Panchang · Gochar · Chandra (Moon)

Chandra gochar in 2026

The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days: 160 times in 2026. Every entry is listed below.

Times in Dubai (Asia/Dubai, GST).

Chandra’s signs through 2026

Mithuna2 Jan, 7:55 am
Karka4 Jan, 8:12 am
Simha6 Jan, 10:47 am
Kanya8 Jan, 5:08 pm
Tula11 Jan, 3:22 am
Vrishchika13 Jan, 3:50 pm
Dhanu16 Jan, 4:17 am
Makara18 Jan, 3:10 pm
Kumbha21 Jan, 12:04 am
Meena23 Jan, 7:03 am
Mesha25 Jan, 12:05 pm
Vrishabha27 Jan, 3:14 pm
Mithuna29 Jan, 5:00 pm
Karka31 Jan, 6:30 pm
Simha2 Feb, 9:17 pm
Kanya5 Feb, 2:49 am
Tula7 Feb, 11:51 am
Vrishchika9 Feb, 11:40 pm
Dhanu12 Feb, 12:11 pm
Makara14 Feb, 11:11 pm
Kumbha17 Feb, 7:35 am
Meena19 Feb, 1:29 pm
Mesha21 Feb, 5:36 pm
Vrishabha23 Feb, 8:41 pm
Mithuna25 Feb, 11:24 pm
Karka28 Feb, 2:21 am
Simha2 Mar, 6:21 am
Kanya4 Mar, 12:15 pm
Tula6 Mar, 8:48 pm
Vrishchika9 Mar, 7:59 am
Dhanu11 Mar, 8:29 pm
Makara14 Mar, 8:02 am
Kumbha16 Mar, 4:43 pm
Meena18 Mar, 10:05 pm
Mesha21 Mar, 12:57 am
Vrishabha23 Mar, 2:43 am
Mithuna25 Mar, 4:46 am
Karka27 Mar, 8:05 am
Simha29 Mar, 1:07 pm
Kanya31 Mar, 8:02 pm
Tula3 Apr, 4:58 am
Vrishchika5 Apr, 3:57 pm
Dhanu8 Apr, 4:23 am
Makara10 Apr, 4:33 pm
Kumbha13 Apr, 2:14 am
Meena15 Apr, 8:07 am
Mesha17 Apr, 10:31 am
Vrishabha19 Apr, 11:00 am
Mithuna21 Apr, 11:30 am
Karka23 Apr, 1:42 pm
Simha25 Apr, 6:34 pm
Kanya28 Apr, 2:05 am
Tula30 Apr, 11:43 am
Vrishchika2 May, 10:59 pm
Dhanu5 May, 11:24 am
Makara7 May, 11:55 pm
Kumbha10 May, 10:42 am
Meena12 May, 5:54 pm
Mesha14 May, 9:03 pm
Vrishabha16 May, 9:16 pm
Mithuna18 May, 8:34 pm
Karka20 May, 9:08 pm
Simha23 May, 12:37 am
Kanya25 May, 7:36 am
Tula27 May, 5:29 pm
Vrishchika30 May, 5:08 am
Dhanu1 Jun, 5:38 pm
Makara4 Jun, 6:11 am
Kumbha6 Jun, 5:33 pm
Meena9 Jun, 2:06 am
Mesha11 Jun, 6:46 am
Vrishabha13 Jun, 7:54 am
Mithuna15 Jun, 7:10 am
Karka17 Jun, 6:42 am
Simha19 Jun, 8:36 am
Kanya21 Jun, 2:09 pm
Tula23 Jun, 11:22 pm
Vrishchika26 Jun, 11:02 am
Dhanu28 Jun, 11:38 pm
Makara1 Jul, 12:01 pm
Kumbha3 Jul, 11:17 pm
Meena6 Jul, 8:26 am
Mesha8 Jul, 2:29 pm
Vrishabha10 Jul, 5:14 pm
Mithuna12 Jul, 5:36 pm
Karka14 Jul, 5:18 pm
Simha16 Jul, 6:21 pm
Kanya18 Jul, 10:28 pm
Tula21 Jul, 6:23 am
Vrishchika23 Jul, 5:30 pm
Dhanu26 Jul, 6:04 am
Makara28 Jul, 6:18 pm
Kumbha31 Jul, 5:07 am
Meena2 Aug, 1:56 pm
Mesha4 Aug, 8:23 pm
Vrishabha7 Aug, 12:22 am
Mithuna9 Aug, 2:18 am
Karka11 Aug, 3:12 am
Simha13 Aug, 4:36 am
Kanya15 Aug, 8:04 am
Tula17 Aug, 2:48 pm
Vrishchika20 Aug, 12:59 am
Dhanu22 Aug, 1:18 pm
Makara25 Aug, 1:35 am
Kumbha27 Aug, 12:04 pm
Meena29 Aug, 8:07 pm
Mesha1 Sep, 1:53 am
Vrishabha3 Sep, 5:55 am
Mithuna5 Sep, 8:47 am
Karka7 Sep, 11:08 am
Simha9 Sep, 1:43 pm
Kanya11 Sep, 5:37 pm
Tula13 Sep, 11:55 pm
Vrishchika16 Sep, 9:18 am
Dhanu18 Sep, 9:14 pm
Makara21 Sep, 9:44 am
Kumbha23 Sep, 8:26 pm
Meena26 Sep, 4:02 am
Mesha28 Sep, 8:45 am
Vrishabha30 Sep, 11:43 am
Mithuna2 Oct, 2:10 pm
Karka4 Oct, 5:01 pm
Simha6 Oct, 8:47 pm
Kanya9 Oct, 1:47 am
Tula11 Oct, 8:33 am
Vrishchika13 Oct, 5:41 pm
Dhanu16 Oct, 5:17 am
Makara18 Oct, 6:02 pm
Kumbha21 Oct, 5:29 am
Meena23 Oct, 1:33 pm
Mesha25 Oct, 5:51 pm
Vrishabha27 Oct, 7:36 pm
Mithuna29 Oct, 8:36 pm
Karka31 Oct, 10:30 pm
Simha3 Nov, 2:15 am
Kanya5 Nov, 8:04 am
Tula7 Nov, 3:44 pm
Vrishchika10 Nov, 1:17 am
Dhanu12 Nov, 12:48 pm
Makara15 Nov, 1:40 am
Kumbha17 Nov, 1:59 pm
Meena19 Nov, 11:19 pm
Mesha22 Nov, 4:24 am
Vrishabha24 Nov, 5:54 am
Mithuna26 Nov, 5:40 am
Karka28 Nov, 5:52 am
Simha30 Nov, 8:11 am
Kanya2 Dec, 1:28 pm
Tula4 Dec, 9:32 pm
Vrishchika7 Dec, 7:43 am
Dhanu9 Dec, 7:29 pm
Makara12 Dec, 8:20 am
Kumbha14 Dec, 9:05 pm
Meena17 Dec, 7:42 am
Mesha19 Dec, 2:27 pm
Vrishabha21 Dec, 5:05 pm
Mithuna23 Dec, 4:55 pm
Karka25 Dec, 4:02 pm
Simha27 Dec, 4:34 pm
Kanya29 Dec, 8:06 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.