Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 1989: when each graha changes sign
In 1989, Guru moves into Mithuna on 2 Jul; Rahu moves into Makara on 24 Sep. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
The grahas on 1 January 1989
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 15 Dec 1988, until 14 Jan 1989
- Chandra (Moon)In Kanyasince 30 Dec 1988, until 1 Jan 1989
- Mangala (Mars)In Meenasince 1 Jul 1988, until 7 Jan 1989
- Budha (Mercury)In Makarasince 29 Dec 1988, until 6 Mar 1989
- Guru (Jupiter)RetrogradeIn Vrishabhasince 19 Jun 1988, until 2 Jul 1989
- Shukra (Venus)In Vrishchikasince 12 Dec 1988, until 5 Jan 1989
- Shani (Saturn)In Dhanusince 17 Dec 1987, until 20 Mar 1990
- RahuIn Kumbhasince 6 Mar 1988, until 24 Sep 1989
- KetuIn Simhasince 6 Mar 1988, until 24 Sep 1989
Gochar calendar for 1989
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 1989
5 Jan10:48 pm
Shukra enters Dhanu
7 Jan11:13 pm
Mangala enters Mesha
12 Jan8:37 am
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
14 Jan3:06 am
Surya enters Makara
16 Jan7:15 am
Budha turns retrograde at 18°12′ Makara
19 Jan8:04 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 30 Jan†
20 Jan11:58 am
Guru turns direct at 2°23′ Vrishabha
29 Jan10:00 pm
Shukra enters Makara
30 Jan7:16 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
February 1989
6 Feb1:37 am
Budha turns direct at 2°17′ Makara
12 Feb4:06 pm
Surya enters Kumbha
22 Feb9:28 pm
Shukra enters Kumbha
24 Feb4:17 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 13 May†
March 1989
1 Mar4:41 am
Mangala enters Vrishabha
6 Mar7:21 pm
Budha enters Kumbha
14 Mar1:02 pm
Surya enters Meena
18 Mar10:33 pm
Shukra enters Meena
20 Mar11:25 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 17 Apr†
25 Mar12:05 am
Budha enters Meena
April 1989
9 Apr2:31 am
Budha enters Mesha
12 Apr2:17 am
Shukra enters Mesha
13 Apr9:35 pm
Surya enters Mesha
17 Apr11:52 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
19 Apr5:25 am
Mangala enters Mithuna
23 Apr4:32 am
Shani turns retrograde at 20°13′ Dhanu
25 Apr2:19 am
Budha enters Vrishabha
May 1989
6 May9:14 am
Shukra enters Vrishabha
12 May5:21 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 13°09′ Vrishabha
13 May1:31 pm
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
14 May6:29 pm
Surya enters Vrishabha
15 May2:52 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 1 Jun†
25 May11:32 am
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 24 Jun†
30 May7:25 pm
Shukra enters Mithuna
June 1989
1 Jun12:01 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
5 Jun1:37 pm
Budha turns direct at 4°27′ Vrishabha
6 Jun4:31 pm
Mangala enters Karka
15 Jun1:05 am
Surya enters Mithuna
24 Jun8:45 am
Shukra enters Karka
24 Jun7:22 pm
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
July 1989
2 Jul4:56 am
Guru enters Mithuna
2 Jul8:25 pm
Budha enters Mithuna
6 Jul5:11 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 1 Aug†
16 Jul11:57 am
Surya enters Karka
17 Jul3:33 pm
Budha enters Karka
19 Jul1:55 am
Shukra enters Simha
24 Jul6:59 pm
Mangala enters Simha
August 1989
1 Aug1:02 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
1 Aug4:19 pm
Budha enters Simha
9 Aug7:56 am
Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 20 Nov†
13 Aug12:50 am
Shukra enters Kanya
16 Aug8:20 pm
Surya enters Simha
21 Aug3:50 am
Budha enters Kanya
September 1989
7 Sep8:47 am
Shukra enters Tula
10 Sep1:50 am
Mangala enters Kanya
11 Sep1:14 pm
Shani turns direct at 13°35′ Dhanu
12 Sep2:26 am
Budha turns retrograde at 16°51′ Kanya
16 Sep8:16 pm
Surya enters Kanya
19 Sep1:38 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 1 Oct†
24 Sep1:25 am
Rahu enters Makara (moving backward)
24 Sep1:25 am
Ketu enters Karka (moving backward)
October 1989
1 Oct5:23 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
3 Oct7:52 am
Shukra enters Vrishchika
4 Oct5:18 am
Budha turns direct at 2°02′ Kanya
17 Oct8:13 am
Surya enters Tula
20 Oct1:46 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 6 Dec†
26 Oct12:41 am
Mangala enters Tula
27 Oct1:24 am
Budha enters Tula
29 Oct5:16 am
Guru turns retrograde at 17°10′ Mithuna
30 Oct2:28 pm
Shukra enters Dhanu
November 1989
14 Nov8:56 am
Budha enters Vrishchika
16 Nov8:00 am
Surya enters Vrishchika
20 Nov4:36 am
Mangala rises again (asta ends)†
December 1989
1 Dec10:19 am
Shukra enters Makara
3 Dec4:38 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
6 Dec6:26 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
9 Dec8:30 am
Mangala enters Vrishchika
15 Dec10:37 pm
Surya enters Dhanu
21 Dec11:14 am
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 23 Jan†
26 Dec1:37 am
Budha enters Makara
29 Dec2:18 pm
Shukra turns retrograde at 12°43′ Makara
31 Dec4:58 am
Budha turns retrograde at 2°11′ 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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