Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)
Chandra gochar in 1976
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 1976. Every entry is listed below.
Chandra’s signs through 1976
- Makara2 Jan, 8:06 pm
- Kumbha5 Jan, 4:30 am
- Meena7 Jan, 3:45 pm
- Mesha10 Jan, 4:33 am
- Vrishabha12 Jan, 4:17 pm
- Mithuna15 Jan, 12:47 am
- Karka17 Jan, 5:41 am
- Simha19 Jan, 8:10 am
- Kanya21 Jan, 9:53 am
- Tula23 Jan, 12:14 pm
- Vrishchika25 Jan, 3:58 pm
- Dhanu27 Jan, 9:12 pm
- Makara30 Jan, 3:59 am
- Kumbha1 Feb, 12:43 pm
- Meena3 Feb, 11:45 pm
- Mesha6 Feb, 12:32 pm
- Vrishabha9 Feb, 1:00 am
- Mithuna11 Feb, 10:34 am
- Karka13 Feb, 4:00 pm
- Simha15 Feb, 5:58 pm
- Kanya17 Feb, 6:18 pm
- Tula19 Feb, 6:59 pm
- Vrishchika21 Feb, 9:33 pm
- Dhanu24 Feb, 2:36 am
- Makara26 Feb, 10:03 am
- Kumbha28 Feb, 7:31 pm
- Meena2 Mar, 6:50 am
- Mesha4 Mar, 7:35 pm
- Vrishabha7 Mar, 8:28 am
- Mithuna9 Mar, 7:15 pm
- Karka12 Mar, 2:08 am
- Simha14 Mar, 4:55 am
- Kanya16 Mar, 5:00 am
- Tula18 Mar, 4:26 am
- Vrishchika20 Mar, 5:11 am
- Dhanu22 Mar, 8:44 am
- Makara24 Mar, 3:34 pm
- Kumbha27 Mar, 1:17 am
- Meena29 Mar, 1:02 pm
- Mesha1 Apr, 1:52 am
- Vrishabha3 Apr, 2:44 pm
- Mithuna6 Apr, 2:08 am
- Karka8 Apr, 10:27 am
- Simha10 Apr, 2:54 pm
- Kanya12 Apr, 4:04 pm
- Tula14 Apr, 3:31 pm
- Vrishchika16 Apr, 3:13 pm
- Dhanu18 Apr, 5:02 pm
- Makara20 Apr, 10:17 pm
- Kumbha23 Apr, 7:14 am
- Meena25 Apr, 6:59 pm
- Mesha28 Apr, 7:57 am
- Vrishabha30 Apr, 8:37 pm
- Mithuna3 May, 7:52 am
- Karka5 May, 4:45 pm
- Simha7 May, 10:37 pm
- Kanya10 May, 1:30 am
- Tula12 May, 2:11 am
- Vrishchika14 May, 2:08 am
- Dhanu16 May, 3:08 am
- Makara18 May, 6:52 am
- Kumbha20 May, 2:26 pm
- Meena23 May, 1:32 am
- Mesha25 May, 2:26 pm
- Vrishabha28 May, 3:00 am
- Mithuna30 May, 1:45 pm
- Karka1 Jun, 10:14 pm
- Simha4 Jun, 4:25 am
- Kanya6 Jun, 8:30 am
- Tula8 Jun, 10:47 am
- Vrishchika10 Jun, 12:00 pm
- Dhanu12 Jun, 1:24 pm
- Makara14 Jun, 4:35 pm
- Kumbha16 Jun, 10:58 pm
- Meena19 Jun, 9:05 am
- Mesha21 Jun, 9:41 pm
- Vrishabha24 Jun, 10:16 am
- Mithuna26 Jun, 8:43 pm
- Karka29 Jun, 4:27 am
- Simha1 Jul, 9:56 am
- Kanya3 Jul, 1:58 pm
- Tula5 Jul, 5:06 pm
- Vrishchika7 Jul, 7:41 pm
- Dhanu9 Jul, 10:18 pm
- Makara12 Jul, 1:57 am
- Kumbha14 Jul, 8:00 am
- Meena16 Jul, 5:21 pm
- Mesha19 Jul, 5:31 am
- Vrishabha21 Jul, 6:15 pm
- Mithuna24 Jul, 4:55 am
- Karka26 Jul, 12:16 pm
- Simha28 Jul, 4:47 pm
- Kanya30 Jul, 7:47 pm
- Tula1 Aug, 10:27 pm
- Vrishchika4 Aug, 1:28 am
- Dhanu6 Aug, 5:08 am
- Makara8 Aug, 9:51 am
- Kumbha10 Aug, 4:24 pm
- Meena13 Aug, 1:35 am
- Mesha15 Aug, 1:26 pm
- Vrishabha18 Aug, 2:22 am
- Mithuna20 Aug, 1:41 pm
- Karka22 Aug, 9:28 pm
- Simha25 Aug, 1:39 am
- Kanya27 Aug, 3:33 am
- Tula29 Aug, 4:52 am
- Vrishchika31 Aug, 6:58 am
- Dhanu2 Sep, 10:36 am
- Makara4 Sep, 4:03 pm
- Kumbha6 Sep, 11:27 pm
- Meena9 Sep, 9:04 am
- Mesha11 Sep, 8:52 pm
- Vrishabha14 Sep, 9:54 am
- Mithuna16 Sep, 10:00 pm
- Karka19 Sep, 6:55 am
- Simha21 Sep, 11:49 am
- Kanya23 Sep, 1:30 pm
- Tula25 Sep, 1:40 pm
- Vrishchika27 Sep, 2:11 pm
- Dhanu29 Sep, 4:31 pm
- Makara1 Oct, 9:30 pm
- Kumbha4 Oct, 5:17 am
- Meena6 Oct, 3:30 pm
- Mesha9 Oct, 3:33 am
- Vrishabha11 Oct, 4:34 pm
- Mithuna14 Oct, 5:05 am
- Karka16 Oct, 3:14 pm
- Simha18 Oct, 9:41 pm
- Kanya21 Oct, 12:23 am
- Tula23 Oct, 12:33 am
- Vrishchika24 Oct, 11:59 pm
- Dhanu27 Oct, 12:36 am
- Makara29 Oct, 4:01 am
- Kumbha31 Oct, 11:03 am
- Meena2 Nov, 9:21 pm
- Mesha5 Nov, 9:43 am
- Vrishabha7 Nov, 10:43 pm
- Mithuna10 Nov, 11:07 am
- Karka12 Nov, 9:47 pm
- Simha15 Nov, 5:39 am
- Kanya17 Nov, 10:10 am
- Tula19 Nov, 11:38 am
- Vrishchika21 Nov, 11:20 am
- Dhanu23 Nov, 11:03 am
- Makara25 Nov, 12:49 pm
- Kumbha27 Nov, 6:13 pm
- Meena30 Nov, 3:41 am
- Mesha2 Dec, 4:00 pm
- Vrishabha5 Dec, 5:03 am
- Mithuna7 Dec, 5:06 pm
- Karka10 Dec, 3:23 am
- Simha12 Dec, 11:35 am
- Kanya14 Dec, 5:26 pm
- Tula16 Dec, 8:45 pm
- Vrishchika18 Dec, 9:57 pm
- Dhanu20 Dec, 10:14 pm
- Makara22 Dec, 11:23 pm
- Kumbha25 Dec, 3:22 am
- Meena27 Dec, 11:24 am
- Mesha29 Dec, 11:04 pm
See also: Chandra (glossary) · Gochar 1976: 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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