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Budha gochar in 1976

Budha changes sign 15 times in 1976: Dhanu on 2 Feb (moving back, retrograde), Makara on 5 Feb, Kumbha on 5 Mar, Meena on 23 Mar …. Retrograde from 14 Jan, 9 May, 9 Sep, 28 Dec.

Budha’s signs through 1976

  1. Makara29 Dec, 12:36 pm 1975 → 2 Feb, 11:55 am 1976· 35 days
  2. Dhanu(entered moving backward)2 Feb, 11:55 am 1976 → 5 Feb, 10:29 pm 1976· 3 days
  3. Makara5 Feb, 10:29 pm 1976 → 5 Mar, 12:19 pm 1976· 29 days
  4. Kumbha5 Mar, 12:19 pm 1976 → 23 Mar, 10:55 am 1976· 18 days
  5. Meena23 Mar, 10:55 am 1976 → 7 Apr, 11:40 am 1976· 15 days
  6. Mesha7 Apr, 11:40 am 1976 → 24 Apr, 2:48 am 1976· 17 days
  7. Vrishabha24 Apr, 2:48 am 1976 → 1 Jul, 10:10 am 1976· about 2 months
  8. Mithuna1 Jul, 10:10 am 1976 → 15 Jul, 11:44 pm 1976· 15 days
  9. Karka15 Jul, 11:44 pm 1976 → 31 Jul, 4:00 am 1976· 15 days
  10. Simha31 Jul, 4:00 am 1976 → 20 Aug, 4:44 am 1976· 20 days
  11. Kanya20 Aug, 4:44 am 1976 → 29 Sep, 7:00 am 1976· 40 days
  12. Simha(entered moving backward)29 Sep, 7:00 am 1976 → 3 Oct, 11:58 am 1976· 4 days
  13. Kanya3 Oct, 11:58 am 1976 → 25 Oct, 2:09 pm 1976· 22 days
  14. Tula25 Oct, 2:09 pm 1976 → 12 Nov, 9:45 pm 1976· 18 days
  15. Vrishchika12 Nov, 9:45 pm 1976 → 2 Dec, 7:32 am 1976· 19 days
  16. Dhanu2 Dec, 7:32 am 1976 → 6 Feb, 9:22 am 1977· about 2 months

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 1976

  • 14 Jan12:12 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 15°47′ Makara

  • 17 Jan2:20 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 29 Jan†

  • 29 Jan12:08 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

February 1976

  • 2 Feb11:55 am

    Budha enters Dhanu (moving backward)

  • 4 Feb4:27 am

    Budha turns direct at 29°49′ Dhanu

  • 5 Feb10:29 pm

    Budha enters Makara

March 1976

  • 5 Mar12:19 pm

    Budha enters Kumbha

  • 17 Mar10:27 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 Apr†

  • 23 Mar10:55 am

    Budha enters Meena

April 1976

  • 7 Apr11:40 am

    Budha enters Mesha

  • 15 Apr7:01 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 24 Apr2:48 am

    Budha enters Vrishabha

May 1976

  • 9 May10:33 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 10°13′ Vrishabha

  • 12 May6:01 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 29 May†

  • 29 May1:22 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

June 1976

  • 2 Jun6:50 am

    Budha turns direct at 1°26′ Vrishabha

July 1976

  • 1 Jul10:10 am

    Budha enters Mithuna

  • 3 Jul12:50 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 29 Jul†

  • 15 Jul11:44 pm

    Budha enters Karka

  • 29 Jul4:34 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 31 Jul4:00 am

    Budha enters Simha

August 1976

  • 20 Aug4:44 am

    Budha enters Kanya

September 1976

  • 9 Sep3:33 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 14°20′ Kanya

  • 16 Sep3:55 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 28 Sep†

  • 28 Sep10:06 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 29 Sep7:00 am

    Budha enters Simha (moving backward)

October 1976

  • 1 Oct9:29 am

    Budha turns direct at 29°37′ Simha

  • 3 Oct11:58 am

    Budha enters Kanya

  • 17 Oct2:05 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 3 Dec†

  • 25 Oct2:09 pm

    Budha enters Tula

November 1976

  • 12 Nov9:45 pm

    Budha enters Vrishchika

December 1976

  • 2 Dec7:32 am

    Budha enters Dhanu

  • 3 Dec7:29 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 28 Dec10:03 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 29°47′ Dhanu

  • 31 Dec9:51 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 12 Jan†

† 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 1976: 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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