Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)
Chandra gochar in 1979
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 1979. Every entry is listed below.
Chandra’s signs through 1979
- Kumbha2 Jan, 2:07 am
- Meena4 Jan, 4:05 am
- Mesha6 Jan, 9:01 am
- Vrishabha8 Jan, 4:53 pm
- Mithuna11 Jan, 3:01 am
- Karka13 Jan, 2:46 pm
- Simha16 Jan, 3:34 am
- Kanya18 Jan, 4:18 pm
- Tula21 Jan, 3:09 am
- Vrishchika23 Jan, 10:20 am
- Dhanu25 Jan, 1:26 pm
- Makara27 Jan, 1:34 pm
- Kumbha29 Jan, 12:43 pm
- Meena31 Jan, 12:59 pm
- Mesha2 Feb, 4:06 pm
- Vrishabha4 Feb, 10:50 pm
- Mithuna7 Feb, 8:49 am
- Karka9 Feb, 8:53 pm
- Simha12 Feb, 9:44 am
- Kanya14 Feb, 10:16 pm
- Tula17 Feb, 9:20 am
- Vrishchika19 Feb, 5:41 pm
- Dhanu21 Feb, 10:35 pm
- Makara24 Feb, 12:19 am
- Kumbha26 Feb, 12:10 am
- Meena27 Feb, 11:57 pm
- Mesha2 Mar, 1:35 am
- Vrishabha4 Mar, 6:35 am
- Mithuna6 Mar, 3:25 pm
- Karka9 Mar, 3:14 am
- Simha11 Mar, 4:10 pm
- Kanya14 Mar, 4:27 am
- Tula16 Mar, 3:01 pm
- Vrishchika18 Mar, 11:21 pm
- Dhanu21 Mar, 5:12 am
- Makara23 Mar, 8:36 am
- Kumbha25 Mar, 10:06 am
- Meena27 Mar, 10:48 am
- Mesha29 Mar, 12:14 pm
- Vrishabha31 Mar, 4:04 pm
- Mithuna2 Apr, 11:30 pm
- Karka5 Apr, 10:28 am
- Simha7 Apr, 11:18 pm
- Kanya10 Apr, 11:34 am
- Tula12 Apr, 9:38 pm
- Vrishchika15 Apr, 5:10 am
- Dhanu17 Apr, 10:37 am
- Makara19 Apr, 2:33 pm
- Kumbha21 Apr, 5:22 pm
- Meena23 Apr, 7:35 pm
- Mesha25 Apr, 9:59 pm
- Vrishabha28 Apr, 1:51 am
- Mithuna30 Apr, 8:30 am
- Karka2 May, 6:35 pm
- Simha5 May, 7:06 am
- Kanya7 May, 7:34 pm
- Tula10 May, 5:37 am
- Vrishchika12 May, 12:30 pm
- Dhanu14 May, 4:53 pm
- Makara16 May, 8:01 pm
- Kumbha18 May, 10:52 pm
- Meena21 May, 1:58 am
- Mesha23 May, 5:38 am
- Vrishabha25 May, 10:24 am
- Mithuna27 May, 5:13 pm
- Karka30 May, 2:53 am
- Simha1 Jun, 3:05 pm
- Kanya4 Jun, 3:51 am
- Tula6 Jun, 2:28 pm
- Vrishchika8 Jun, 9:25 pm
- Dhanu11 Jun, 1:05 am
- Makara13 Jun, 2:58 am
- Kumbha15 Jun, 4:40 am
- Meena17 Jun, 7:19 am
- Mesha19 Jun, 11:25 am
- Vrishabha21 Jun, 5:07 pm
- Mithuna24 Jun, 12:42 am
- Karka26 Jun, 10:33 am
- Simha28 Jun, 10:39 pm
- Kanya1 Jul, 11:39 am
- Tula3 Jul, 11:07 pm
- Vrishchika6 Jul, 6:59 am
- Dhanu8 Jul, 10:54 am
- Makara10 Jul, 12:06 pm
- Kumbha12 Jul, 12:26 pm
- Meena14 Jul, 1:39 pm
- Mesha16 Jul, 4:54 pm
- Vrishabha18 Jul, 10:38 pm
- Mithuna21 Jul, 6:49 am
- Karka23 Jul, 5:13 pm
- Simha26 Jul, 5:26 am
- Kanya28 Jul, 6:32 pm
- Tula31 Jul, 6:42 am
- Vrishchika2 Aug, 3:51 pm
- Dhanu4 Aug, 8:59 pm
- Makara6 Aug, 10:38 pm
- Kumbha8 Aug, 10:24 pm
- Meena10 Aug, 10:13 pm
- Mesha12 Aug, 11:51 pm
- Vrishabha15 Aug, 4:28 am
- Mithuna17 Aug, 12:23 pm
- Karka19 Aug, 11:07 pm
- Simha22 Aug, 11:36 am
- Kanya25 Aug, 12:40 am
- Tula27 Aug, 1:00 pm
- Vrishchika29 Aug, 11:06 pm
- Dhanu1 Sep, 5:48 am
- Makara3 Sep, 8:55 am
- Kumbha5 Sep, 9:21 am
- Meena7 Sep, 8:46 am
- Mesha9 Sep, 9:03 am
- Vrishabha11 Sep, 12:00 pm
- Mithuna13 Sep, 6:42 pm
- Karka16 Sep, 5:03 am
- Simha18 Sep, 5:39 pm
- Kanya21 Sep, 6:41 am
- Tula23 Sep, 6:44 pm
- Vrishchika26 Sep, 4:55 am
- Dhanu28 Sep, 12:36 pm
- Makara30 Sep, 5:22 pm
- Kumbha2 Oct, 7:25 pm
- Meena4 Oct, 7:42 pm
- Mesha6 Oct, 7:47 pm
- Vrishabha8 Oct, 9:33 pm
- Mithuna11 Oct, 2:43 am
- Karka13 Oct, 11:57 am
- Simha16 Oct, 12:15 am
- Kanya18 Oct, 1:16 pm
- Tula21 Oct, 1:00 am
- Vrishchika23 Oct, 10:35 am
- Dhanu25 Oct, 6:03 pm
- Makara27 Oct, 11:33 pm
- Kumbha30 Oct, 3:09 am
- Meena1 Nov, 5:05 am
- Mesha3 Nov, 6:12 am
- Vrishabha5 Nov, 7:59 am
- Mithuna7 Nov, 12:13 pm
- Karka9 Nov, 8:13 pm
- Simha12 Nov, 7:47 am
- Kanya14 Nov, 8:47 pm
- Tula17 Nov, 8:31 am
- Vrishchika19 Nov, 5:34 pm
- Dhanu22 Nov, 12:05 am
- Makara24 Nov, 4:55 am
- Kumbha26 Nov, 8:46 am
- Meena28 Nov, 11:53 am
- Mesha30 Nov, 2:33 pm
- Vrishabha2 Dec, 5:28 pm
- Mithuna4 Dec, 9:56 pm
- Karka7 Dec, 5:19 am
- Simha9 Dec, 4:06 pm
- Kanya12 Dec, 4:56 am
- Tula14 Dec, 5:05 pm
- Vrishchika17 Dec, 2:18 am
- Dhanu19 Dec, 8:12 am
- Makara21 Dec, 11:49 am
- Kumbha23 Dec, 2:29 pm
- Meena25 Dec, 5:14 pm
- Mesha27 Dec, 8:32 pm
- Vrishabha30 Dec, 12:42 am
See also: Chandra (glossary) · Gochar 1979: 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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