Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2024

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 161 times in 2024. Every entry is listed below.

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

Chandra’s signs through 2024

Kanya2 Jan, 6:58 am
Tula4 Jan, 7:16 pm
Vrishchika7 Jan, 4:31 am
Dhanu9 Jan, 9:41 am
Makara11 Jan, 11:34 am
Kumbha13 Jan, 12:04 pm
Meena15 Jan, 1:07 pm
Mesha17 Jan, 4:03 pm
Vrishabha19 Jan, 9:22 pm
Mithuna22 Jan, 4:52 am
Karka24 Jan, 2:16 pm
Simha27 Jan, 1:31 am
Kanya29 Jan, 2:14 pm
Tula1 Feb, 3:01 am
Vrishchika3 Feb, 1:33 pm
Dhanu5 Feb, 8:04 pm
Makara7 Feb, 10:33 pm
Kumbha9 Feb, 10:31 pm
Meena11 Feb, 10:05 pm
Mesha13 Feb, 11:12 pm
Vrishabha16 Feb, 3:12 am
Mithuna18 Feb, 10:23 am
Karka20 Feb, 8:14 pm
Simha23 Feb, 7:55 am
Kanya25 Feb, 8:40 pm
Tula28 Feb, 9:29 am
Vrishchika1 Mar, 8:47 pm
Dhanu4 Mar, 4:51 am
Makara6 Mar, 8:58 am
Kumbha8 Mar, 9:50 am
Meena10 Mar, 10:09 am
Mesha12 Mar, 9:59 am
Vrishabha14 Mar, 12:09 pm
Mithuna16 Mar, 5:50 pm
Karka19 Mar, 3:06 am
Simha21 Mar, 2:56 pm
Kanya24 Mar, 3:49 am
Tula26 Mar, 4:26 pm
Vrishchika29 Mar, 3:38 am
Dhanu31 Mar, 12:26 pm
Makara2 Apr, 6:06 pm
Kumbha4 Apr, 8:42 pm
Meena6 Apr, 9:09 pm
Mesha8 Apr, 9:01 pm
Vrishabha10 Apr, 10:09 pm
Mithuna13 Apr, 2:13 am
Karka15 Apr, 10:08 am
Simha17 Apr, 9:26 pm
Kanya20 Apr, 10:20 am
Tula22 Apr, 10:48 pm
Vrishchika25 Apr, 9:30 am
Dhanu27 Apr, 5:57 pm
Makara30 Apr, 12:06 am
Kumbha2 May, 4:02 am
Meena4 May, 6:08 am
Mesha6 May, 7:12 am
Vrishabha8 May, 8:36 am
Mithuna10 May, 11:55 am
Karka12 May, 6:34 pm
Simha15 May, 4:54 am
Kanya17 May, 5:34 pm
Tula20 May, 6:04 am
Vrishchika22 May, 4:25 pm
Dhanu25 May, 12:05 am
Makara27 May, 5:34 am
Kumbha29 May, 9:35 am
Meena31 May, 12:40 pm
Mesha2 Jun, 3:10 pm
Vrishabha4 Jun, 5:43 pm
Mithuna6 Jun, 9:25 pm
Karka9 Jun, 3:36 am
Simha11 Jun, 1:08 pm
Kanya14 Jun, 1:24 am
Tula16 Jun, 2:04 pm
Vrishchika19 Jun, 12:35 am
Dhanu21 Jun, 7:48 am
Makara23 Jun, 12:17 pm
Kumbha25 Jun, 3:19 pm
Meena27 Jun, 6:01 pm
Mesha29 Jun, 9:03 pm
Vrishabha2 Jul, 12:44 am
Mithuna4 Jul, 5:28 am
Karka6 Jul, 12:04 pm
Simha8 Jul, 9:22 pm
Kanya11 Jul, 9:19 am
Tula13 Jul, 10:13 pm
Vrishchika16 Jul, 9:21 am
Dhanu18 Jul, 4:55 pm
Makara20 Jul, 8:57 pm
Kumbha22 Jul, 10:50 pm
Meena25 Jul, 12:14 am
Mesha27 Jul, 2:29 am
Vrishabha29 Jul, 6:15 am
Mithuna31 Jul, 11:45 am
Karka2 Aug, 7:11 pm
Simha5 Aug, 4:51 am
Kanya7 Aug, 4:44 pm
Tula10 Aug, 5:47 am
Vrishchika12 Aug, 5:44 pm
Dhanu15 Aug, 2:22 am
Makara17 Aug, 6:58 am
Kumbha19 Aug, 8:29 am
Meena21 Aug, 8:41 am
Mesha23 Aug, 9:23 am
Vrishabha25 Aug, 11:59 am
Mithuna27 Aug, 5:11 pm
Karka30 Aug, 1:03 am
Simha1 Sep, 11:18 am
Kanya3 Sep, 11:25 pm
Tula6 Sep, 12:30 pm
Vrishchika9 Sep, 12:58 am
Dhanu11 Sep, 10:51 am
Makara13 Sep, 4:53 pm
Kumbha15 Sep, 7:14 pm
Meena17 Sep, 7:14 pm
Mesha19 Sep, 6:44 pm
Vrishabha21 Sep, 7:39 pm
Mithuna23 Sep, 11:25 pm
Karka26 Sep, 6:42 am
Simha28 Sep, 5:07 pm
Kanya1 Oct, 5:31 am
Tula3 Oct, 6:35 pm
Vrishchika6 Oct, 7:03 am
Dhanu8 Oct, 5:37 pm
Makara11 Oct, 1:11 am
Kumbha13 Oct, 5:13 am
Meena15 Oct, 6:18 am
Mesha17 Oct, 5:49 am
Vrishabha19 Oct, 5:39 am
Mithuna21 Oct, 7:44 am
Karka23 Oct, 1:31 pm
Simha25 Oct, 11:15 pm
Kanya28 Oct, 11:40 am
Tula31 Oct, 12:45 am
Vrishchika2 Nov, 12:53 pm
Dhanu4 Nov, 10:14 pm
Makara7 Nov, 6:23 am
Kumbha9 Nov, 11:57 am
Meena11 Nov, 2:51 pm
Mesha13 Nov, 3:40 pm
Vrishabha15 Nov, 3:46 pm
Mithuna17 Nov, 5:00 pm
Karka19 Nov, 9:16 pm
Simha22 Nov, 5:39 am
Kanya24 Nov, 5:31 pm
Tula27 Nov, 6:36 am
Vrishchika29 Nov, 6:32 pm
Dhanu2 Dec, 4:15 am
Makara4 Dec, 11:49 am
Kumbha6 Dec, 5:36 pm
Meena8 Dec, 9:44 pm
Mesha11 Dec, 12:17 am
Vrishabha13 Dec, 1:48 am
Mithuna15 Dec, 3:34 am
Karka17 Dec, 7:17 am
Simha19 Dec, 2:29 pm
Kanya22 Dec, 1:25 am
Tula24 Dec, 2:20 pm
Vrishchika27 Dec, 2:26 am
Dhanu29 Dec, 11:51 am
Makara31 Dec, 6:30 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.