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Gochar 2049: when each graha changes sign
In 2049, Shani moves into Makara on 6 Mar; Guru moves into Mithuna on 3 Apr; Shani moves into Dhanu on 10 Jul; Guru moves into Karka on 27 Aug; Shani moves into Makara on 4 Dec. 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 2049
Sidereal (Lahiri) sign, and from when to when. Open a graha for its whole year.
- Surya (Sun)In Dhanusince 16 Dec 2048, until 14 Jan 2049
- Chandra (Moon)In Tulasince 30 Dec 2048, until 1 Jan 2049
- Mangala (Mars)In Kumbhasince 6 Dec 2048, until 15 Jan 2049
- Budha (Mercury)In Makarasince 26 Dec 2048, until 10 Jan 2049
- Guru (Jupiter)RetrogradeIn Vrishabhasince 28 Dec 2048, until 3 Apr 2049
- Shukra (Venus)In Kumbhasince 29 Dec 2048, until 30 Jan 2049
- Shani (Saturn)In Dhanusince 8 Dec 2046, until 6 Mar 2049
- RahuIn Vrishchikasince 18 Aug 2048, until 7 Mar 2050
- KetuIn Vrishabhasince 18 Aug 2048, until 7 Mar 2050
Gochar calendar for 2049
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 2049
3 Jan12:14 pm
Budha turns retrograde at 4°59′ Makara
6 Jan8:41 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 18 Jan†
10 Jan7:22 pm
Budha enters Dhanu (moving backward)
14 Jan7:55 pm
Surya enters Makara
15 Jan3:36 pm
Mangala enters Meena
18 Jan1:07 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
23 Jan7:19 pm
Budha turns direct at 18°49′ Dhanu
25 Jan10:06 am
Shani rises again (asta ends)†
30 Jan9:09 pm
Shukra enters Meena
February 2049
8 Feb12:40 pm
Budha enters Makara
13 Feb8:54 am
Surya enters Kumbha
14 Feb1:40 pm
Guru turns direct at 26°25′ Vrishabha
23 Feb9:41 am
Shukra turns retrograde at 9°20′ Meena
25 Feb3:28 pm
Mangala enters Mesha
March 2049
1 Mar9:04 pm
Budha enters Kumbha
6 Mar12:03 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 5 Apr†
6 Mar9:39 pm
Shani enters Makara
11 Mar11:22 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 21 Mar†
15 Mar5:47 am
Surya enters Meena
18 Mar8:04 am
Shukra enters Kumbha (moving backward)
18 Mar10:13 pm
Budha enters Meena
21 Mar10:03 am
Shukra rises again (asta ends)†
April 2049
2 Apr10:08 pm
Budha enters Mesha
3 Apr7:43 pm
Guru enters Mithuna
5 Apr2:27 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
6 Apr6:38 am
Shukra turns direct at 23°12′ Kumbha
9 Apr12:32 am
Mangala enters Vrishabha
14 Apr1:16 pm
Surya enters Mesha
26 Apr10:10 am
Shukra enters Meena
27 Apr6:19 am
Budha turns retrograde at 27°07′ Mesha
29 Apr6:23 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 16 May†
May 2049
6 May8:38 pm
Shani turns retrograde at 2°52′ Makara
15 May10:05 am
Surya enters Vrishabha
16 May1:54 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
21 May1:57 am
Budha turns direct at 17°43′ Mesha
23 May4:21 am
Mangala enters Mithuna
31 May7:30 pm
Shukra enters Mesha
June 2049
8 Jun9:51 pm
Budha enters Vrishabha
10 Jun7:04 pm
Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 25 Sep†
15 Jun4:36 pm
Surya enters Mithuna
19 Jun7:05 pm
Guru becomes combust (asta) until 20 Jul†
23 Jun11:05 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 18 Jul†
27 Jun12:34 am
Budha enters Mithuna
29 Jun2:33 am
Shukra enters Vrishabha
July 2049
7 Jul9:53 pm
Mangala enters Karka
10 Jul10:42 am
Shani enters Dhanu (moving backward)
11 Jul12:59 am
Budha enters Karka
17 Jul3:24 am
Surya enters Karka
18 Jul11:25 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
20 Jul12:27 am
Guru rises again (asta ends)†
25 Jul2:00 pm
Shukra enters Mithuna
27 Jul3:14 am
Budha enters Simha
August 2049
17 Aug11:46 am
Surya enters Simha
20 Aug2:46 am
Shukra enters Karka
21 Aug2:17 am
Budha enters Kanya
23 Aug4:49 pm
Mangala enters Simha
27 Aug6:25 pm
Guru enters Karka
29 Aug7:20 am
Budha turns retrograde at 2°52′ Kanya
September 2049
5 Sep10:45 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 18 Sep†
5 Sep8:30 pm
Budha enters Simha (moving backward)
13 Sep11:46 pm
Shukra enters Simha
17 Sep11:44 am
Surya enters Kanya
18 Sep4:49 pm
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
21 Sep2:09 am
Budha turns direct at 18°44′ Simha
25 Sep4:07 am
Shani turns direct at 26°13′ Dhanu
25 Sep1:29 pm
Mangala rises again (asta ends)†
October 2049
3 Oct7:08 pm
Budha enters Kanya
6 Oct10:09 pm
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 20 Nov†
8 Oct10:17 am
Shukra enters Kanya
9 Oct10:45 pm
Mangala enters Kanya
18 Oct12:46 am
Surya enters Tula
21 Oct9:10 am
Budha enters Tula
November 2049
1 Nov12:17 pm
Shukra enters Tula
8 Nov8:41 pm
Budha enters Vrishchika
17 Nov12:40 am
Surya enters Vrishchika
19 Nov6:20 am
Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 10 Feb†
20 Nov1:15 am
Budha rises again (asta ends)†
21 Nov1:24 am
Guru turns retrograde at 9°49′ Karka
25 Nov10:16 am
Shukra enters Vrishchika
26 Nov3:19 am
Mangala enters Tula
28 Nov10:05 pm
Budha enters Dhanu
December 2049
4 Dec1:21 pm
Shani enters Makara
16 Dec3:23 pm
Surya enters Dhanu
18 Dec9:58 am
Budha turns retrograde at 19°04′ Dhanu
19 Dec6:38 am
Shukra enters Dhanu
22 Dec5:28 am
Budha becomes combust (asta) until 2 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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