Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 2007: when each graha changes sign
In 2007, Shani moves into Karka on 10 Jan; Shani moves into Simha on 15 Jul; Guru moves into Dhanu on 21 Nov. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
Times in Edmonton (America/Edmonton, MST/MDT).
The grahas on 1 January 2007
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 15 Dec 2006, until 14 Jan 2007
- Chandra (Moon)In Vrishabhasince 30 Dec 2006, until 1 Jan 2007
- Mangala (Mars)In Vrishchikasince 27 Nov 2006, until 8 Jan 2007
- Budha (Mercury)In Dhanusince 23 Dec 2006, until 11 Jan 2007
- Guru (Jupiter)In Vrishchikasince 27 Oct 2006, until 21 Nov 2007
- Shukra (Venus)In Makarasince 30 Dec 2006, until 23 Jan 2007
- Shani (Saturn)RetrogradeIn Simhasince 31 Oct 2006, until 10 Jan 2007
- RahuIn Kumbhasince 11 Oct 2006, until 30 Apr 2008
- KetuIn Simhasince 11 Oct 2006, until 30 Apr 2008
Gochar calendar for 2007
Times in Edmonton (America/Edmonton, MST/MDT). 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 2007
8 Jan7:30 am
Mangala enters Dhanu
10 Jan7:36 am
Shani enters Karka (moving backward)
11 Jan11:26 am
Budha enters Makara
14 Jan5:30 am
Surya enters Makara
23 Jan12:08 am
Shukra enters Kumbha
28 Jan1:50 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
29 Jan5:35 am
Budha enters Kumbha
February 2007
12 Feb6:29 pm
Surya enters Kumbha
13 Feb9:37 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 16°17′ Kumbha
16 Feb3:44 am
Shukra enters Meena
16 Feb10:37 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 28 Feb†
17 Feb6:19 pm
Mangala enters Makara
28 Feb9:05 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
March 2007
7 Mar9:44 pm
Budha turns direct at 1°28′ Kumbha
12 Mar4:13 pm
Shukra enters Mesha
14 Mar4:21 pm
Surya enters Meena
29 Mar5:34 am
Mangala enters Kumbha
April 2007
5 Apr7:04 pm
Guru turns retrograde at 25°49′ Vrishchika
6 Apr4:54 pm
Shukra enters Vrishabha
6 Apr8:51 pm
Budha enters Meena
14 Apr12:50 am
Surya enters Mesha
19 Apr1:13 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 May†
19 Apr3:54 pm
Shani turns direct at 24°12′ Karka
24 Apr1:07 am
Budha enters Mesha
May 2007
2 May3:46 pm
Shukra enters Mithuna
7 May9:27 am
Mangala enters Meena
8 May6:50 am
Budha enters Vrishabha
14 May9:41 pm
Surya enters Vrishabha
15 May5:38 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
24 May8:11 am
Budha enters Mithuna
30 May11:02 am
Shukra enters Karka
June 2007
15 Jun4:14 am
Surya enters Mithuna
15 Jun5:39 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 17°38′ Mithuna
16 Jun8:40 am
Mangala enters Mesha
20 Jun7:04 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Jul†
July 2007
3 Jul3:40 pm
Shukra enters Simha
7 Jul12:35 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
9 Jul8:15 pm
Budha turns direct at 8°31′ Mithuna
15 Jul4:00 pm
Shani enters Simha
16 Jul3:05 pm
Surya enters Karka
27 Jul11:26 am
Shukra turns retrograde at 9°00′ Simha
28 Jul8:45 pm
Mangala enters Vrishabha
August 2007
1 Aug6:16 am
Budha enters Karka
2 Aug7:40 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 31 Aug†
3 Aug5:40 pm
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 8 Sep†
6 Aug8:22 pm
Guru turns direct at 15°58′ Vrishchika
12 Aug6:51 pm
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 23 Aug†
16 Aug5:56 am
Budha enters Simha
16 Aug11:30 pm
Surya enters Simha
19 Aug8:01 am
Shukra enters Karka (moving backward)
23 Aug12:02 am
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
31 Aug3:15 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
September 2007
1 Sep12:55 pm
Budha enters Kanya
8 Sep10:15 am
Shukra turns direct at 22°38′ Karka
8 Sep1:52 pm
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
16 Sep9:52 am
Mangala enters Mithuna
16 Sep11:28 pm
Surya enters Kanya
22 Sep4:20 am
Budha enters Tula
29 Sep12:47 pm
Shukra enters Simha
October 2007
11 Oct9:59 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 15°07′ Tula
17 Oct11:26 am
Surya enters Tula
18 Oct1:33 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 29 Oct†
29 Oct6:15 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
30 Oct4:42 am
Budha enters Kanya (moving backward)
November 2007
1 Nov4:58 pm
Budha turns direct at 29°24′ Kanya
2 Nov9:33 pm
Shukra enters Kanya
4 Nov6:07 am
Budha enters Tula
15 Nov1:20 am
Mangala turns retrograde at 18°29′ Mithuna
16 Nov10:13 am
Surya enters Vrishchika
21 Nov3:55 pm
Guru enters Dhanu
21 Nov10:47 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 10 Jan†
27 Nov8:50 am
Budha enters Vrishchika
30 Nov1:39 am
Shukra enters Tula
December 2007
9 Dec12:21 am
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 5 Jan†
16 Dec12:48 am
Surya enters Dhanu
16 Dec12:01 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
19 Dec6:39 am
Shani turns retrograde at 14°36′ Simha
25 Dec10:59 am
Shukra enters Vrishchika
† 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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