Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 2015: when each graha changes sign
In 2015, Guru moves into Simha on 14 Jul. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
Times in Wellington (Pacific/Auckland, NZDT/NZST).
The grahas on 1 January 2015
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 16 Dec 2014, until 15 Jan 2015
- Chandra (Moon)In Meshasince 30 Dec 2014, until 1 Jan 2015
- Mangala (Mars)In Makarasince 27 Nov 2014, until 5 Jan 2015
- Budha (Mercury)In Dhanusince 13 Dec 2014, until 1 Jan 2015
- Guru (Jupiter)RetrogradeIn Karkasince 19 Jun 2014, until 14 Jul 2015
- Shukra (Venus)In Makarasince 30 Dec 2014, until 23 Jan 2015
- Shani (Saturn)In Vrishchikasince 3 Nov 2014, until 27 Jan 2017
- RahuIn Kanyasince 13 Jul 2014, until 30 Jan 2016
- KetuIn Meenasince 13 Jul 2014, until 30 Jan 2016
Gochar calendar for 2015
Times in Wellington (Pacific/Auckland, NZDT/NZST). 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 2015
1 Jan7:08 pm
Budha enters Makara
2 Jan1:24 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
5 Jan9:19 am
Mangala enters Kumbha
15 Jan2:50 am
Surya enters Makara
22 Jan4:53 am
Budha turns retrograde at 23°01′ Makara
23 Jan9:42 am
Shukra enters Kumbha
25 Jan3:13 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 5 Feb†
February 2015
5 Feb5:31 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
12 Feb3:57 am
Budha turns direct at 7°14′ Makara
12 Feb8:32 pm
Mangala enters Meena
13 Feb3:49 pm
Surya enters Kumbha
16 Feb1:34 pm
Shukra enters Meena
March 2015
9 Mar1:55 pm
Budha enters Kumbha
13 Mar1:31 am
Shukra enters Mesha
15 Mar3:29 am
Shani turns retrograde at 10°52′ Vrishchika
15 Mar12:41 pm
Surya enters Meena
24 Mar6:08 am
Mangala enters Mesha
26 Mar7:30 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 23 Apr†
28 Mar9:02 am
Budha enters Meena
April 2015
7 Apr2:08 am
Shukra enters Vrishabha
9 Apr5:14 am
Guru turns direct at 18°31′ Karka
10 Apr5:47 pm
Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 12 Aug†
12 Apr3:07 pm
Budha enters Mesha
14 Apr8:10 pm
Surya enters Mesha
23 Apr3:52 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
27 Apr6:25 pm
Budha enters Vrishabha
May 2015
3 May2:57 am
Shukra enters Mithuna
4 May6:15 am
Mangala enters Vrishabha
15 May5:01 pm
Surya enters Vrishabha
19 May1:48 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 19°05′ Vrishabha
22 May4:13 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 8 Jun†
31 May3:18 am
Shukra enters Karka
June 2015
8 Jun3:59 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
12 Jun10:33 am
Budha turns direct at 10°29′ Vrishabha
15 Jun11:35 pm
Surya enters Mithuna
16 Jun7:30 am
Mangala enters Mithuna
July 2015
5 Jul4:06 pm
Shukra enters Simha
5 Jul6:44 pm
Budha enters Mithuna
11 Jul8:16 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Aug†
14 Jul12:21 pm
Guru enters Simha
17 Jul10:25 am
Surya enters Karka
21 Jul5:29 am
Budha enters Karka
25 Jul9:27 pm
Shukra turns retrograde at 6°42′ Simha
31 Jul8:39 am
Mangala enters Karka
August 2015
2 Aug6:27 pm
Shani turns direct at 4°13′ Vrishchika
5 Aug12:39 am
Budha enters Simha
7 Aug1:17 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
11 Aug4:30 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 21 Aug†
12 Aug8:50 am
Mangala rises again (asta ends)†
12 Aug3:51 pm
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 11 Sep†
14 Aug12:07 am
Shukra enters Karka (moving backward)
17 Aug6:48 pm
Surya enters Simha
21 Aug9:50 am
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
23 Aug3:02 pm
Budha enters Kanya
September 2015
6 Sep8:30 pm
Shukra turns direct at 20°19′ Karka
11 Sep1:24 am
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
16 Sep3:50 am
Mangala enters Simha
17 Sep6:43 pm
Surya enters Kanya
18 Sep6:08 am
Budha turns retrograde at 21°51′ Kanya
25 Sep2:39 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Oct†
October 2015
1 Oct11:38 am
Shukra enters Simha
7 Oct2:45 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
10 Oct3:57 am
Budha turns direct at 6°50′ Kanya
18 Oct7:40 am
Surya enters Tula
26 Oct10:05 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 13 Dec†
30 Oct6:10 am
Budha enters Tula
November 2015
3 Nov2:56 pm
Shukra enters Kanya
3 Nov3:29 pm
Mangala enters Kanya
13 Nov5:37 pm
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 17 Dec†
17 Nov7:28 am
Surya enters Vrishchika
17 Nov2:57 pm
Budha enters Vrishchika
30 Nov3:12 pm
Shukra enters Tula
December 2015
6 Dec7:28 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
13 Dec10:12 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
16 Dec10:07 pm
Surya enters Dhanu
17 Dec6:12 am
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
24 Dec1:18 pm
Mangala enters Tula
25 Dec10:40 pm
Shukra enters Vrishchika
27 Dec7:13 am
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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