Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2013

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 161 times in 2013. Every entry is listed below.

Times in Houston (America/Chicago, CST/CDT).

Chandra’s signs through 2013

Simha1 Jan, 12:14 am
Kanya3 Jan, 8:19 am
Tula5 Jan, 1:50 pm
Vrishchika7 Jan, 4:39 pm
Dhanu9 Jan, 5:21 pm
Makara11 Jan, 5:23 pm
Kumbha13 Jan, 6:41 pm
Meena15 Jan, 11:10 pm
Mesha18 Jan, 7:52 am
Vrishabha20 Jan, 7:55 pm
Mithuna23 Jan, 8:58 am
Karka25 Jan, 8:42 pm
Simha28 Jan, 6:16 am
Kanya30 Jan, 1:46 pm
Tula1 Feb, 7:32 pm
Vrishchika3 Feb, 11:36 pm
Dhanu6 Feb, 2:02 am
Makara8 Feb, 3:27 am
Kumbha10 Feb, 5:14 am
Meena12 Feb, 9:08 am
Mesha14 Feb, 4:37 pm
Vrishabha17 Feb, 3:46 am
Mithuna19 Feb, 4:40 pm
Karka22 Feb, 4:35 am
Simha24 Feb, 1:50 pm
Kanya26 Feb, 8:25 pm
Tula1 Mar, 1:12 am
Vrishchika3 Mar, 4:58 am
Dhanu5 Mar, 8:06 am
Makara7 Mar, 10:55 am
Kumbha9 Mar, 2:01 pm
Meena11 Mar, 7:33 pm
Mesha14 Mar, 2:46 am
Vrishabha16 Mar, 1:12 pm
Mithuna19 Mar, 1:49 am
Karka21 Mar, 2:06 pm
Simha23 Mar, 11:45 pm
Kanya26 Mar, 6:04 am
Tula28 Mar, 9:48 am
Vrishchika30 Mar, 12:14 pm
Dhanu1 Apr, 2:32 pm
Makara3 Apr, 5:27 pm
Kumbha5 Apr, 9:29 pm
Meena8 Apr, 3:08 am
Mesha10 Apr, 10:58 am
Vrishabha12 Apr, 9:19 pm
Mithuna15 Apr, 9:43 am
Karka17 Apr, 10:21 pm
Simha20 Apr, 8:54 am
Kanya22 Apr, 3:55 pm
Tula24 Apr, 7:29 pm
Vrishchika26 Apr, 8:50 pm
Dhanu28 Apr, 9:36 pm
Makara30 Apr, 11:14 pm
Kumbha3 May, 2:52 am
Meena5 May, 8:59 am
Mesha7 May, 5:37 pm
Vrishabha10 May, 4:26 am
Mithuna12 May, 4:50 pm
Karka15 May, 5:38 am
Simha17 May, 5:04 pm
Kanya20 May, 1:23 am
Tula22 May, 5:54 am
Vrishchika24 May, 7:15 am
Dhanu26 May, 7:00 am
Makara28 May, 7:03 am
Kumbha30 May, 9:10 am
Meena1 Jun, 2:32 pm
Mesha3 Jun, 11:16 pm
Vrishabha6 Jun, 10:33 am
Mithuna8 Jun, 11:09 pm
Karka11 Jun, 11:57 am
Simha13 Jun, 11:46 pm
Kanya16 Jun, 9:16 am
Tula18 Jun, 3:20 pm
Vrishchika20 Jun, 5:50 pm
Dhanu22 Jun, 5:46 pm
Makara24 Jun, 4:58 pm
Kumbha26 Jun, 5:32 pm
Meena28 Jun, 9:20 pm
Mesha1 Jul, 5:10 am
Vrishabha3 Jul, 4:21 pm
Mithuna6 Jul, 5:07 am
Karka8 Jul, 5:50 pm
Simha11 Jul, 5:31 am
Kanya13 Jul, 3:27 pm
Tula15 Jul, 10:47 pm
Vrishchika18 Jul, 2:55 am
Dhanu20 Jul, 4:07 am
Makara22 Jul, 3:41 am
Kumbha24 Jul, 3:37 am
Meena26 Jul, 6:01 am
Mesha28 Jul, 12:24 pm
Vrishabha30 Jul, 10:45 pm
Mithuna2 Aug, 11:23 am
Karka5 Aug, 12:03 am
Simha7 Aug, 11:22 am
Kanya9 Aug, 8:55 pm
Tula12 Aug, 4:31 am
Vrishchika14 Aug, 9:47 am
Dhanu16 Aug, 12:35 pm
Makara18 Aug, 1:30 pm
Kumbha20 Aug, 1:58 pm
Meena22 Aug, 3:56 pm
Mesha24 Aug, 9:10 pm
Vrishabha27 Aug, 6:21 am
Mithuna29 Aug, 6:28 pm
Karka1 Sep, 7:06 am
Simha3 Sep, 6:14 pm
Kanya6 Sep, 3:09 am
Tula8 Sep, 10:02 am
Vrishchika10 Sep, 3:13 pm
Dhanu12 Sep, 6:50 pm
Makara14 Sep, 9:11 pm
Kumbha16 Sep, 11:01 pm
Meena19 Sep, 1:40 am
Mesha21 Sep, 6:39 am
Vrishabha23 Sep, 2:58 pm
Mithuna26 Sep, 2:23 am
Karka28 Sep, 3:00 pm
Simha1 Oct, 2:22 am
Kanya3 Oct, 11:04 am
Tula5 Oct, 5:04 pm
Vrishchika7 Oct, 9:10 pm
Dhanu10 Oct, 12:12 am
Makara12 Oct, 2:55 am
Kumbha14 Oct, 5:53 am
Meena16 Oct, 9:48 am
Mesha18 Oct, 3:30 pm
Vrishabha20 Oct, 11:44 pm
Mithuna23 Oct, 10:39 am
Karka25 Oct, 11:10 pm
Simha28 Oct, 11:06 am
Kanya30 Oct, 8:24 pm
Tula2 Nov, 2:15 am
Vrishchika4 Nov, 4:19 am
Dhanu6 Nov, 5:55 am
Makara8 Nov, 7:32 am
Kumbha10 Nov, 10:19 am
Meena12 Nov, 2:57 pm
Mesha14 Nov, 9:42 pm
Vrishabha17 Nov, 6:34 am
Mithuna19 Nov, 5:29 pm
Karka22 Nov, 5:53 am
Simha24 Nov, 6:21 pm
Kanya27 Nov, 4:47 am
Tula29 Nov, 11:38 am
Vrishchika1 Dec, 2:44 pm
Dhanu3 Dec, 3:19 pm
Makara5 Dec, 3:16 pm
Kumbha7 Dec, 4:30 pm
Meena9 Dec, 8:25 pm
Mesha12 Dec, 3:25 am
Vrishabha14 Dec, 1:00 pm
Mithuna17 Dec, 12:21 am
Karka19 Dec, 12:45 pm
Simha22 Dec, 1:22 am
Kanya24 Dec, 12:47 pm
Tula26 Dec, 9:14 pm
Vrishchika29 Dec, 1:40 am
Dhanu31 Dec, 2:35 am

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.