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Budha gochar in 1971

Budha changes sign 15 times in 1971: Makara on 3 Feb, Kumbha on 22 Feb, Meena on 11 Mar, Mesha on 27 Mar …. Retrograde from 9 Apr, 13 Aug, 3 Dec.

Budha’s signs through 1971

  1. Dhanu28 Nov, 11:20 pm 1970 → 3 Feb, 2:27 pm 1971· about 2 months
  2. Makara3 Feb, 2:27 pm 1971 → 22 Feb, 6:56 pm 1971· 19 days
  3. Kumbha22 Feb, 6:56 pm 1971 → 11 Mar, 2:23 am 1971· 16 days
  4. Meena11 Mar, 2:23 am 1971 → 27 Mar, 9:11 am 1971· 16 days
  5. Mesha27 Mar, 9:11 am 1971 → 30 Apr, 10:00 pm 1971· 35 days
  6. Meena(entered moving backward)30 Apr, 10:00 pm 1971 → 6 May, 10:06 am 1971· 6 days
  7. Mesha6 May, 10:06 am 1971 → 3 Jun, 8:27 pm 1971· 28 days
  8. Vrishabha3 Jun, 8:27 pm 1971 → 18 Jun, 10:17 pm 1971· 15 days
  9. Mithuna18 Jun, 10:17 pm 1971 → 3 Jul, 2:57 am 1971· 14 days
  10. Karka3 Jul, 2:57 am 1971 → 21 Jul, 12:28 pm 1971· 18 days
  11. Simha21 Jul, 12:28 pm 1971 → 27 Sep, 12:41 am 1971· about 2 months
  12. Kanya27 Sep, 12:41 am 1971 → 14 Oct, 12:08 am 1971· 17 days
  13. Tula14 Oct, 12:08 am 1971 → 2 Nov, 1:34 am 1971· 19 days
  14. Vrishchika2 Nov, 1:34 am 1971 → 24 Nov, 6:24 pm 1971· 23 days
  15. Dhanu24 Nov, 6:24 pm 1971 → 10 Dec, 3:48 pm 1971· 16 days
  16. Vrishchika(entered moving backward)10 Dec, 3:48 pm 1971 → 6 Jan, 10:13 pm 1972· 27 days

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 1971

  • 3 Jan5:55 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 8 Jan10:06 am

    Budha turns direct at 4°22′ Dhanu

February 1971

  • 3 Feb2:27 pm

    Budha enters Makara

  • 16 Feb8:19 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 21 Mar†

  • 22 Feb6:56 pm

    Budha enters Kumbha

March 1971

  • 11 Mar2:23 am

    Budha enters Meena

  • 21 Mar10:16 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 27 Mar9:11 am

    Budha enters Mesha

April 1971

  • 9 Apr10:40 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 10°19′ Mesha

  • 12 Apr6:24 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 27 Apr†

  • 27 Apr4:40 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 30 Apr10:00 pm

    Budha enters Meena (moving backward)

May 1971

  • 3 May3:55 pm

    Budha turns direct at 29°42′ Meena

  • 6 May10:06 am

    Budha enters Mesha

June 1971

  • 3 Jun8:27 pm

    Budha enters Vrishabha

  • 9 Jun12:08 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 4 Jul†

  • 18 Jun10:17 pm

    Budha enters Mithuna

July 1971

  • 3 Jul2:57 am

    Budha enters Karka

  • 4 Jul12:45 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 21 Jul12:28 pm

    Budha enters Simha

August 1971

  • 13 Aug12:42 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 17°06′ Simha

  • 20 Aug3:16 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 3 Sep†

September 1971

  • 3 Sep3:03 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 5 Sep11:32 am

    Budha turns direct at 3°55′ Simha

  • 21 Sep12:14 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 31 Oct†

  • 27 Sep12:41 am

    Budha enters Kanya

October 1971

  • 14 Oct12:08 am

    Budha enters Tula

  • 31 Oct2:46 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

November 1971

  • 2 Nov1:34 am

    Budha enters Vrishchika

  • 24 Nov6:24 pm

    Budha enters Dhanu

December 1971

  • 3 Dec8:02 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 4°48′ Dhanu

  • 7 Dec2:48 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 18 Dec†

  • 10 Dec3:48 pm

    Budha enters Vrishchika (moving backward)

  • 18 Dec1:42 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 23 Dec2:17 am

    Budha turns direct at 18°30′ Vrishchika

† Practice varies. Budha is counted asta within 14° (12° when retrograde) of the Sun (Surya Siddhanta); some almanacs use another limit or a visibility rule.

See also: Budha (glossary) · Gochar 1971: all grahas · Transits over your chart

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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