Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)
Chandra gochar in 1988
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 1988. Every entry is listed below.
Chandra’s signs through 1988
- Mithuna2 Jan, 5:27 pm
- Karka5 Jan, 4:37 am
- Simha7 Jan, 5:13 pm
- Kanya10 Jan, 6:07 am
- Tula12 Jan, 5:10 pm
- Vrishchika15 Jan, 12:24 am
- Dhanu17 Jan, 3:26 am
- Makara19 Jan, 3:34 am
- Kumbha21 Jan, 2:53 am
- Meena23 Jan, 3:28 am
- Mesha25 Jan, 6:51 am
- Vrishabha27 Jan, 1:36 pm
- Mithuna29 Jan, 11:16 pm
- Karka1 Feb, 10:53 am
- Simha3 Feb, 11:34 pm
- Kanya6 Feb, 12:24 pm
- Tula8 Feb, 11:58 pm
- Vrishchika11 Feb, 8:39 am
- Dhanu13 Feb, 1:28 pm
- Makara15 Feb, 2:50 pm
- Kumbha17 Feb, 2:17 pm
- Meena19 Feb, 1:52 pm
- Mesha21 Feb, 3:29 pm
- Vrishabha23 Feb, 8:32 pm
- Mithuna26 Feb, 5:20 am
- Karka28 Feb, 4:56 pm
- Simha2 Mar, 5:47 am
- Kanya4 Mar, 6:24 pm
- Tula7 Mar, 5:43 am
- Vrishchika9 Mar, 2:49 pm
- Dhanu11 Mar, 9:00 pm
- Makara14 Mar, 12:11 am
- Kumbha16 Mar, 1:04 am
- Meena18 Mar, 1:05 am
- Mesha20 Mar, 2:00 am
- Vrishabha22 Mar, 5:32 am
- Mithuna24 Mar, 12:49 pm
- Karka26 Mar, 11:41 pm
- Simha29 Mar, 12:29 pm
- Kanya1 Apr, 1:02 am
- Tula3 Apr, 11:50 am
- Vrishchika5 Apr, 8:22 pm
- Dhanu8 Apr, 2:40 am
- Makara10 Apr, 6:54 am
- Kumbha12 Apr, 9:26 am
- Meena14 Apr, 10:54 am
- Mesha16 Apr, 12:26 pm
- Vrishabha18 Apr, 3:34 pm
- Mithuna20 Apr, 9:42 pm
- Karka23 Apr, 7:30 am
- Simha25 Apr, 7:56 pm
- Kanya28 Apr, 8:34 am
- Tula30 Apr, 7:11 pm
- Vrishchika3 May, 2:58 am
- Dhanu5 May, 8:22 am
- Makara7 May, 12:18 pm
- Kumbha9 May, 3:26 pm
- Meena11 May, 6:13 pm
- Mesha13 May, 9:05 pm
- Vrishabha16 May, 12:53 am
- Mithuna18 May, 6:51 am
- Karka20 May, 3:56 pm
- Simha23 May, 3:53 am
- Kanya25 May, 4:41 pm
- Tula28 May, 3:37 am
- Vrishchika30 May, 11:11 am
- Dhanu1 Jun, 3:42 pm
- Makara3 Jun, 6:28 pm
- Kumbha5 Jun, 8:51 pm
- Meena7 Jun, 11:45 pm
- Mesha10 Jun, 3:31 am
- Vrishabha12 Jun, 8:25 am
- Mithuna14 Jun, 3:02 pm
- Karka17 Jun, 12:06 am
- Simha19 Jun, 11:46 am
- Kanya22 Jun, 12:42 am
- Tula24 Jun, 12:20 pm
- Vrishchika26 Jun, 8:29 pm
- Dhanu29 Jun, 12:52 am
- Makara1 Jul, 2:40 am
- Kumbha3 Jul, 3:41 am
- Meena5 Jul, 5:27 am
- Mesha7 Jul, 8:53 am
- Vrishabha9 Jul, 2:17 pm
- Mithuna11 Jul, 9:42 pm
- Karka14 Jul, 7:17 am
- Simha16 Jul, 7:00 pm
- Kanya19 Jul, 8:02 am
- Tula21 Jul, 8:21 pm
- Vrishchika24 Jul, 5:40 am
- Dhanu26 Jul, 10:54 am
- Makara28 Jul, 12:43 pm
- Kumbha30 Jul, 12:48 pm
- Meena1 Aug, 1:03 pm
- Mesha3 Aug, 3:03 pm
- Vrishabha5 Aug, 7:45 pm
- Mithuna8 Aug, 3:20 am
- Karka10 Aug, 1:27 pm
- Simha13 Aug, 1:28 am
- Kanya15 Aug, 2:31 pm
- Tula18 Aug, 3:10 am
- Vrishchika20 Aug, 1:34 pm
- Dhanu22 Aug, 8:18 pm
- Makara24 Aug, 11:15 pm
- Kumbha26 Aug, 11:32 pm
- Meena28 Aug, 10:56 pm
- Mesha30 Aug, 11:23 pm
- Vrishabha2 Sep, 2:30 am
- Mithuna4 Sep, 9:10 am
- Karka6 Sep, 7:12 pm
- Simha9 Sep, 7:28 am
- Kanya11 Sep, 8:32 pm
- Tula14 Sep, 9:04 am
- Vrishchika16 Sep, 7:53 pm
- Dhanu19 Sep, 3:54 am
- Makara21 Sep, 8:33 am
- Kumbha23 Sep, 10:11 am
- Meena25 Sep, 10:00 am
- Mesha27 Sep, 9:46 am
- Vrishabha29 Sep, 11:23 am
- Mithuna1 Oct, 4:28 pm
- Karka4 Oct, 1:34 am
- Simha6 Oct, 1:41 pm
- Kanya9 Oct, 2:46 am
- Tula11 Oct, 3:01 pm
- Vrishchika14 Oct, 1:27 am
- Dhanu16 Oct, 9:43 am
- Makara18 Oct, 3:34 pm
- Kumbha20 Oct, 6:58 pm
- Meena22 Oct, 8:17 pm
- Mesha24 Oct, 8:40 pm
- Vrishabha26 Oct, 9:49 pm
- Mithuna29 Oct, 1:36 am
- Karka31 Oct, 9:20 am
- Simha2 Nov, 8:44 pm
- Kanya5 Nov, 9:47 am
- Tula7 Nov, 9:54 pm
- Vrishchika10 Nov, 7:45 am
- Dhanu12 Nov, 3:16 pm
- Makara14 Nov, 9:00 pm
- Kumbha17 Nov, 1:15 am
- Meena19 Nov, 4:09 am
- Mesha21 Nov, 6:05 am
- Vrishabha23 Nov, 8:02 am
- Mithuna25 Nov, 11:37 am
- Karka27 Nov, 6:22 pm
- Simha30 Nov, 4:49 am
- Kanya2 Dec, 5:37 pm
- Tula5 Dec, 5:58 am
- Vrishchika7 Dec, 3:41 pm
- Dhanu9 Dec, 10:25 pm
- Makara12 Dec, 3:02 am
- Kumbha14 Dec, 6:36 am
- Meena16 Dec, 9:48 am
- Mesha18 Dec, 12:55 pm
- Vrishabha20 Dec, 4:18 pm
- Mithuna22 Dec, 8:48 pm
- Karka25 Dec, 3:34 am
- Simha27 Dec, 1:25 pm
- Kanya30 Dec, 1:50 am
See also: Chandra (glossary) · Gochar 1988: 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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