Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)
Chandra gochar in 1973
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 1973. Every entry is listed below.
Chandra’s signs through 1973
- Dhanu3 Jan, 3:53 am
- Makara5 Jan, 3:32 pm
- Kumbha8 Jan, 1:16 am
- Meena10 Jan, 8:43 am
- Mesha12 Jan, 1:42 pm
- Vrishabha14 Jan, 4:23 pm
- Mithuna16 Jan, 5:32 pm
- Karka18 Jan, 6:25 pm
- Simha20 Jan, 8:38 pm
- Kanya23 Jan, 1:44 am
- Tula25 Jan, 10:32 am
- Vrishchika27 Jan, 10:26 pm
- Dhanu30 Jan, 11:16 am
- Makara1 Feb, 10:47 pm
- Kumbha4 Feb, 7:48 am
- Meena6 Feb, 2:22 pm
- Mesha8 Feb, 7:06 pm
- Vrishabha10 Feb, 10:35 pm
- Mithuna13 Feb, 1:16 am
- Karka15 Feb, 3:41 am
- Simha17 Feb, 6:43 am
- Kanya19 Feb, 11:36 am
- Tula21 Feb, 7:29 pm
- Vrishchika24 Feb, 6:34 am
- Dhanu26 Feb, 7:22 pm
- Makara1 Mar, 7:12 am
- Kumbha3 Mar, 4:05 pm
- Meena5 Mar, 9:46 pm
- Mesha8 Mar, 1:17 am
- Vrishabha10 Mar, 3:59 am
- Mithuna12 Mar, 6:51 am
- Karka14 Mar, 10:19 am
- Simha16 Mar, 2:39 pm
- Kanya18 Mar, 8:21 pm
- Tula21 Mar, 4:14 am
- Vrishchika23 Mar, 2:51 pm
- Dhanu26 Mar, 3:30 am
- Makara28 Mar, 3:53 pm
- Kumbha31 Mar, 1:25 am
- Meena2 Apr, 7:05 am
- Mesha4 Apr, 9:42 am
- Vrishabha6 Apr, 10:59 am
- Mithuna8 Apr, 12:37 pm
- Karka10 Apr, 3:40 pm
- Simha12 Apr, 8:32 pm
- Kanya15 Apr, 3:12 am
- Tula17 Apr, 11:46 am
- Vrishchika19 Apr, 10:29 pm
- Dhanu22 Apr, 11:02 am
- Makara24 Apr, 11:50 pm
- Kumbha27 Apr, 10:25 am
- Meena29 Apr, 5:03 pm
- Mesha1 May, 7:51 pm
- Vrishabha3 May, 8:20 pm
- Mithuna5 May, 8:28 pm
- Karka7 May, 10:01 pm
- Simha10 May, 2:02 am
- Kanya12 May, 8:46 am
- Tula14 May, 5:56 pm
- Vrishchika17 May, 5:06 am
- Dhanu19 May, 5:43 pm
- Makara22 May, 6:40 am
- Kumbha24 May, 6:04 pm
- Meena27 May, 2:06 am
- Mesha29 May, 6:07 am
- Vrishabha31 May, 7:00 am
- Mithuna2 Jun, 6:30 am
- Karka4 Jun, 6:36 am
- Simha6 Jun, 8:59 am
- Kanya8 Jun, 2:38 pm
- Tula10 Jun, 11:36 pm
- Vrishchika13 Jun, 11:04 am
- Dhanu15 Jun, 11:51 pm
- Makara18 Jun, 12:42 pm
- Kumbha21 Jun, 12:19 am
- Meena23 Jun, 9:21 am
- Mesha25 Jun, 2:56 pm
- Vrishabha27 Jun, 5:12 pm
- Mithuna29 Jun, 5:18 pm
- Karka1 Jul, 4:56 pm
- Simha3 Jul, 6:00 pm
- Kanya5 Jul, 10:04 pm
- Tula8 Jul, 5:57 am
- Vrishchika10 Jul, 5:08 pm
- Dhanu13 Jul, 6:00 am
- Makara15 Jul, 6:42 pm
- Kumbha18 Jul, 6:00 am
- Meena20 Jul, 3:08 pm
- Mesha22 Jul, 9:41 pm
- Vrishabha25 Jul, 1:32 am
- Mithuna27 Jul, 3:06 am
- Karka29 Jul, 3:29 am
- Simha31 Jul, 4:15 am
- Kanya2 Aug, 7:11 am
- Tula4 Aug, 1:43 pm
- Vrishchika7 Aug, 12:03 am
- Dhanu9 Aug, 12:44 pm
- Makara12 Aug, 1:23 am
- Kumbha14 Aug, 12:15 pm
- Meena16 Aug, 8:46 pm
- Mesha19 Aug, 3:09 am
- Vrishabha21 Aug, 7:44 am
- Mithuna23 Aug, 10:43 am
- Karka25 Aug, 12:33 pm
- Simha27 Aug, 2:10 pm
- Kanya29 Aug, 5:00 pm
- Tula31 Aug, 10:39 pm
- Vrishchika3 Sep, 7:59 am
- Dhanu5 Sep, 8:15 pm
- Makara8 Sep, 9:00 am
- Kumbha10 Sep, 7:47 pm
- Meena13 Sep, 3:39 am
- Mesha15 Sep, 9:05 am
- Vrishabha17 Sep, 1:06 pm
- Mithuna19 Sep, 4:25 pm
- Karka21 Sep, 7:23 pm
- Simha23 Sep, 10:20 pm
- Kanya26 Sep, 2:03 am
- Tula28 Sep, 7:45 am
- Vrishchika30 Sep, 4:31 pm
- Dhanu3 Oct, 4:18 am
- Makara5 Oct, 5:13 pm
- Kumbha8 Oct, 4:27 am
- Meena10 Oct, 12:18 pm
- Mesha12 Oct, 4:58 pm
- Vrishabha14 Oct, 7:43 pm
- Mithuna16 Oct, 10:00 pm
- Karka19 Oct, 12:46 am
- Simha21 Oct, 4:26 am
- Kanya23 Oct, 9:17 am
- Tula25 Oct, 3:49 pm
- Vrishchika28 Oct, 12:44 am
- Dhanu30 Oct, 12:15 pm
- Makara2 Nov, 1:15 am
- Kumbha4 Nov, 1:16 pm
- Meena6 Nov, 10:01 pm
- Mesha9 Nov, 2:53 am
- Vrishabha11 Nov, 4:51 am
- Mithuna13 Nov, 5:39 am
- Karka15 Nov, 6:56 am
- Simha17 Nov, 9:51 am
- Kanya19 Nov, 2:55 pm
- Tula21 Nov, 10:17 pm
- Vrishchika24 Nov, 7:53 am
- Dhanu26 Nov, 7:32 pm
- Makara29 Nov, 8:31 am
- Kumbha1 Dec, 9:08 pm
- Meena4 Dec, 7:13 am
- Mesha6 Dec, 1:24 pm
- Vrishabha8 Dec, 3:52 pm
- Mithuna10 Dec, 4:02 pm
- Karka12 Dec, 3:45 pm
- Simha14 Dec, 4:51 pm
- Kanya16 Dec, 8:42 pm
- Tula19 Dec, 3:50 am
- Vrishchika21 Dec, 1:55 pm
- Dhanu24 Dec, 1:59 am
- Makara26 Dec, 2:58 pm
- Kumbha29 Dec, 3:39 am
- Meena31 Dec, 2:38 pm
See also: Chandra (glossary) · Gochar 1973: 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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