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Budha gochar in 1994

Budha changes sign 16 times in 1994: Makara on 10 Jan, Kumbha on 28 Jan, Makara on 28 Feb (moving back, retrograde), Kumbha on 10 Mar …. Retrograde from 11 Feb, 12 Jun, 9 Oct.

Budha’s signs through 1994

  1. Dhanu22 Dec, 6:43 pm 1993 → 10 Jan, 12:20 pm 1994· 19 days
  2. Makara10 Jan, 12:20 pm 1994 → 28 Jan, 10:34 am 1994· 18 days
  3. Kumbha28 Jan, 10:34 am 1994 → 28 Feb, 11:24 pm 1994· 32 days
  4. Makara(entered moving backward)28 Feb, 11:24 pm 1994 → 10 Mar, 7:02 am 1994· 9 days
  5. Kumbha10 Mar, 7:02 am 1994 → 6 Apr, 1:10 am 1994· 27 days
  6. Meena6 Apr, 1:10 am 1994 → 22 Apr, 10:24 pm 1994· 17 days
  7. Mesha22 Apr, 10:24 pm 1994 → 7 May, 3:10 am 1994· 14 days
  8. Vrishabha7 May, 3:10 am 1994 → 23 May, 6:33 pm 1994· 17 days
  9. Mithuna23 May, 6:33 pm 1994 → 31 Jul, 6:43 am 1994· about 2 months
  10. Karka31 Jul, 6:43 am 1994 → 15 Aug, 2:28 am 1994· 15 days
  11. Simha15 Aug, 2:28 am 1994 → 31 Aug, 1:14 pm 1994· 16 days
  12. Kanya31 Aug, 1:14 pm 1994 → 21 Sep, 5:09 pm 1994· 21 days
  13. Tula21 Sep, 5:09 pm 1994 → 24 Oct, 5:58 pm 1994· 33 days
  14. Kanya(entered moving backward)24 Oct, 5:58 pm 1994 → 5 Nov, 8:50 am 1994· 12 days
  15. Tula5 Nov, 8:50 am 1994 → 26 Nov, 11:18 am 1994· 21 days
  16. Vrishchika26 Nov, 11:18 am 1994 → 15 Dec, 1:29 pm 1994· 19 days
  17. Dhanu15 Dec, 1:29 pm 1994 → 3 Jan, 7:10 am 1995· 19 days

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 1994

  • 10 Jan12:20 pm

    Budha enters Makara

  • 25 Jan1:57 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 28 Jan10:34 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

February 1994

  • 11 Feb1:59 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 13°49′ Kumbha

  • 14 Feb3:46 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 26 Feb†

  • 26 Feb11:43 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 28 Feb11:24 pm

    Budha enters Makara (moving backward)

March 1994

  • 5 Mar11:19 am

    Budha turns direct at 28°51′ Makara

  • 10 Mar7:02 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

April 1994

  • 6 Apr1:10 am

    Budha enters Meena

  • 17 Apr3:59 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 13 May†

  • 22 Apr10:24 pm

    Budha enters Mesha

May 1994

  • 7 May3:10 am

    Budha enters Vrishabha

  • 13 May12:35 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 23 May6:33 pm

    Budha enters Mithuna

June 1994

  • 12 Jun11:17 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 14°38′ Mithuna

  • 17 Jun8:32 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 4 Jul†

July 1994

  • 4 Jul4:01 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 7 Jul1:13 am

    Budha turns direct at 5°38′ Mithuna

  • 31 Jul2:42 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 28 Aug†

  • 31 Jul6:43 am

    Budha enters Karka

August 1994

  • 15 Aug2:28 am

    Budha enters Simha

  • 28 Aug2:10 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 31 Aug1:14 pm

    Budha enters Kanya

September 1994

  • 21 Sep5:09 pm

    Budha enters Tula

October 1994

  • 9 Oct12:13 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 12°42′ Tula

  • 15 Oct5:48 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 27 Oct†

  • 24 Oct5:58 pm

    Budha enters Kanya (moving backward)

  • 27 Oct12:07 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 30 Oct9:35 am

    Budha turns direct at 27°02′ Kanya

November 1994

  • 5 Nov8:50 am

    Budha enters Tula

  • 19 Nov4:28 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 7 Jan†

  • 26 Nov11:18 am

    Budha enters Vrishchika

December 1994

  • 15 Dec1:29 pm

    Budha enters Dhanu

† 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 1994: 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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