Panchang · Gochar
Gochar 2045: when each graha changes sign
In 2045, Guru moves into Kumbha on 1 Mar; Rahu moves into Makara on 12 Jul. Below is every sign change, station and asta period of the nine grahas.
Times in Mombasa (Africa/Nairobi, UTC+3).
The grahas on 1 January 2045
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 15 Dec 2044, until 14 Jan 2045
- Chandra (Moon)In Vrishabhasince 31 Dec 2044, until 2 Jan 2045
- Mangala (Mars)In Makarasince 14 Dec 2044, until 21 Jan 2045
- Budha (Mercury)In Vrishchikasince 28 Oct 2044, until 2 Jan 2045
- Guru (Jupiter)In Makarasince 16 Feb 2044, until 1 Mar 2045
- Shukra (Venus)In Vrishchikasince 9 Dec 2044, until 2 Jan 2045
- Shani (Saturn)In Vrishchikasince 30 Aug 2044, until 7 Dec 2046
- RahuIn Kumbhasince 24 Dec 2043, until 12 Jul 2045
- KetuIn Simhasince 24 Dec 2043, until 12 Jul 2045
Gochar calendar for 2045
Times in Mombasa (Africa/Nairobi, UTC+3). 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 2045
2 Jan6:48 pm
Shukra enters Dhanu
2 Jan9:20 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
12 Jan10:01 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 22 Feb†
14 Jan9:22 am
Surya enters Makara
21 Jan8:21 am
Mangala enters Kumbha
22 Jan4:49 pm
Budha enters Makara
24 Jan1:57 pm
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 21 Feb†
26 Jan4:47 pm
Shukra enters Makara
February 2045
6 Feb6:54 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 27 Apr†
9 Feb8:42 am
Budha enters Kumbha
12 Feb10:20 pm
Surya enters Kumbha
16 Feb1:40 pm
Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 8 Jul†
19 Feb3:19 pm
Shukra enters Kumbha
21 Feb11:31 pm
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
22 Feb7:00 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
26 Feb6:32 am
Budha enters Meena
28 Feb11:15 am
Mangala enters Meena
March 2045
1 Mar9:39 pm
Guru enters Kumbha
10 Mar5:41 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 10°39′ Meena
13 Mar1:22 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 26 Mar†
14 Mar7:11 pm
Surya enters Meena
15 Mar3:41 pm
Shukra enters Meena
20 Mar8:39 pm
Shani turns retrograde at 17°18′ Vrishchika
26 Mar11:40 am
Budha enters Kumbha (moving backward)
26 Mar5:14 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
April 2045
2 Apr6:10 pm
Budha turns direct at 27°30′ Kumbha
8 Apr11:33 am
Mangala enters Mesha
8 Apr7:00 pm
Shukra enters Mesha
10 Apr10:49 am
Budha enters Meena
14 Apr3:39 am
Surya enters Mesha
27 Apr3:34 am
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
May 2045
3 May1:59 am
Shukra enters Vrishabha
5 May9:29 am
Budha enters Mesha
13 May2:12 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Jun†
15 May12:29 am
Surya enters Vrishabha
19 May2:38 am
Mangala enters Vrishabha
21 May4:15 am
Budha enters Vrishabha
27 May12:56 pm
Shukra enters Mithuna
June 2045
4 Jun1:34 am
Budha enters Mithuna
7 Jun4:14 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
15 Jun7:03 am
Surya enters Mithuna
21 Jun4:10 am
Shukra enters Karka
21 Jun1:23 pm
Budha enters Karka
30 Jun7:34 pm
Mangala enters Mithuna
July 2045
1 Jul3:20 am
Guru turns retrograde at 17°49′ Kumbha
8 Jul8:51 pm
Mangala rises again (asta ends)†
12 Jul9:25 am
Rahu enters Makara (moving backward)
12 Jul9:25 am
Ketu enters Karka (moving backward)
13 Jul8:37 am
Budha turns retrograde at 16°07′ Karka
16 Jul12:51 am
Shukra enters Simha
16 Jul5:52 pm
Surya enters Karka
19 Jul12:15 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 4 Aug†
August 2045
4 Aug1:31 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
6 Aug12:28 pm
Budha turns direct at 5°11′ Karka
8 Aug6:34 pm
Shani turns direct at 10°40′ Vrishchika
10 Aug5:40 am
Shukra enters Kanya
14 Aug6:56 pm
Mangala enters Karka
17 Aug2:15 am
Surya enters Simha
25 Aug7:18 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 27 Sep†
28 Aug2:02 pm
Budha enters Simha
September 2045
4 Sep11:39 pm
Shukra enters Tula
13 Sep5:16 am
Budha enters Kanya
17 Sep2:11 am
Surya enters Kanya
27 Sep8:34 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
October 2045
1 Oct4:32 am
Budha enters Tula
1 Oct4:42 am
Mangala enters Simha
1 Oct5:53 pm
Shukra enters Vrishchika
17 Oct2:11 pm
Surya enters Tula
23 Oct2:24 pm
Budha enters Vrishchika
28 Oct7:51 am
Guru turns direct at 7°56′ Kumbha
31 Oct2:18 am
Shukra enters Dhanu
November 2045
5 Nov11:07 am
Budha turns retrograde at 8°17′ Vrishchika
10 Nov5:41 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 21 Nov†
15 Nov11:47 pm
Budha enters Tula (moving backward)
16 Nov2:02 pm
Surya enters Vrishchika
19 Nov8:56 am
Shani becomes combust (asta) until 22 Dec†
20 Nov11:22 pm
Mangala enters Kanya
21 Nov10:15 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
25 Nov11:54 am
Budha turns direct at 22°11′ Tula
December 2045
6 Dec8:36 am
Budha enters Vrishchika
12 Dec4:27 am
Shukra turns retrograde at 24°32′ Dhanu
16 Dec4:45 am
Surya enters Dhanu
22 Dec2:42 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 5 Feb†
22 Dec7:48 pm
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
27 Dec9:10 am
Budha enters Dhanu
27 Dec5:41 pm
Shukra 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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