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Budha gochar in 2001

Budha changes sign 19 times in 2001: Makara on 7 Jan, Kumbha on 26 Jan, Makara on 13 Feb (moving back, retrograde), Kumbha on 12 Mar …. Retrograde from 4 Feb, 4 Jun, 2 Oct.

Times in Perth (Australia/Perth, AWST).

Budha’s signs through 2001

  1. Dhanu19 Dec, 12:37 pm 2000 → 7 Jan, 4:39 am 2001· 19 days
  2. Makara7 Jan, 4:39 am 2001 → 26 Jan, 1:58 am 2001· 19 days
  3. Kumbha26 Jan, 1:58 am 2001 → 13 Feb, 6:18 pm 2001· 19 days
  4. Makara(entered moving backward)13 Feb, 6:18 pm 2001 → 12 Mar, 4:10 am 2001· 26 days
  5. Kumbha12 Mar, 4:10 am 2001 → 3 Apr, 12:34 am 2001· 22 days
  6. Meena3 Apr, 12:34 am 2001 → 19 Apr, 5:19 am 2001· 16 days
  7. Mesha19 Apr, 5:19 am 2001 → 3 May, 10:35 am 2001· 14 days
  8. Vrishabha3 May, 10:35 am 2001 → 22 May, 9:48 pm 2001· 19 days
  9. Mithuna22 May, 9:48 pm 2001 → 19 Jun, 6:27 pm 2001· 28 days
  10. Vrishabha(entered moving backward)19 Jun, 6:27 pm 2001 → 6 Jul, 2:19 pm 2001· 17 days
  11. Mithuna6 Jul, 2:19 pm 2001 → 27 Jul, 6:38 pm 2001· 21 days
  12. Karka27 Jul, 6:38 pm 2001 → 11 Aug, 8:54 am 2001· 15 days
  13. Simha11 Aug, 8:54 am 2001 → 28 Aug, 8:23 am 2001· 17 days
  14. Kanya28 Aug, 8:23 am 2001 → 20 Sep, 6:45 pm 2001· 23 days
  15. Tula20 Sep, 6:45 pm 2001 → 11 Oct, 7:13 pm 2001· 21 days
  16. Kanya(entered moving backward)11 Oct, 7:13 pm 2001 → 3 Nov, 11:15 pm 2001· 23 days
  17. Tula3 Nov, 11:15 pm 2001 → 23 Nov, 5:44 am 2001· 19 days
  18. Vrishchika23 Nov, 5:44 am 2001 → 12 Dec, 6:46 am 2001· 19 days
  19. Dhanu12 Dec, 6:46 am 2001 → 31 Dec, 5:41 am 2001· 19 days
  20. Makara31 Dec, 5:41 am 2001 → 8 Mar, 4:04 am 2002· about 2 months

Date by date

Times in Perth (Australia/Perth, AWST).

January 2001

  • 7 Jan4:39 am

    Budha enters Makara

  • 17 Jan6:18 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 26 Jan1:58 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

February 2001

  • 4 Feb9:57 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 6°50′ Kumbha

  • 7 Feb2:19 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 19 Feb†

  • 13 Feb6:18 pm

    Budha enters Makara (moving backward)

  • 19 Feb3:35 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 25 Feb11:41 pm

    Budha turns direct at 21°32′ Makara

March 2001

  • 12 Mar4:10 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

April 2001

  • 3 Apr12:34 am

    Budha enters Meena

  • 9 Apr7:58 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 6 May†

  • 19 Apr5:19 am

    Budha enters Mesha

May 2001

  • 3 May10:35 am

    Budha enters Vrishabha

  • 6 May6:08 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 22 May9:48 pm

    Budha enters Mithuna

June 2001

  • 4 Jun1:21 pm

    Budha turns retrograde at 6°05′ Mithuna

  • 8 Jun11:17 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 25 Jun†

  • 19 Jun6:27 pm

    Budha enters Vrishabha (moving backward)

  • 25 Jun10:58 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 28 Jun1:49 pm

    Budha turns direct at 27°23′ Vrishabha

July 2001

  • 6 Jul2:19 pm

    Budha enters Mithuna

  • 24 Jul8:47 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 20 Aug†

  • 27 Jul6:38 pm

    Budha enters Karka

August 2001

  • 11 Aug8:54 am

    Budha enters Simha

  • 20 Aug11:12 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 28 Aug8:23 am

    Budha enters Kanya

September 2001

  • 20 Sep6:45 pm

    Budha enters Tula

October 2001

  • 2 Oct3:22 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 5°49′ Tula

  • 8 Oct2:41 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 20 Oct†

  • 11 Oct7:13 pm

    Budha enters Kanya (moving backward)

  • 20 Oct2:05 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 23 Oct8:23 am

    Budha turns direct at 20°19′ Kanya

November 2001

  • 3 Nov11:15 pm

    Budha enters Tula

  • 10 Nov8:55 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 30 Dec†

  • 23 Nov5:44 am

    Budha enters Vrishchika

December 2001

  • 12 Dec6:46 am

    Budha enters Dhanu

  • 30 Dec2:44 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 31 Dec5:41 am

    Budha enters Makara

† 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 2001: 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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