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Shukra gochar in 2048

Shukra changes sign 15 times in 2048: Dhanu on 17 Jan, Makara on 10 Feb, Kumbha on 5 Mar, Meena on 29 Mar ….

Times in Port of Spain (America/Port of Spain, AST).

Shukra’s signs through 2048

  1. Vrishchika23 Dec, 7:00 pm 2047 → 17 Jan, 6:42 am 2048· 24 days
  2. Dhanu17 Jan, 6:42 am 2048 → 10 Feb, 1:05 pm 2048· 24 days
  3. Makara10 Feb, 1:05 pm 2048 → 5 Mar, 5:53 pm 2048· 24 days
  4. Kumbha5 Mar, 5:53 pm 2048 → 29 Mar, 11:01 pm 2048· 24 days
  5. Meena29 Mar, 11:01 pm 2048 → 23 Apr, 5:36 am 2048· 24 days
  6. Mesha23 Apr, 5:36 am 2048 → 17 May, 1:58 pm 2048· 24 days
  7. Vrishabha17 May, 1:58 pm 2048 → 10 Jun, 11:36 pm 2048· 24 days
  8. Mithuna10 Jun, 11:36 pm 2048 → 5 Jul, 9:47 am 2048· 24 days
  9. Karka5 Jul, 9:47 am 2048 → 29 Jul, 8:20 pm 2048· 24 days
  10. Simha29 Jul, 8:20 pm 2048 → 23 Aug, 8:00 am 2048· 24 days
  11. Kanya23 Aug, 8:00 am 2048 → 16 Sep, 10:10 pm 2048· 25 days
  12. Tula16 Sep, 10:10 pm 2048 → 11 Oct, 4:25 pm 2048· 25 days
  13. Vrishchika11 Oct, 4:25 pm 2048 → 5 Nov, 5:12 pm 2048· 25 days
  14. Dhanu5 Nov, 5:12 pm 2048 → 1 Dec, 7:15 am 2048· 26 days
  15. Makara1 Dec, 7:15 am 2048 → 28 Dec, 7:56 am 2048· 27 days
  16. Kumbha28 Dec, 7:56 am 2048 → 30 Jan, 4:09 am 2049· 33 days

Date by date

Times in Port of Spain (America/Port of Spain, AST).

January 2048

  • 17 Jan6:42 am

    Shukra enters Dhanu

February 2048

  • 10 Feb1:05 pm

    Shukra enters Makara

March 2048

  • 5 Mar5:53 pm

    Shukra enters Kumbha

  • 29 Mar11:01 pm

    Shukra enters Meena

April 2048

  • 20 Apr8:51 pm

    Shukra becomes combust (asta) until 4 Jul†

  • 23 Apr5:36 am

    Shukra enters Mesha

May 2048

  • 17 May1:58 pm

    Shukra enters Vrishabha

June 2048

  • 10 Jun11:36 pm

    Shukra enters Mithuna

July 2048

  • 4 Jul6:34 am

    Shukra rises again (asta ends)†

  • 5 Jul9:47 am

    Shukra enters Karka

  • 29 Jul8:20 pm

    Shukra enters Simha

August 2048

  • 23 Aug8:00 am

    Shukra enters Kanya

September 2048

  • 16 Sep10:10 pm

    Shukra enters Tula

October 2048

  • 11 Oct4:25 pm

    Shukra enters Vrishchika

November 2048

  • 5 Nov5:12 pm

    Shukra enters Dhanu

December 2048

  • 1 Dec7:15 am

    Shukra enters Makara

  • 28 Dec7:56 am

    Shukra enters Kumbha

† 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 2048: 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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