishchika
9 Dec4:13 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 2 Mar†
10 Dec1:21 am
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
15 Dec10:05 pm
Surya enters Dhanu
22 Dec1:48 pm
Shukra 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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