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 Chicago (America/Chicago, CST/CDT).

Chandra’s signs through 2020

Meena1 Jan, 10:08 am
Mesha3 Jan, 10:35 pm
Vrishabha6 Jan, 9:06 am
Mithuna8 Jan, 4:19 pm
Karka10 Jan, 8:22 pm
Simha12 Jan, 10:25 pm
Kanya14 Jan, 11:58 pm
Tula17 Jan, 2:19 am
Vrishchika19 Jan, 6:17 am
Dhanu21 Jan, 12:13 pm
Makara23 Jan, 8:09 pm
Kumbha26 Jan, 6:09 am
Meena28 Jan, 5:59 pm
Mesha31 Jan, 6:39 am
Vrishabha2 Feb, 6:10 pm
Mithuna5 Feb, 2:29 am
Karka7 Feb, 6:54 am
Simha9 Feb, 8:13 am
Kanya11 Feb, 8:13 am
Tula13 Feb, 8:52 am
Vrishchika15 Feb, 11:48 am
Dhanu17 Feb, 5:43 pm
Makara20 Feb, 2:22 am
Kumbha22 Feb, 12:59 pm
Meena25 Feb, 12:57 am
Mesha27 Feb, 1:38 pm
Vrishabha1 Mar, 1:48 am
Mithuna3 Mar, 11:33 am
Karka5 Mar, 5:24 pm
Simha7 Mar, 7:22 pm
Kanya9 Mar, 7:52 pm
Tula11 Mar, 7:04 pm
Vrishchika13 Mar, 8:11 pm
Dhanu16 Mar, 12:42 am
Makara18 Mar, 8:55 am
Kumbha20 Mar, 7:50 pm
Meena23 Mar, 8:07 am
Mesha25 Mar, 8:46 pm
Vrishabha28 Mar, 9:00 am
Mithuna30 Mar, 7:35 pm
Karka2 Apr, 3:03 am
Simha4 Apr, 6:38 am
Kanya6 Apr, 7:02 am
Tula8 Apr, 6:03 am
Vrishchika10 Apr, 5:56 am
Dhanu12 Apr, 8:42 am
Makara14 Apr, 3:27 pm
Kumbha17 Apr, 1:47 am
Meena19 Apr, 2:07 pm
Mesha22 Apr, 2:48 am
Vrishabha24 Apr, 2:45 pm
Mithuna27 Apr, 1:16 am
Karka29 Apr, 9:27 am
Simha1 May, 2:34 pm
Kanya3 May, 4:39 pm
Tula5 May, 4:45 pm
Vrishchika7 May, 4:43 pm
Dhanu9 May, 6:32 pm
Makara11 May, 11:46 pm
Kumbha14 May, 8:52 am
Meena16 May, 8:44 pm
Mesha19 May, 9:23 am
Vrishabha21 May, 9:07 pm
Mithuna24 May, 7:03 am
Karka26 May, 2:54 pm
Simha28 May, 8:28 pm
Kanya30 May, 11:49 pm
Tula2 Jun, 1:29 am
Vrishchika4 Jun, 2:37 am
Dhanu6 Jun, 4:42 am
Makara8 Jun, 9:15 am
Kumbha10 Jun, 5:11 pm
Meena13 Jun, 4:16 am
Mesha15 Jun, 4:47 pm
Vrishabha18 Jun, 4:33 am
Mithuna20 Jun, 2:05 pm
Karka22 Jun, 9:04 pm
Simha25 Jun, 1:56 am
Kanya27 Jun, 5:20 am
Tula29 Jun, 7:56 am
Vrishchika1 Jul, 10:25 am
Dhanu3 Jul, 1:37 pm
Makara5 Jul, 6:31 pm
Kumbha8 Jul, 2:01 am
Meena10 Jul, 12:24 pm
Mesha13 Jul, 12:43 am
Vrishabha15 Jul, 12:48 pm
Mithuna17 Jul, 10:30 pm
Karka20 Jul, 4:58 am
Simha22 Jul, 8:45 am
Kanya24 Jul, 11:06 am
Tula26 Jul, 1:19 pm
Vrishchika28 Jul, 4:18 pm
Dhanu30 Jul, 8:35 pm
Makara2 Aug, 2:26 am
Kumbha4 Aug, 10:17 am
Meena6 Aug, 8:27 pm
Mesha9 Aug, 8:36 am
Vrishabha11 Aug, 9:06 pm
Mithuna14 Aug, 7:34 am
Karka16 Aug, 2:22 pm
Simha18 Aug, 5:38 pm
Kanya20 Aug, 6:45 pm
Tula22 Aug, 7:36 pm
Vrishchika24 Aug, 9:46 pm
Dhanu27 Aug, 2:07 am
Makara29 Aug, 8:42 am
Kumbha31 Aug, 5:18 pm
Meena3 Sep, 3:44 am
Mesha5 Sep, 3:51 pm
Vrishabha8 Sep, 4:39 am
Mithuna10 Sep, 4:07 pm
Karka13 Sep, 12:06 am
Simha15 Sep, 3:55 am
Kanya17 Sep, 4:37 am
Tula19 Sep, 4:12 am
Vrishchika21 Sep, 4:46 am
Dhanu23 Sep, 7:55 am
Makara25 Sep, 2:11 pm
Kumbha27 Sep, 11:11 pm
Meena30 Sep, 10:06 am
Mesha2 Oct, 10:20 pm
Vrishabha5 Oct, 11:11 am
Mithuna7 Oct, 11:17 pm
Karka10 Oct, 8:39 am
Simha12 Oct, 1:59 pm
Kanya14 Oct, 3:32 pm
Tula16 Oct, 2:54 pm
Vrishchika18 Oct, 2:16 pm
Dhanu20 Oct, 3:42 pm
Makara22 Oct, 8:31 pm
Kumbha25 Oct, 4:56 am
Meena27 Oct, 4:00 pm
Mesha30 Oct, 4:27 am
Vrishabha1 Nov, 4:11 pm
Mithuna4 Nov, 4:13 am
Karka6 Nov, 2:18 pm
Simha8 Nov, 9:12 pm
Kanya11 Nov, 12:30 am
Tula13 Nov, 1:01 am
Vrishchika15 Nov, 12:28 am
Dhanu17 Nov, 12:51 am
Makara19 Nov, 4:00 am
Kumbha21 Nov, 10:55 am
Meena23 Nov, 9:22 pm
Mesha26 Nov, 9:50 am
Vrishabha28 Nov, 10:31 pm
Mithuna1 Dec, 10:06 am
Karka3 Dec, 7:52 pm
Simha6 Dec, 3:16 am
Kanya8 Dec, 8:01 am
Tula10 Dec, 10:22 am
Vrishchika12 Dec, 11:11 am
Dhanu14 Dec, 11:55 am
Makara16 Dec, 2:17 pm
Kumbha18 Dec, 7:46 pm
Meena21 Dec, 4:59 am
Mesha23 Dec, 5:02 pm
Vrishabha26 Dec, 5:48 am
Mithuna28 Dec, 5:09 pm
Karka31 Dec, 2:08 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.