Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)
Chandra gochar in 2000
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 2000. Every entry is listed below.
Times in San Francisco (America/Los Angeles, PST/PDT).
Chandra’s signs through 2000
- Vrishchika2 Jan, 1:07 am
- Dhanu4 Jan, 1:55 pm
- Makara7 Jan, 2:34 am
- Kumbha9 Jan, 2:01 pm
- Meena11 Jan, 11:23 pm
- Mesha14 Jan, 5:51 am
- Vrishabha16 Jan, 9:13 am
- Mithuna18 Jan, 10:10 am
- Karka20 Jan, 10:06 am
- Simha22 Jan, 10:51 am
- Kanya24 Jan, 2:11 pm
- Tula26 Jan, 9:15 pm
- Vrishchika29 Jan, 7:56 am
- Dhanu31 Jan, 8:40 pm
- Makara3 Feb, 9:16 am
- Kumbha5 Feb, 8:13 pm
- Meena8 Feb, 4:56 am
- Mesha10 Feb, 11:26 am
- Vrishabha12 Feb, 3:52 pm
- Mithuna14 Feb, 6:32 pm
- Karka16 Feb, 8:05 pm
- Simha18 Feb, 9:36 pm
- Kanya21 Feb, 12:35 am
- Tula23 Feb, 6:28 am
- Vrishchika25 Feb, 3:58 pm
- Dhanu28 Feb, 4:15 am
- Makara1 Mar, 4:58 pm
- Kumbha4 Mar, 3:48 am
- Meena6 Mar, 11:46 am
- Mesha8 Mar, 5:16 pm
- Vrishabha10 Mar, 9:13 pm
- Mithuna13 Mar, 12:25 am
- Karka15 Mar, 3:18 am
- Simha17 Mar, 6:17 am
- Kanya19 Mar, 10:07 am
- Tula21 Mar, 3:55 pm
- Vrishchika24 Mar, 12:41 am
- Dhanu26 Mar, 12:23 pm
- Makara29 Mar, 1:13 am
- Kumbha31 Mar, 12:27 pm
- Meena2 Apr, 9:21 pm
- Mesha5 Apr, 1:59 am
- Vrishabha7 Apr, 4:41 am
- Mithuna9 Apr, 6:55 am
- Karka11 Apr, 9:44 am
- Simha13 Apr, 1:33 pm
- Kanya15 Apr, 6:33 pm
- Tula18 Apr, 1:09 am
- Vrishchika20 Apr, 9:59 am
- Dhanu22 Apr, 9:22 pm
- Makara25 Apr, 10:15 am
- Kumbha27 Apr, 10:11 pm
- Meena30 Apr, 6:48 am
- Mesha2 May, 11:30 am
- Vrishabha4 May, 1:22 pm
- Mithuna6 May, 2:11 pm
- Karka8 May, 3:41 pm
- Simha10 May, 6:56 pm
- Kanya13 May, 12:16 am
- Tula15 May, 7:40 am
- Vrishchika17 May, 5:08 pm
- Dhanu20 May, 4:37 am
- Makara22 May, 5:30 pm
- Kumbha25 May, 6:00 am
- Meena27 May, 3:47 pm
- Mesha29 May, 9:31 pm
- Vrishabha31 May, 11:37 pm
- Mithuna2 Jun, 11:43 pm
- Karka4 Jun, 11:45 pm
- Simha7 Jun, 1:27 am
- Kanya9 Jun, 5:52 am
- Tula11 Jun, 1:14 pm
- Vrishchika13 Jun, 11:10 pm
- Dhanu16 Jun, 11:01 am
- Makara18 Jun, 11:56 pm
- Kumbha21 Jun, 12:37 pm
- Meena23 Jun, 11:18 pm
- Mesha26 Jun, 6:30 am
- Vrishabha28 Jun, 9:52 am
- Mithuna30 Jun, 10:25 am
- Karka2 Jul, 9:52 am
- Simha4 Jul, 10:10 am
- Kanya6 Jul, 12:57 pm
- Tula8 Jul, 7:15 pm
- Vrishchika11 Jul, 4:56 am
- Dhanu13 Jul, 5:00 pm
- Makara16 Jul, 5:58 am
- Kumbha18 Jul, 6:30 pm
- Meena21 Jul, 5:24 am
- Mesha23 Jul, 1:37 pm
- Vrishabha25 Jul, 6:34 pm
- Mithuna27 Jul, 8:33 pm
- Karka29 Jul, 8:38 pm
- Simha31 Jul, 8:30 pm
- Kanya2 Aug, 10:01 pm
- Tula5 Aug, 2:47 am
- Vrishchika7 Aug, 11:28 am
- Dhanu9 Aug, 11:16 pm
- Makara12 Aug, 12:16 pm
- Kumbha15 Aug, 12:33 am
- Meena17 Aug, 11:01 am
- Mesha19 Aug, 7:17 pm
- Vrishabha22 Aug, 1:10 am
- Mithuna24 Aug, 4:42 am
- Karka26 Aug, 6:17 am
- Simha28 Aug, 6:56 am
- Kanya30 Aug, 8:13 am
- Tula1 Sep, 11:54 am
- Vrishchika3 Sep, 7:18 pm
- Dhanu6 Sep, 6:23 am
- Makara8 Sep, 7:17 pm
- Kumbha11 Sep, 7:30 am
- Meena13 Sep, 5:27 pm
- Mesha16 Sep, 12:59 am
- Vrishabha18 Sep, 6:35 am
- Mithuna20 Sep, 10:44 am
- Karka22 Sep, 1:41 pm
- Simha24 Sep, 3:48 pm
- Kanya26 Sep, 5:58 pm
- Tula28 Sep, 9:36 pm
- Vrishchika1 Oct, 4:12 am
- Dhanu3 Oct, 2:25 pm
- Makara6 Oct, 3:04 am
- Kumbha8 Oct, 3:30 pm
- Meena11 Oct, 1:24 am
- Mesha13 Oct, 8:12 am
- Vrishabha15 Oct, 12:44 pm
- Mithuna17 Oct, 4:09 pm
- Karka19 Oct, 7:15 pm
- Simha21 Oct, 10:23 pm
- Kanya24 Oct, 1:52 am
- Tula26 Oct, 6:24 am
- Vrishchika28 Oct, 1:07 pm
- Dhanu30 Oct, 9:51 pm
- Makara2 Nov, 10:11 am
- Kumbha4 Nov, 10:58 pm
- Meena7 Nov, 9:30 am
- Mesha9 Nov, 4:23 pm
- Vrishabha11 Nov, 8:08 pm
- Mithuna13 Nov, 10:10 pm
- Karka16 Nov, 12:02 am
- Simha18 Nov, 2:43 am
- Kanya20 Nov, 6:45 am
- Tula22 Nov, 12:21 pm
- Vrishchika24 Nov, 7:54 pm
- Dhanu27 Nov, 5:48 am
- Makara29 Nov, 5:57 pm
- Kumbha2 Dec, 7:00 am
- Meena4 Dec, 6:31 pm
- Mesha7 Dec, 2:29 am
- Vrishabha9 Dec, 6:35 am
- Mithuna11 Dec, 7:54 am
- Karka13 Dec, 8:13 am
- Simha15 Dec, 9:15 am
- Kanya17 Dec, 12:16 pm
- Tula19 Dec, 5:53 pm
- Vrishchika22 Dec, 2:09 am
- Dhanu24 Dec, 12:41 pm
- Makara27 Dec, 12:57 am
- Kumbha29 Dec, 2:00 pm
See also: Chandra (glossary) · Gochar 2000: 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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