Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2020

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 161 times in 2020. Every entry is listed below.

Times in Sydney (Australia/Sydney, AEDT/AEST).

Chandra’s signs through 2020

Meena2 Jan, 3:08 am
Mesha4 Jan, 3:35 pm
Vrishabha7 Jan, 2:06 am
Mithuna9 Jan, 9:19 am
Karka11 Jan, 1:22 pm
Simha13 Jan, 3:25 pm
Kanya15 Jan, 4:58 pm
Tula17 Jan, 7:19 pm
Vrishchika19 Jan, 11:17 pm
Dhanu22 Jan, 5:13 am
Makara24 Jan, 1:09 pm
Kumbha26 Jan, 11:09 pm
Meena29 Jan, 10:59 am
Mesha31 Jan, 11:39 pm
Vrishabha3 Feb, 11:10 am
Mithuna5 Feb, 7:29 pm
Karka7 Feb, 11:54 pm
Simha10 Feb, 1:13 am
Kanya12 Feb, 1:13 am
Tula14 Feb, 1:52 am
Vrishchika16 Feb, 4:48 am
Dhanu18 Feb, 10:43 am
Makara20 Feb, 7:22 pm
Kumbha23 Feb, 5:59 am
Meena25 Feb, 5:57 pm
Mesha28 Feb, 6:38 am
Vrishabha1 Mar, 6:48 pm
Mithuna4 Mar, 4:33 am
Karka6 Mar, 10:24 am
Simha8 Mar, 12:22 pm
Kanya10 Mar, 11:52 am
Tula12 Mar, 11:04 am
Vrishchika14 Mar, 12:11 pm
Dhanu16 Mar, 4:42 pm
Makara19 Mar, 12:55 am
Kumbha21 Mar, 11:50 am
Meena24 Mar, 12:07 am
Mesha26 Mar, 12:46 pm
Vrishabha29 Mar, 1:00 am
Mithuna31 Mar, 11:35 am
Karka2 Apr, 7:03 pm
Simha4 Apr, 10:38 pm
Kanya6 Apr, 10:02 pm
Tula8 Apr, 9:03 pm
Vrishchika10 Apr, 8:56 pm
Dhanu12 Apr, 11:42 pm
Makara15 Apr, 6:27 am
Kumbha17 Apr, 4:47 pm
Meena20 Apr, 5:07 am
Mesha22 Apr, 5:48 pm
Vrishabha25 Apr, 5:45 am
Mithuna27 Apr, 4:16 pm
Karka30 Apr, 12:27 am
Simha2 May, 5:34 am
Kanya4 May, 7:39 am
Tula6 May, 7:45 am
Vrishchika8 May, 7:43 am
Dhanu10 May, 9:32 am
Makara12 May, 2:46 pm
Kumbha14 May, 11:52 pm
Meena17 May, 11:44 am
Mesha20 May, 12:23 am
Vrishabha22 May, 12:07 pm
Mithuna24 May, 10:03 pm
Karka27 May, 5:54 am
Simha29 May, 11:28 am
Kanya31 May, 2:49 pm
Tula2 Jun, 4:29 pm
Vrishchika4 Jun, 5:37 pm
Dhanu6 Jun, 7:42 pm
Makara9 Jun, 12:15 am
Kumbha11 Jun, 8:11 am
Meena13 Jun, 7:16 pm
Mesha16 Jun, 7:47 am
Vrishabha18 Jun, 7:33 pm
Mithuna21 Jun, 5:05 am
Karka23 Jun, 12:04 pm
Simha25 Jun, 4:56 pm
Kanya27 Jun, 8:20 pm
Tula29 Jun, 10:56 pm
Vrishchika2 Jul, 1:25 am
Dhanu4 Jul, 4:37 am
Makara6 Jul, 9:31 am
Kumbha8 Jul, 5:01 pm
Meena11 Jul, 3:24 am
Mesha13 Jul, 3:43 pm
Vrishabha16 Jul, 3:48 am
Mithuna18 Jul, 1:30 pm
Karka20 Jul, 7:58 pm
Simha22 Jul, 11:45 pm
Kanya25 Jul, 2:06 am
Tula27 Jul, 4:19 am
Vrishchika29 Jul, 7:18 am
Dhanu31 Jul, 11:35 am
Makara2 Aug, 5:26 pm
Kumbha5 Aug, 1:17 am
Meena7 Aug, 11:27 am
Mesha9 Aug, 11:36 pm
Vrishabha12 Aug, 12:06 pm
Mithuna14 Aug, 10:34 pm
Karka17 Aug, 5:22 am
Simha19 Aug, 8:38 am
Kanya21 Aug, 9:45 am
Tula23 Aug, 10:36 am
Vrishchika25 Aug, 12:46 pm
Dhanu27 Aug, 5:07 pm
Makara29 Aug, 11:42 pm
Kumbha1 Sep, 8:18 am
Meena3 Sep, 6:44 pm
Mesha6 Sep, 6:51 am
Vrishabha8 Sep, 7:39 pm
Mithuna11 Sep, 7:07 am
Karka13 Sep, 3:06 pm
Simha15 Sep, 6:55 pm
Kanya17 Sep, 7:37 pm
Tula19 Sep, 7:12 pm
Vrishchika21 Sep, 7:46 pm
Dhanu23 Sep, 10:55 pm
Makara26 Sep, 5:11 am
Kumbha28 Sep, 2:11 pm
Meena1 Oct, 1:06 am
Mesha3 Oct, 1:20 pm
Vrishabha6 Oct, 3:11 am
Mithuna8 Oct, 3:17 pm
Karka11 Oct, 12:39 am
Simha13 Oct, 5:59 am
Kanya15 Oct, 7:32 am
Tula17 Oct, 6:54 am
Vrishchika19 Oct, 6:16 am
Dhanu21 Oct, 7:42 am
Makara23 Oct, 12:31 pm
Kumbha25 Oct, 8:56 pm
Meena28 Oct, 8:00 am
Mesha30 Oct, 8:27 pm
Vrishabha2 Nov, 9:11 am
Mithuna4 Nov, 9:13 pm
Karka7 Nov, 7:18 am
Simha9 Nov, 2:12 pm
Kanya11 Nov, 5:30 pm
Tula13 Nov, 6:01 pm
Vrishchika15 Nov, 5:28 pm
Dhanu17 Nov, 5:51 pm
Makara19 Nov, 9:00 pm
Kumbha22 Nov, 3:55 am
Meena24 Nov, 2:22 pm
Mesha27 Nov, 2:50 am
Vrishabha29 Nov, 3:31 pm
Mithuna2 Dec, 3:06 am
Karka4 Dec, 12:52 pm
Simha6 Dec, 8:16 pm
Kanya9 Dec, 1:01 am
Tula11 Dec, 3:22 am
Vrishchika13 Dec, 4:11 am
Dhanu15 Dec, 4:55 am
Makara17 Dec, 7:17 am
Kumbha19 Dec, 12:46 pm
Meena21 Dec, 9:59 pm
Mesha24 Dec, 10:02 am
Vrishabha26 Dec, 10:48 pm
Mithuna29 Dec, 10:09 am
Karka31 Dec, 7:08 pm

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.