Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2025

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 161 times in 2025. Every entry is listed below.

Times in Pokhara (Asia/Kathmandu, UTC+5:45).

Chandra’s signs through 2025

Makara1 Jan, 6:15 am
Kumbha3 Jan, 11:02 am
Meena5 Jan, 2:49 pm
Mesha7 Jan, 6:04 pm
Vrishabha9 Jan, 9:01 pm
Mithuna12 Jan, 12:09 am
Karka14 Jan, 4:34 am
Simha16 Jan, 11:31 am
Kanya18 Jan, 9:43 pm
Tula21 Jan, 10:18 am
Vrishchika23 Jan, 10:47 pm
Dhanu26 Jan, 8:40 am
Makara28 Jan, 3:06 pm
Kumbha30 Jan, 6:49 pm
Meena1 Feb, 9:13 pm
Mesha3 Feb, 11:31 pm
Vrishabha6 Feb, 2:30 am
Mithuna8 Feb, 6:35 am
Karka10 Feb, 12:11 pm
Simha12 Feb, 7:50 pm
Kanya15 Feb, 5:59 am
Tula17 Feb, 6:17 pm
Vrishchika20 Feb, 7:04 am
Dhanu22 Feb, 5:54 pm
Makara25 Feb, 1:10 am
Kumbha27 Feb, 4:51 am
Meena1 Mar, 6:12 am
Mesha3 Mar, 6:53 am
Vrishabha5 Mar, 8:27 am
Mithuna7 Mar, 11:59 am
Karka9 Mar, 6:00 pm
Simha12 Mar, 2:30 am
Kanya14 Mar, 1:10 pm
Tula17 Mar, 1:29 am
Vrishchika19 Mar, 2:21 pm
Dhanu22 Mar, 2:00 am
Makara24 Mar, 10:39 am
Kumbha26 Mar, 3:29 pm
Meena28 Mar, 5:02 pm
Mesha30 Mar, 4:49 pm
Vrishabha1 Apr, 4:44 pm
Mithuna3 Apr, 6:36 pm
Karka5 Apr, 11:39 pm
Simha8 Apr, 8:09 am
Kanya10 Apr, 7:19 pm
Tula13 Apr, 7:53 am
Vrishchika15 Apr, 8:41 pm
Dhanu18 Apr, 8:35 am
Makara20 Apr, 6:19 pm
Kumbha23 Apr, 12:45 am
Meena25 Apr, 3:40 am
Mesha27 Apr, 3:53 am
Vrishabha29 Apr, 3:08 am
Mithuna1 May, 3:29 am
Karka3 May, 6:51 am
Simha5 May, 2:15 pm
Kanya8 May, 1:12 am
Tula10 May, 1:56 pm
Vrishchika13 May, 2:42 am
Dhanu15 May, 2:22 pm
Makara18 May, 12:18 am
Kumbha20 May, 7:50 am
Meena22 May, 12:23 pm
Mesha24 May, 2:03 pm
Vrishabha26 May, 1:55 pm
Mithuna28 May, 1:51 pm
Karka30 May, 3:56 pm
Simha1 Jun, 9:51 pm
Kanya4 Jun, 7:49 am
Tula6 Jun, 8:21 pm
Vrishchika9 Jun, 9:05 am
Dhanu11 Jun, 8:25 pm
Makara14 Jun, 5:52 am
Kumbha16 Jun, 1:24 pm
Meena18 Jun, 6:49 pm
Mesha20 Jun, 9:59 pm
Vrishabha22 Jun, 11:18 pm
Mithuna25 Jun, 12:00 am
Karka27 Jun, 1:54 am
Simha29 Jun, 6:48 am
Kanya1 Jul, 3:38 pm
Tula4 Jul, 3:33 am
Vrishchika6 Jul, 4:15 pm
Dhanu9 Jul, 3:29 am
Makara11 Jul, 12:23 pm
Kumbha13 Jul, 7:08 pm
Meena16 Jul, 12:12 am
Mesha18 Jul, 3:53 am
Vrishabha20 Jul, 6:26 am
Mithuna22 Jul, 8:29 am
Karka24 Jul, 11:13 am
Simha26 Jul, 4:06 pm
Kanya29 Jul, 12:14 am
Tula31 Jul, 11:29 am
Vrishchika3 Aug, 12:07 am
Dhanu5 Aug, 11:37 am
Makara7 Aug, 8:25 pm
Kumbha10 Aug, 2:25 am
Meena12 Aug, 6:24 am
Mesha14 Aug, 9:20 am
Vrishabha16 Aug, 11:58 am
Mithuna18 Aug, 2:54 pm
Karka20 Aug, 6:49 pm
Simha23 Aug, 12:31 am
Kanya25 Aug, 8:43 am
Tula27 Aug, 7:35 pm
Vrishchika30 Aug, 8:07 am
Dhanu1 Sep, 8:09 pm
Makara4 Sep, 5:35 am
Kumbha6 Sep, 11:36 am
Meena8 Sep, 2:43 pm
Mesha10 Sep, 4:17 pm
Vrishabha12 Sep, 5:45 pm
Mithuna14 Sep, 8:18 pm
Karka17 Sep, 12:43 am
Simha19 Sep, 7:20 am
Kanya21 Sep, 4:12 pm
Tula24 Sep, 3:10 am
Vrishchika26 Sep, 3:38 pm
Dhanu29 Sep, 4:09 am
Makara1 Oct, 2:41 pm
Kumbha3 Oct, 9:42 pm
Meena6 Oct, 1:00 am
Mesha8 Oct, 1:42 am
Vrishabha10 Oct, 1:38 am
Mithuna12 Oct, 2:39 am
Karka14 Oct, 6:13 am
Simha16 Oct, 12:56 pm
Kanya18 Oct, 10:26 pm
Tula21 Oct, 9:50 am
Vrishchika23 Oct, 10:20 pm
Dhanu26 Oct, 11:01 am
Makara28 Oct, 10:29 pm
Kumbha31 Oct, 7:03 am
Meena2 Nov, 11:41 am
Mesha4 Nov, 12:49 pm
Vrishabha6 Nov, 12:01 pm
Mithuna8 Nov, 11:29 am
Karka10 Nov, 1:17 pm
Simha12 Nov, 6:50 pm
Kanya15 Nov, 4:06 am
Tula17 Nov, 3:49 pm
Vrishchika20 Nov, 4:28 am
Dhanu22 Nov, 5:01 pm
Makara25 Nov, 4:41 am
Kumbha27 Nov, 2:21 pm
Meena29 Nov, 8:48 pm
Mesha1 Dec, 11:33 pm
Vrishabha3 Dec, 11:29 pm
Mithuna5 Dec, 10:30 pm
Karka7 Dec, 10:53 pm
Simha10 Dec, 2:37 am
Kanya12 Dec, 10:35 am
Tula14 Dec, 9:56 pm
Vrishchika17 Dec, 10:40 am
Dhanu19 Dec, 11:05 pm
Makara22 Dec, 10:21 am
Kumbha24 Dec, 8:00 pm
Meena27 Dec, 3:25 am
Mesha29 Dec, 7:55 am
Vrishabha31 Dec, 9:37 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.