Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 2029: when each graha changes sign
In 2029, Guru moves into Kanya on 29 Mar; Shani moves into Vrishabha on 8 Aug; Guru moves into Tula on 24 Aug; Shani moves into Mesha on 5 Oct. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
The grahas on 1 January 2029
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 15 Dec 2028, until 14 Jan 2029
- Chandra (Moon)In Mithunasince 30 Dec 2028, until 1 Jan 2029
- Mangala (Mars)In Kanyasince 8 Dec 2028, until 28 Jul 2029
- Budha (Mercury)In Makarasince 26 Dec 2028, until 18 Jan 2029
- Guru (Jupiter)In Tulasince 26 Dec 2028, until 29 Mar 2029
- Shukra (Venus)In Vrishchikasince 10 Dec 2028, until 3 Jan 2029
- Shani (Saturn)RetrogradeIn Meshasince 23 Feb 2028, until 8 Aug 2029
- RahuIn Dhanusince 24 Jun 2028, until 11 Jan 2030
- KetuIn Mithunasince 24 Jun 2028, until 11 Jan 2030
Gochar calendar for 2029
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 2029
3 Jan6:20 pm
Shukra enters Dhanu
5 Jan6:38 pm
Shani turns direct at 10°10′ Mesha
7 Jan1:26 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 9°23′ Makara
10 Jan7:16 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 22 Jan†
14 Jan9:14 am
Surya enters Makara
18 Jan6:50 am
Budha enters Dhanu (moving backward)
22 Jan1:41 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
27 Jan4:37 pm
Shukra enters Makara
28 Jan12:10 am
Budha turns direct at 23°17′ Dhanu
February 2029
8 Feb4:59 pm
Budha enters Makara
10 Feb6:19 pm
Guru turns retrograde at 3°10′ Tula
11 Feb12:07 pm
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 1 May†
12 Feb10:15 pm
Surya enters Kumbha
14 Feb1:41 pm
Mangala turns retrograde at 19°40′ Kanya
20 Feb3:24 pm
Shukra enters Kumbha
March 2029
3 Mar9:29 am
Budha enters Kumbha
10 Mar4:38 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 9 Apr†
14 Mar7:10 pm
Surya enters Meena
16 Mar3:59 pm
Shukra enters Meena
20 Mar6:20 pm
Budha enters Meena
29 Mar4:16 pm
Guru enters Kanya (moving backward)
April 2029
4 Apr5:12 pm
Budha enters Mesha
9 Apr1:33 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
9 Apr7:24 pm
Shukra enters Mesha
14 Apr3:41 am
Surya enters Mesha
17 Apr4:47 am
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 22 May†
24 Apr11:28 pm
Budha enters Vrishabha
May 2029
1 May10:26 pm
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
2 May4:34 am
Budha turns retrograde at 2°25′ Vrishabha
4 May2:21 am
Shukra enters Vrishabha
4 May7:17 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 21 May†
6 May12:34 am
Mangala turns direct at 0°40′ Kanya
10 May3:47 am
Budha enters Mesha (moving backward)
15 May12:33 am
Surya enters Vrishabha
21 May8:17 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
22 May8:12 pm
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
26 May12:51 am
Budha turns direct at 23°18′ Mesha
28 May1:02 pm
Shukra enters Mithuna
June 2029
8 Jun4:19 pm
Budha enters Vrishabha
14 Jun2:54 am
Guru turns direct at 23°14′ Kanya
15 Jun7:08 am
Surya enters Mithuna
22 Jun3:41 am
Shukra enters Karka
27 Jun8:55 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 23 Jul†
28 Jun9:32 pm
Budha enters Mithuna
July 2029
13 Jul1:16 am
Budha enters Karka
16 Jul5:59 pm
Surya enters Karka
16 Jul11:16 pm
Shukra enters Simha
23 Jul2:48 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
28 Jul5:11 pm
Budha enters Simha
28 Jul10:29 pm
Mangala enters Tula
August 2029
8 Aug8:08 am
Shani enters Vrishabha
11 Aug2:15 am
Shukra enters Kanya
17 Aug2:22 am
Surya enters Simha
19 Aug8:24 pm
Budha enters Kanya
24 Aug11:43 pm
Guru enters Tula
September 2029
2 Sep5:47 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 7°34′ Kanya
5 Sep5:01 pm
Shukra enters Tula
6 Sep1:34 pm
Shani turns retrograde at 0°45′ Vrishabha
9 Sep8:21 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 22 Sep†
15 Sep3:47 am
Mangala enters Vrishchika
15 Sep4:30 am
Budha enters Simha (moving backward)
17 Sep2:16 am
Surya enters Kanya
22 Sep9:25 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
25 Sep7:32 am
Budha turns direct at 23°11′ Simha
October 2029
2 Oct4:47 am
Shukra enters Vrishchika
4 Oct7:05 pm
Budha enters Kanya
5 Oct9:03 pm
Shani enters Mesha (moving backward)
11 Oct4:51 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 25 Nov†
17 Oct1:59 am
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 14 Nov†
17 Oct2:12 pm
Surya enters Tula
23 Oct2:13 am
Budha enters Tula
27 Oct12:49 pm
Mangala enters Dhanu
30 Oct6:44 pm
Shukra enters Dhanu
November 2029
10 Nov11:22 am
Budha enters Vrishchika
14 Nov5:42 am
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
16 Nov1:59 pm
Surya enters Vrishchika
25 Nov11:05 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
30 Nov5:00 am
Budha enters Dhanu
December 2029
6 Dec2:03 am
Mangala enters Makara
16 Dec4:37 am
Surya enters Dhanu
17 Dec5:16 am
Shukra turns retrograde at 29°46′ Dhanu
22 Dec11:20 am
Budha turns retrograde at 23°26′ Dhanu
26 Dec3:39 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 6 Jan†
† 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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