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Guru gochar in 2036

Guru changes sign 3 times in 2036: Vrishabha on 14 Apr, Mithuna on 9 Sep, Vrishabha on 16 Nov (moving back, retrograde). Retrograde from 13 Oct.

Times in Edison (America/New York, EDT/EST).

Guru’s signs through 2036

  1. Mesha6 Apr, 2:15 am 2035 → 14 Apr, 6:21 pm 2036· about 12 months
  2. Vrishabha14 Apr, 6:21 pm 2036 → 9 Sep, 2:15 pm 2036· about 5 months
  3. Mithuna9 Sep, 2:15 pm 2036 → 16 Nov, 7:22 pm 2036· about 2 months
  4. Vrishabha(entered moving backward)16 Nov, 7:22 pm 2036 → 26 Apr, 5:46 am 2037· about 5 months

Date by date

Times in Edison (America/New York, EDT/EST).

January 2036

  • 4 Jan11:14 pm

    Guru turns direct at 16°21′ Mesha

April 2036

  • 14 Apr6:21 pm

    Guru enters Vrishabha

May 2036

  • 8 May4:37 pm

    Guru becomes combust (asta) until 7 Jun†

June 2036

  • 7 Jun10:48 pm

    Guru rises again (asta ends)†

September 2036

  • 9 Sep2:15 pm

    Guru enters Mithuna

October 2036

  • 13 Oct9:21 pm

    Guru turns retrograde at 1°52′ Mithuna

November 2036

  • 16 Nov7:22 pm

    Guru enters Vrishabha (moving backward)

† Practice varies. Guru is counted asta within 11° of the Sun (Surya Siddhanta); some almanacs use another limit or a visibility rule.

See also: Guru (glossary) · Gochar 2036: all grahas · Transits over your chart

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.

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