Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2025

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 2025. Every entry is listed below.

Times in Montreal (America/Toronto, EST/EDT).

Chandra’s signs through 2025

Kumbha3 Jan, 12:17 am
Meena5 Jan, 4:04 am
Mesha7 Jan, 7:19 am
Vrishabha9 Jan, 10:16 am
Mithuna11 Jan, 1:24 pm
Karka13 Jan, 5:49 pm
Simha16 Jan, 12:46 am
Kanya18 Jan, 10:58 am
Tula20 Jan, 11:33 pm
Vrishchika23 Jan, 12:02 pm
Dhanu25 Jan, 9:55 pm
Makara28 Jan, 4:21 am
Kumbha30 Jan, 8:04 am
Meena1 Feb, 10:28 am
Mesha3 Feb, 12:46 pm
Vrishabha5 Feb, 3:45 pm
Mithuna7 Feb, 7:50 pm
Karka10 Feb, 1:26 am
Simha12 Feb, 9:05 am
Kanya14 Feb, 7:14 pm
Tula17 Feb, 7:32 am
Vrishchika19 Feb, 8:19 pm
Dhanu22 Feb, 7:09 am
Makara24 Feb, 2:25 pm
Kumbha26 Feb, 6:06 pm
Meena28 Feb, 7:27 pm
Mesha2 Mar, 8:08 pm
Vrishabha4 Mar, 9:42 pm
Mithuna7 Mar, 1:14 am
Karka9 Mar, 8:15 am
Simha11 Mar, 4:45 pm
Kanya14 Mar, 3:25 am
Tula16 Mar, 3:44 pm
Vrishchika19 Mar, 4:36 am
Dhanu21 Mar, 4:15 pm
Makara24 Mar, 12:54 am
Kumbha26 Mar, 5:44 am
Meena28 Mar, 7:17 am
Mesha30 Mar, 7:04 am
Vrishabha1 Apr, 6:59 am
Mithuna3 Apr, 8:51 am
Karka5 Apr, 1:54 pm
Simha7 Apr, 10:24 pm
Kanya10 Apr, 9:34 am
Tula12 Apr, 10:08 pm
Vrishchika15 Apr, 10:56 am
Dhanu17 Apr, 10:50 pm
Makara20 Apr, 8:34 am
Kumbha22 Apr, 3:00 pm
Meena24 Apr, 5:55 pm
Mesha26 Apr, 6:08 pm
Vrishabha28 Apr, 5:23 pm
Mithuna30 Apr, 5:44 pm
Karka2 May, 9:06 pm
Simha5 May, 4:30 am
Kanya7 May, 3:27 pm
Tula10 May, 4:11 am
Vrishchika12 May, 4:57 pm
Dhanu15 May, 4:37 am
Makara17 May, 2:33 pm
Kumbha19 May, 10:05 pm
Meena22 May, 2:38 am
Mesha24 May, 4:18 am
Vrishabha26 May, 4:10 am
Mithuna28 May, 4:06 am
Karka30 May, 6:11 am
Simha1 Jun, 12:06 pm
Kanya3 Jun, 10:04 pm
Tula6 Jun, 10:36 am
Vrishchika8 Jun, 11:20 pm
Dhanu11 Jun, 10:40 am
Makara13 Jun, 8:07 pm
Kumbha16 Jun, 3:39 am
Meena18 Jun, 9:04 am
Mesha20 Jun, 12:14 pm
Vrishabha22 Jun, 1:33 pm
Mithuna24 Jun, 2:15 pm
Karka26 Jun, 4:09 pm
Simha28 Jun, 9:03 pm
Kanya1 Jul, 5:53 am
Tula3 Jul, 5:48 pm
Vrishchika6 Jul, 6:30 am
Dhanu8 Jul, 5:44 pm
Makara11 Jul, 2:38 am
Kumbha13 Jul, 9:23 am
Meena15 Jul, 2:27 pm
Mesha17 Jul, 6:08 pm
Vrishabha19 Jul, 8:41 pm
Mithuna21 Jul, 10:44 pm
Karka24 Jul, 1:28 am
Simha26 Jul, 6:21 am
Kanya28 Jul, 2:29 pm
Tula31 Jul, 1:44 am
Vrishchika2 Aug, 2:22 pm
Dhanu5 Aug, 1:52 am
Makara7 Aug, 10:40 am
Kumbha9 Aug, 4:40 pm
Meena11 Aug, 8:39 pm
Mesha13 Aug, 11:35 pm
Vrishabha16 Aug, 2:13 am
Mithuna18 Aug, 5:09 am
Karka20 Aug, 9:04 am
Simha22 Aug, 2:46 pm
Kanya24 Aug, 10:58 pm
Tula27 Aug, 9:50 am
Vrishchika29 Aug, 10:22 pm
Dhanu1 Sep, 10:24 am
Makara3 Sep, 7:50 pm
Kumbha6 Sep, 1:51 am
Meena8 Sep, 4:58 am
Mesha10 Sep, 6:32 am
Vrishabha12 Sep, 8:00 am
Mithuna14 Sep, 10:33 am
Karka16 Sep, 2:58 pm
Simha18 Sep, 9:35 pm
Kanya21 Sep, 6:27 am
Tula23 Sep, 5:25 pm
Vrishchika26 Sep, 5:53 am
Dhanu28 Sep, 6:24 pm
Makara1 Oct, 4:56 am
Kumbha3 Oct, 11:57 am
Meena5 Oct, 3:15 pm
Mesha7 Oct, 3:57 pm
Vrishabha9 Oct, 3:53 pm
Mithuna11 Oct, 4:54 pm
Karka13 Oct, 8:28 pm
Simha16 Oct, 3:11 am
Kanya18 Oct, 12:41 pm
Tula21 Oct, 12:05 am
Vrishchika23 Oct, 12:35 pm
Dhanu26 Oct, 1:16 am
Makara28 Oct, 12:44 pm
Kumbha30 Oct, 9:18 pm
Meena2 Nov, 1:56 am
Mesha4 Nov, 2:04 am
Vrishabha6 Nov, 1:16 am
Mithuna8 Nov, 12:44 am
Karka10 Nov, 2:32 am
Simha12 Nov, 8:05 am
Kanya14 Nov, 5:21 pm
Tula17 Nov, 5:04 am
Vrishchika19 Nov, 5:43 pm
Dhanu22 Nov, 6:16 am
Makara24 Nov, 5:56 pm
Kumbha27 Nov, 3:36 am
Meena29 Nov, 10:03 am
Mesha1 Dec, 12:48 pm
Vrishabha3 Dec, 12:44 pm
Mithuna5 Dec, 11:45 am
Karka7 Dec, 12:08 pm
Simha9 Dec, 3:52 pm
Kanya11 Dec, 11:50 pm
Tula14 Dec, 11:11 am
Vrishchika16 Dec, 11:55 pm
Dhanu19 Dec, 12:20 pm
Makara21 Dec, 11:36 pm
Kumbha24 Dec, 9:15 am
Meena26 Dec, 4:40 pm
Mesha28 Dec, 9:10 pm
Vrishabha30 Dec, 10:52 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.