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Budha gochar in 1992

Budha changes sign 15 times in 1992: Dhanu on 5 Jan, Makara on 26 Jan, Kumbha on 13 Feb, Meena on 29 Feb …. Retrograde from 17 Mar, 20 Jul, 11 Nov.

Budha’s signs through 1992

  1. Vrishchika(entered moving backward)1 Dec, 5:31 am 1991 → 5 Jan, 5:21 pm 1992· 35 days
  2. Dhanu5 Jan, 5:21 pm 1992 → 26 Jan, 4:38 am 1992· 20 days
  3. Makara26 Jan, 4:38 am 1992 → 13 Feb, 1:40 am 1992· 18 days
  4. Kumbha13 Feb, 1:40 am 1992 → 29 Feb, 9:20 am 1992· 16 days
  5. Meena29 Feb, 9:20 am 1992 → 7 May, 10:56 am 1992· about 2 months
  6. Mesha7 May, 10:56 am 1992 → 24 May, 3:31 am 1992· 17 days
  7. Vrishabha24 May, 3:31 am 1992 → 7 Jun, 12:14 am 1992· 14 days
  8. Mithuna7 Jun, 12:14 am 1992 → 23 Jun, 3:40 am 1992· 16 days
  9. Karka23 Jun, 3:40 am 1992 → 31 Aug, 3:52 am 1992· about 2 months
  10. Simha31 Aug, 3:52 am 1992 → 16 Sep, 12:46 am 1992· 16 days
  11. Kanya16 Sep, 12:46 am 1992 → 3 Oct, 2:44 pm 1992· 18 days
  12. Tula3 Oct, 2:44 pm 1992 → 24 Oct, 2:59 pm 1992· 21 days
  13. Vrishchika24 Oct, 2:59 pm 1992 → 27 Nov, 11:28 am 1992· 34 days
  14. Tula(entered moving backward)27 Nov, 11:28 am 1992 → 5 Dec, 11:21 pm 1992· 8 days
  15. Vrishchika5 Dec, 11:21 pm 1992 → 29 Dec, 5:03 pm 1992· 24 days
  16. Dhanu29 Dec, 5:03 pm 1992 → 17 Jan, 10:11 pm 1993· 19 days

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 1992

  • 5 Jan5:21 pm

    Budha enters Dhanu

  • 21 Jan12:11 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 29 Feb†

  • 26 Jan4:38 am

    Budha enters Makara

February 1992

  • 13 Feb1:40 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

  • 29 Feb9:20 am

    Budha enters Meena

  • 29 Feb11:38 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

March 1992

  • 17 Mar6:02 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 17°34′ Meena

  • 19 Mar1:04 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 2 Apr†

April 1992

  • 2 Apr2:36 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 9 Apr11:56 am

    Budha turns direct at 4°59′ Meena

May 1992

  • 7 May10:56 am

    Budha enters Mesha

  • 19 May1:31 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 13 Jun†

  • 24 May3:31 am

    Budha enters Vrishabha

June 1992

  • 7 Jun12:14 am

    Budha enters Mithuna

  • 13 Jun12:26 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 23 Jun3:40 am

    Budha enters Karka

July 1992

  • 20 Jul6:22 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 23°44′ Karka

  • 26 Jul6:22 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 10 Aug†

August 1992

  • 10 Aug10:28 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 13 Aug8:23 am

    Budha turns direct at 12°13′ Karka

  • 31 Aug3:52 am

    Budha enters Simha

  • 31 Aug4:35 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 4 Oct†

September 1992

  • 16 Sep12:46 am

    Budha enters Kanya

October 1992

  • 3 Oct2:44 pm

    Budha enters Tula

  • 4 Oct6:09 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 24 Oct2:59 pm

    Budha enters Vrishchika

November 1992

  • 11 Nov3:18 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 14°38′ Vrishchika

  • 16 Nov4:00 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 27 Nov†

  • 27 Nov11:28 am

    Budha enters Tula (moving backward)

  • 27 Nov6:21 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

December 1992

  • 1 Dec1:00 pm

    Budha turns direct at 28°27′ Tula

  • 5 Dec11:21 pm

    Budha enters Vrishchika

  • 29 Dec5:03 pm

    Budha enters Dhanu

  • 30 Dec6:18 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 11 Feb†

† 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 1992: 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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