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Budha gochar in 2006

Budha changes sign 18 times in 2006: Makara on 19 Jan, Kumbha on 6 Feb, Meena on 25 Feb, Kumbha on 9 Mar (moving back, retrograde) …. Retrograde from 3 Mar, 5 Jul, 29 Oct.

Times in Lautoka (Pacific/Fiji, UTC+12).

Budha’s signs through 2006

  1. Dhanu31 Dec, 8:13 am 2005 → 19 Jan, 4:13 pm 2006· 19 days
  2. Makara19 Jan, 4:13 pm 2006 → 6 Feb, 4:21 am 2006· 18 days
  3. Kumbha6 Feb, 4:21 am 2006 → 25 Feb, 3:37 am 2006· 19 days
  4. Meena25 Feb, 3:37 am 2006 → 9 Mar, 7:56 pm 2006· 13 days
  5. Kumbha(entered moving backward)9 Mar, 7:56 pm 2006 → 11 Apr, 11:49 pm 2006· 33 days
  6. Meena11 Apr, 11:49 pm 2006 → 2 May, 12:49 pm 2006· 21 days
  7. Mesha2 May, 12:49 pm 2006 → 17 May, 2:17 pm 2006· 15 days
  8. Vrishabha17 May, 2:17 pm 2006 → 31 May, 5:43 pm 2006· 14 days
  9. Mithuna31 May, 5:43 pm 2006 → 20 Jun, 11:48 pm 2006· 20 days
  10. Karka20 Jun, 11:48 pm 2006 → 21 Jul, 6:19 am 2006· 30 days
  11. Mithuna(entered moving backward)21 Jul, 6:19 am 2006 → 5 Aug, 11:30 pm 2006· 16 days
  12. Karka5 Aug, 11:30 pm 2006 → 25 Aug, 6:36 am 2006· 19 days
  13. Simha25 Aug, 6:36 am 2006 → 9 Sep, 10:10 pm 2006· 16 days
  14. Kanya9 Sep, 10:10 pm 2006 → 28 Sep, 10:58 am 2006· 19 days
  15. Tula28 Sep, 10:58 am 2006 → 25 Oct, 12:00 am 2006· 27 days
  16. Vrishchika25 Oct, 12:00 am 2006 → 2 Nov, 5:21 am 2006· 8 days
  17. Tula(entered moving backward)2 Nov, 5:21 am 2006 → 4 Dec, 1:05 pm 2006· 32 days
  18. Vrishchika4 Dec, 1:05 pm 2006 → 24 Dec, 11:49 am 2006· 20 days
  19. Dhanu24 Dec, 11:49 am 2006 → 12 Jan, 6:26 am 2007· 19 days

Date by date

Times in Lautoka (Pacific/Fiji, UTC+12).

January 2006

  • 3 Jan2:28 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 Feb†

  • 19 Jan4:13 pm

    Budha enters Makara

February 2006

  • 6 Feb4:21 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

  • 15 Feb1:00 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 25 Feb3:37 am

    Budha enters Meena

March 2006

  • 3 Mar8:28 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 2°59′ Meena

  • 5 Mar5:16 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 18 Mar†

  • 9 Mar7:56 pm

    Budha enters Kumbha (moving backward)

  • 18 Mar11:06 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 26 Mar1:42 am

    Budha turns direct at 19°14′ Kumbha

April 2006

  • 11 Apr11:49 pm

    Budha enters Meena

May 2006

  • 2 May12:49 pm

    Budha enters Mesha

  • 6 May3:09 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 31 May†

  • 17 May2:17 pm

    Budha enters Vrishabha

  • 31 May10:43 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 31 May5:43 pm

    Budha enters Mithuna

June 2006

  • 20 Jun11:48 pm

    Budha enters Karka

July 2006

  • 5 Jul7:32 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 7°26′ Karka

  • 11 Jul12:47 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 26 Jul†

  • 21 Jul6:19 am

    Budha enters Mithuna (moving backward)

  • 26 Jul11:56 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 29 Jul12:40 pm

    Budha turns direct at 27°07′ Mithuna

August 2006

  • 5 Aug11:30 pm

    Budha enters Karka

  • 18 Aug12:58 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 19 Sep†

  • 25 Aug6:36 am

    Budha enters Simha

September 2006

  • 9 Sep10:10 pm

    Budha enters Kanya

  • 19 Sep2:16 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 28 Sep10:58 am

    Budha enters Tula

October 2006

  • 25 Oct12:00 am

    Budha enters Vrishchika

  • 29 Oct7:15 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 1°08′ Vrishchika

November 2006

  • 2 Nov5:21 am

    Budha enters Tula (moving backward)

  • 3 Nov8:25 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 15 Nov†

  • 15 Nov4:00 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 18 Nov12:25 pm

    Budha turns direct at 15°07′ Tula

December 2006

  • 4 Dec1:05 pm

    Budha enters Vrishchika

  • 12 Dec10:29 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 28 Jan†

  • 24 Dec11:49 am

    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 2006: 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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