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Mangala gochar in 1972

Mangala changes sign 8 times in 1972: Mesha on 31 Jan, Vrishabha on 17 Mar, Mithuna on 2 May, Karka on 18 Jun ….

Mangala’s signs through 1972

  1. Meena16 Dec, 4:56 pm 1971 → 31 Jan, 9:48 pm 1972· 46 days
  2. Mesha31 Jan, 9:48 pm 1972 → 17 Mar, 10:25 am 1972· 46 days
  3. Vrishabha17 Mar, 10:25 am 1972 → 2 May, 2:35 pm 1972· 46 days
  4. Mithuna2 May, 2:35 pm 1972 → 18 Jun, 2:20 pm 1972· 47 days
  5. Karka18 Jun, 2:20 pm 1972 → 4 Aug, 11:24 pm 1972· 47 days
  6. Simha4 Aug, 11:24 pm 1972 → 21 Sep, 1:24 am 1972· 47 days
  7. Kanya21 Sep, 1:24 am 1972 → 6 Nov, 6:15 am 1972· 46 days
  8. Tula6 Nov, 6:15 am 1972 → 21 Dec, 6:39 am 1972· 45 days
  9. Vrishchika21 Dec, 6:39 am 1972 → 3 Feb, 2:10 am 1973· 44 days

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 1972

  • 31 Jan9:48 pm

    Mangala enters Mesha

March 1972

  • 17 Mar10:25 am

    Mangala enters Vrishabha

May 1972

  • 2 May2:35 pm

    Mangala enters Mithuna

June 1972

  • 18 Jun2:20 pm

    Mangala enters Karka

July 1972

  • 17 Jul12:20 pm

    Mangala becomes combust (asta) until 27 Oct†

August 1972

  • 4 Aug11:24 pm

    Mangala enters Simha

September 1972

  • 21 Sep1:24 am

    Mangala enters Kanya

October 1972

  • 27 Oct9:28 pm

    Mangala rises again (asta ends)†

November 1972

  • 6 Nov6:15 am

    Mangala enters Tula

December 1972

  • 21 Dec6:39 am

    Mangala enters Vrishchika

† Practice varies. Mangala is counted asta within 17° of the Sun (Surya Siddhanta); some almanacs use another limit or a visibility rule.

See also: Mangala (glossary) · Gochar 1972: 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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