Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2039

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 2039. Every entry is listed below.

Times in Brisbane (Australia/Brisbane, AEST).

Chandra’s signs through 2039

Meena1 Jan, 7:48 am
Mesha3 Jan, 6:52 pm
Vrishabha6 Jan, 7:38 am
Mithuna8 Jan, 7:50 pm
Karka11 Jan, 5:59 am
Simha13 Jan, 1:44 pm
Kanya15 Jan, 7:23 pm
Tula17 Jan, 11:24 pm
Vrishchika20 Jan, 2:10 am
Dhanu22 Jan, 4:15 am
Makara24 Jan, 6:33 am
Kumbha26 Jan, 10:22 am
Meena28 Jan, 5:00 pm
Mesha31 Jan, 3:05 am
Vrishabha2 Feb, 3:35 pm
Mithuna5 Feb, 4:03 am
Karka7 Feb, 2:09 pm
Simha9 Feb, 9:07 pm
Kanya12 Feb, 1:37 am
Tula14 Feb, 4:49 am
Vrishchika16 Feb, 7:44 am
Dhanu18 Feb, 10:54 am
Makara20 Feb, 2:37 pm
Kumbha22 Feb, 7:24 pm
Meena25 Feb, 2:08 am
Mesha27 Feb, 11:39 am
Vrishabha1 Mar, 11:46 pm
Mithuna4 Mar, 12:34 pm
Karka6 Mar, 11:19 pm
Simha9 Mar, 6:23 am
Kanya11 Mar, 10:05 am
Tula13 Mar, 11:54 am
Vrishchika15 Mar, 1:32 pm
Dhanu17 Mar, 4:14 pm
Makara19 Mar, 8:28 pm
Kumbha22 Mar, 2:18 am
Meena24 Mar, 9:52 am
Mesha26 Mar, 7:35 pm
Vrishabha29 Mar, 7:31 am
Mithuna31 Mar, 8:31 pm
Karka3 Apr, 8:11 am
Simha5 Apr, 4:15 pm
Kanya7 Apr, 8:15 pm
Tula9 Apr, 9:23 pm
Vrishchika11 Apr, 9:35 pm
Dhanu13 Apr, 10:42 pm
Makara16 Apr, 1:57 am
Kumbha18 Apr, 7:47 am
Meena20 Apr, 4:00 pm
Mesha23 Apr, 2:19 am
Vrishabha25 Apr, 2:23 pm
Mithuna28 Apr, 3:27 am
Karka30 Apr, 3:45 pm
Simha3 May, 1:09 am
Kanya5 May, 6:27 am
Tula7 May, 8:09 am
Vrishchika9 May, 7:51 am
Dhanu11 May, 7:34 am
Makara13 May, 9:07 am
Kumbha15 May, 1:41 pm
Meena17 May, 9:33 pm
Mesha20 May, 8:10 am
Vrishabha22 May, 8:33 pm
Mithuna25 May, 9:36 am
Karka27 May, 10:01 pm
Simha30 May, 8:16 am
Kanya1 Jun, 3:06 pm
Tula3 Jun, 6:17 pm
Vrishchika5 Jun, 6:45 pm
Dhanu7 Jun, 6:10 pm
Makara9 Jun, 6:28 pm
Kumbha11 Jun, 9:22 pm
Meena14 Jun, 3:56 am
Mesha16 Jun, 2:05 pm
Vrishabha19 Jun, 2:33 am
Mithuna21 Jun, 3:36 pm
Karka24 Jun, 3:45 am
Simha26 Jun, 2:02 pm
Kanya28 Jun, 9:43 pm
Tula1 Jul, 2:26 am
Vrishchika3 Jul, 4:28 am
Dhanu5 Jul, 4:49 am
Makara7 Jul, 5:00 am
Kumbha9 Jul, 6:50 am
Meena11 Jul, 11:56 am
Mesha13 Jul, 8:59 pm
Vrishabha16 Jul, 9:05 am
Mithuna18 Jul, 10:06 pm
Karka21 Jul, 9:58 am
Simha23 Jul, 7:43 pm
Kanya26 Jul, 3:11 am
Tula28 Jul, 8:32 am
Vrishchika30 Jul, 11:57 am
Dhanu1 Aug, 1:50 pm
Makara3 Aug, 3:01 pm
Kumbha5 Aug, 4:54 pm
Meena7 Aug, 9:11 pm
Mesha10 Aug, 5:05 am
Vrishabha12 Aug, 4:28 pm
Mithuna15 Aug, 5:24 am
Karka17 Aug, 5:16 pm
Simha20 Aug, 2:30 am
Kanya22 Aug, 9:07 am
Tula24 Aug, 1:55 pm
Vrishchika26 Aug, 5:36 pm
Dhanu28 Aug, 8:34 pm
Makara30 Aug, 11:09 pm
Kumbha2 Sep, 2:03 am
Meena4 Sep, 6:31 am
Mesha6 Sep, 1:52 pm
Vrishabha9 Sep, 12:34 am
Mithuna11 Sep, 1:21 pm
Karka14 Sep, 1:31 am
Simha16 Sep, 10:49 am
Kanya18 Sep, 4:49 pm
Tula20 Sep, 8:30 pm
Vrishchika22 Sep, 11:12 pm
Dhanu25 Sep, 1:57 am
Makara27 Sep, 5:13 am
Kumbha29 Sep, 9:18 am
Meena1 Oct, 2:43 pm
Mesha3 Oct, 10:19 pm
Vrishabha6 Oct, 8:43 am
Mithuna8 Oct, 9:19 pm
Karka11 Oct, 9:58 am
Simha13 Oct, 8:03 pm
Kanya16 Oct, 2:19 am
Tula18 Oct, 5:22 am
Vrishchika20 Oct, 6:45 am
Dhanu22 Oct, 8:07 am
Makara24 Oct, 10:38 am
Kumbha26 Oct, 2:55 pm
Meena28 Oct, 9:12 pm
Mesha31 Oct, 5:36 am
Vrishabha2 Nov, 4:15 pm
Mithuna5 Nov, 4:45 am
Karka7 Nov, 5:44 pm
Simha10 Nov, 4:53 am
Kanya12 Nov, 12:23 pm
Tula14 Nov, 4:00 pm
Vrishchika16 Nov, 4:52 pm
Dhanu18 Nov, 4:49 pm
Makara20 Nov, 5:37 pm
Kumbha22 Nov, 8:41 pm
Meena25 Nov, 2:43 am
Mesha27 Nov, 11:38 am
Vrishabha29 Nov, 10:49 pm
Mithuna2 Dec, 11:26 am
Karka5 Dec, 12:24 am
Simha7 Dec, 12:13 pm
Kanya9 Dec, 9:13 pm
Tula12 Dec, 2:27 am
Vrishchika14 Dec, 4:13 am
Dhanu16 Dec, 3:53 am
Makara18 Dec, 3:21 am
Kumbha20 Dec, 4:34 am
Meena22 Dec, 9:05 am
Mesha24 Dec, 5:25 pm
Vrishabha27 Dec, 4:49 am
Mithuna29 Dec, 5:40 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.