Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)
Chandra gochar in 2022
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 161 times in 2022. Every entry is listed below.
Chandra’s signs through 2022
- Dhanu1 Jan, 7:17 pm
- Makara3 Jan, 6:51 pm
- Kumbha5 Jan, 7:53 pm
- Meena8 Jan, 12:15 am
- Mesha10 Jan, 8:49 am
- Vrishabha12 Jan, 8:45 pm
- Mithuna15 Jan, 9:50 am
- Karka17 Jan, 10:02 pm
- Simha20 Jan, 8:24 am
- Kanya22 Jan, 4:48 pm
- Tula24 Jan, 11:08 pm
- Vrishchika27 Jan, 3:12 am
- Dhanu29 Jan, 5:07 am
- Makara31 Jan, 5:45 am
- Kumbha2 Feb, 6:44 am
- Meena4 Feb, 10:02 am
- Mesha6 Feb, 5:09 pm
- Vrishabha9 Feb, 4:09 am
- Mithuna11 Feb, 5:05 pm
- Karka14 Feb, 5:18 am
- Simha16 Feb, 3:13 pm
- Kanya18 Feb, 10:46 pm
- Tula21 Feb, 4:31 am
- Vrishchika23 Feb, 8:55 am
- Dhanu25 Feb, 12:07 pm
- Makara27 Feb, 2:21 pm
- Kumbha1 Mar, 4:31 pm
- Meena3 Mar, 8:03 pm
- Mesha6 Mar, 2:29 am
- Vrishabha8 Mar, 12:30 pm
- Mithuna11 Mar, 1:02 am
- Karka13 Mar, 1:29 pm
- Simha15 Mar, 11:32 pm
- Kanya18 Mar, 6:32 am
- Tula20 Mar, 11:10 am
- Vrishchika22 Mar, 2:33 pm
- Dhanu24 Mar, 5:29 pm
- Makara26 Mar, 8:28 pm
- Kumbha28 Mar, 11:54 pm
- Meena31 Mar, 4:32 am
- Mesha2 Apr, 11:21 am
- Vrishabha4 Apr, 9:01 pm
- Mithuna7 Apr, 9:09 am
- Karka9 Apr, 9:50 pm
- Simha12 Apr, 8:34 am
- Kanya14 Apr, 3:54 pm
- Tula16 Apr, 8:01 pm
- Vrishchika18 Apr, 10:08 pm
- Dhanu20 Apr, 11:41 pm
- Makara23 Apr, 1:52 am
- Kumbha25 Apr, 5:29 am
- Meena27 Apr, 11:00 am
- Mesha29 Apr, 6:42 pm
- Vrishabha2 May, 4:44 am
- Mithuna4 May, 4:45 pm
- Karka7 May, 5:34 am
- Simha9 May, 5:07 pm
- Kanya12 May, 1:32 am
- Tula14 May, 6:12 am
- Vrishchika16 May, 7:53 am
- Dhanu18 May, 8:09 am
- Makara20 May, 8:45 am
- Kumbha22 May, 11:12 am
- Meena24 May, 4:27 pm
- Mesha27 May, 12:38 am
- Vrishabha29 May, 11:15 am
- Mithuna31 May, 11:29 pm
- Karka3 Jun, 12:20 pm
- Simha6 Jun, 12:24 am
- Kanya8 Jun, 10:03 am
- Tula10 Jun, 4:06 pm
- Vrishchika12 Jun, 6:33 pm
- Dhanu14 Jun, 6:32 pm
- Makara16 Jun, 5:55 pm
- Kumbha18 Jun, 6:42 pm
- Meena20 Jun, 10:35 pm
- Mesha23 Jun, 6:14 am
- Vrishabha25 Jun, 5:02 pm
- Mithuna28 Jun, 5:33 am
- Karka30 Jun, 6:23 pm
- Simha3 Jul, 6:30 am
- Kanya5 Jul, 4:51 pm
- Tula8 Jul, 12:21 am
- Vrishchika10 Jul, 4:21 am
- Dhanu12 Jul, 5:15 am
- Makara14 Jul, 4:32 am
- Kumbha16 Jul, 4:16 am
- Meena18 Jul, 6:34 am
- Mesha20 Jul, 12:50 pm
- Vrishabha22 Jul, 11:01 pm
- Mithuna25 Jul, 11:32 am
- Karka28 Jul, 12:21 am
- Simha30 Jul, 12:12 pm
- Kanya1 Aug, 10:29 pm
- Tula4 Aug, 6:39 am
- Vrishchika6 Aug, 12:06 pm
- Dhanu8 Aug, 2:37 pm
- Makara10 Aug, 2:58 pm
- Kumbha12 Aug, 2:49 pm
- Meena14 Aug, 4:15 pm
- Mesha16 Aug, 9:06 pm
- Vrishabha19 Aug, 6:06 am
- Mithuna21 Aug, 6:09 pm
- Karka24 Aug, 6:56 am
- Simha26 Aug, 6:32 pm
- Kanya29 Aug, 4:15 am
- Tula31 Aug, 12:03 pm
- Vrishchika2 Sep, 5:55 pm
- Dhanu4 Sep, 9:42 pm
- Makara6 Sep, 11:38 pm
- Kumbha9 Sep, 12:39 am
- Meena11 Sep, 2:22 am
- Mesha13 Sep, 6:35 am
- Vrishabha15 Sep, 2:28 pm
- Mithuna18 Sep, 1:43 am
- Karka20 Sep, 2:23 pm
- Simha23 Sep, 2:03 am
- Kanya25 Sep, 11:21 am
- Tula27 Sep, 6:17 pm
- Vrishchika29 Sep, 11:24 pm
- Dhanu2 Oct, 3:11 am
- Makara4 Oct, 6:01 am
- Kumbha6 Oct, 8:27 am
- Meena8 Oct, 11:23 am
- Mesha10 Oct, 4:01 pm
- Vrishabha12 Oct, 11:29 pm
- Mithuna15 Oct, 10:01 am
- Karka17 Oct, 10:28 pm
- Simha20 Oct, 10:30 am
- Kanya22 Oct, 8:04 pm
- Tula25 Oct, 2:32 am
- Vrishchika27 Oct, 6:30 am
- Dhanu29 Oct, 9:05 am
- Makara31 Oct, 11:23 am
- Kumbha2 Nov, 2:16 pm
- Meena4 Nov, 6:19 pm
- Mesha7 Nov, 12:03 am
- Vrishabha9 Nov, 7:58 am
- Mithuna11 Nov, 6:17 pm
- Karka14 Nov, 6:30 am
- Simha16 Nov, 6:58 pm
- Kanya19 Nov, 5:28 am
- Tula21 Nov, 12:30 pm
- Vrishchika23 Nov, 4:03 pm
- Dhanu25 Nov, 5:20 pm
- Makara27 Nov, 6:04 pm
- Kumbha29 Nov, 7:51 pm
- Meena1 Dec, 11:47 pm
- Mesha4 Dec, 6:16 am
- Vrishabha6 Dec, 3:02 pm
- Mithuna9 Dec, 1:43 am
- Karka11 Dec, 1:51 pm
- Simha14 Dec, 2:32 am
- Kanya16 Dec, 2:03 pm
- Tula18 Dec, 10:30 pm
- Vrishchika21 Dec, 2:57 am
- Dhanu23 Dec, 4:02 am
- Makara25 Dec, 3:30 am
- Kumbha27 Dec, 3:30 am
- Meena29 Dec, 5:55 am
- Mesha31 Dec, 11:46 am
See also: Chandra (glossary) · Gochar 2022: 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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