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Shukra gochar in 1993

Shukra changes sign 10 times in 1993: Meena on 27 Jan, Mesha on 30 May, Vrishabha on 30 Jun, Mithuna on 27 Jul …. Retrograde from 11 Mar.

Shukra’s signs through 1993

  1. Kumbha29 Dec, 2:43 pm 1992 → 27 Jan, 1:04 am 1993· 28 days
  2. Meena27 Jan, 1:04 am 1993 → 30 May, 4:29 pm 1993· about 4 months
  3. Mesha30 May, 4:29 pm 1993 → 30 Jun, 9:37 am 1993· 31 days
  4. Vrishabha30 Jun, 9:37 am 1993 → 27 Jul, 4:40 pm 1993· 27 days
  5. Mithuna27 Jul, 4:40 pm 1993 → 22 Aug, 2:45 pm 1993· 26 days
  6. Karka22 Aug, 2:45 pm 1993 → 16 Sep, 4:41 pm 1993· 25 days
  7. Simha16 Sep, 4:41 pm 1993 → 11 Oct, 4:48 am 1993· 25 days
  8. Kanya11 Oct, 4:48 am 1993 → 4 Nov, 7:59 am 1993· 24 days
  9. Tula4 Nov, 7:59 am 1993 → 28 Nov, 6:22 am 1993· 24 days
  10. Vrishchika28 Nov, 6:22 am 1993 → 22 Dec, 2:48 am 1993· 24 days
  11. Dhanu22 Dec, 2:48 am 1993 → 14 Jan, 11:02 pm 1994· 24 days

Date by date

Times in IST.

January 1993

  • 27 Jan1:04 am

    Shukra enters Meena

March 1993

  • 11 Mar2:56 pm

    Shukra turns retrograde at 26°16′ Meena

  • 27 Mar6:54 pm

    Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 6 Apr†

April 1993

  • 6 Apr6:50 pm

    Shukra rises again (asta ends)†

  • 22 Apr7:44 pm

    Shukra turns direct at 9°59′ Meena

May 1993

  • 30 May4:29 pm

    Shukra enters Mesha

June 1993

  • 30 Jun9:37 am

    Shukra enters Vrishabha

July 1993

  • 27 Jul4:40 pm

    Shukra enters Mithuna

August 1993

  • 22 Aug2:45 pm

    Shukra enters Karka

September 1993

  • 16 Sep4:41 pm

    Shukra enters Simha

October 1993

  • 11 Oct4:48 am

    Shukra enters Kanya

November 1993

  • 4 Nov7:59 am

    Shukra enters Tula

  • 28 Nov6:22 am

    Shukra enters Vrishchika

December 1993

  • 6 Dec3:16 pm

    Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 27 Feb†

  • 22 Dec2:48 am

    Shukra enters Dhanu

† Practice varies. Shukra is counted asta within 10° (8° when retrograde) of the Sun (Surya Siddhanta); some almanacs use another limit or a visibility rule.

See also: Shukra (glossary) · Gochar 1993: 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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