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Budha gochar in 2039

Budha changes sign 16 times in 2039: Makara on 18 Jan, Kumbha on 5 Feb, Meena on 26 Feb, Kumbha on 4 Mar (moving back, retrograde) …. Retrograde from 1 Mar, 3 Jul, 27 Oct.

Budha’s signs through 2039

  1. Dhanu30 Dec, 4:21 pm 2038 → 18 Jan, 9:57 pm 2039· 19 days
  2. Makara18 Jan, 9:57 pm 2039 → 5 Feb, 9:38 am 2039· 17 days
  3. Kumbha5 Feb, 9:38 am 2039 → 26 Feb, 2:58 am 2039· 21 days
  4. Meena26 Feb, 2:58 am 2039 → 4 Mar, 5:42 pm 2039· 7 days
  5. Kumbha(entered moving backward)4 Mar, 5:42 pm 2039 → 11 Apr, 9:28 pm 2039· 38 days
  6. Meena11 Apr, 9:28 pm 2039 → 1 May, 6:42 pm 2039· 20 days
  7. Mesha1 May, 6:42 pm 2039 → 16 May, 4:24 pm 2039· 15 days
  8. Vrishabha16 May, 4:24 pm 2039 → 30 May, 10:44 pm 2039· 14 days
  9. Mithuna30 May, 10:44 pm 2039 → 21 Jun, 12:55 pm 2039· 22 days
  10. Karka21 Jun, 12:55 pm 2039 → 15 Jul, 10:31 am 2039· 24 days
  11. Mithuna(entered moving backward)15 Jul, 10:31 am 2039 → 6 Aug, 10:27 am 2039· 22 days
  12. Karka6 Aug, 10:27 am 2039 → 24 Aug, 10:01 am 2039· 18 days
  13. Simha24 Aug, 10:01 am 2039 → 9 Sep, 2:30 am 2039· 16 days
  14. Kanya9 Sep, 2:30 am 2039 → 27 Sep, 7:42 pm 2039· 19 days
  15. Tula27 Sep, 7:42 pm 2039 → 3 Dec, 11:53 pm 2039· about 2 months
  16. Vrishchika3 Dec, 11:53 pm 2039 → 23 Dec, 6:16 pm 2039· 20 days
  17. Dhanu23 Dec, 6:16 pm 2039 → 11 Jan, 12:04 pm 2040· 19 days

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 2039

  • 18 Jan9:57 pm

    Budha enters Makara

February 2039

  • 5 Feb9:38 am

    Budha enters Kumbha

  • 13 Feb2:11 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 26 Feb2:58 am

    Budha enters Meena

March 2039

  • 1 Mar9:41 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 0°52′ Meena

  • 3 Mar6:56 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 16 Mar†

  • 4 Mar5:42 pm

    Budha enters Kumbha (moving backward)

  • 16 Mar10:02 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 24 Mar12:50 am

    Budha turns direct at 16°58′ Kumbha

April 2039

  • 11 Apr9:28 pm

    Budha enters Meena

May 2039

  • 1 May6:42 pm

    Budha enters Mesha

  • 4 May6:33 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 29 May†

  • 16 May4:24 pm

    Budha enters Vrishabha

  • 29 May4:06 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 30 May10:44 pm

    Budha enters Mithuna

June 2039

  • 21 Jun12:55 pm

    Budha enters Karka

July 2039

  • 3 Jul3:16 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 4°58′ Karka

  • 8 Jul5:18 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 24 Jul†

  • 15 Jul10:31 am

    Budha enters Mithuna (moving backward)

  • 24 Jul7:11 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 27 Jul8:37 am

    Budha turns direct at 24°50′ Mithuna

August 2039

  • 6 Aug10:27 am

    Budha enters Karka

  • 16 Aug6:17 pm

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 16 Sep†

  • 24 Aug10:01 am

    Budha enters Simha

September 2039

  • 9 Sep2:30 am

    Budha enters Kanya

  • 16 Sep10:04 pm

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 27 Sep7:42 pm

    Budha enters Tula

October 2039

  • 27 Oct9:23 am

    Budha turns retrograde at 29°08′ Tula

November 2039

  • 2 Nov12:31 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 13 Nov†

  • 13 Nov9:06 am

    Budha rises again (asta ends)†

  • 16 Nov4:08 pm

    Budha turns direct at 13°09′ Tula

December 2039

  • 3 Dec11:53 pm

    Budha enters Vrishchika

  • 10 Dec11:51 am

    Budha becomes combust (asta) until 26 Jan†

  • 23 Dec6:16 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 2039: 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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