Updated 9 December 2024, using the Raman Ayanamsha for the Pacific Time Zone (-8:00 GMT)
The day when the Sun changes signs in the Sidereal Zodiac.
The days before and day after the solar ingress are also considered inauspicious.
Sun enters Capricorn 12 January 2025
enters Aquarius 11 February 2025
enters Pisces 12 March 2025
enters Aries 12 April 2025
enters Taurus 12 May 2025
enters Gemini 13 June 2025
enters Cancer 14 July 2025
enters Leo 15 August 2025
enters Virgo 15 September 2025
enters Libra 15 October 2025
enters Scorpio 14 November 2025
enters Sagittarius 14 December 2025
The five days before a New Moon. New Moon dates are:
29 January 2025
27 February 2025
29 March 2025 (partial solar eclipse)
27 April 2025
26 May 2025
25 June 2025
24 July 2025
22 August 2025
21 Septmeber 2025 (partial solar eclipse)
21 October 2025 Annular Solar Eclipse
19 November 2025
19 December 2025
When Mercury is in retrograde motion:
26 November to 16 December 2024
15 March to 12 April 2025
18 July to 10 August 2025
10 to 29 November 2025
Mars aspecting Saturn (take notice at least one week before and after exact aspects):
3 February 2024: Mars enters Capricorn, 12th House from Saturn in Aquarius
10 April 2024: Mars conjunct Saturn in Aquarius at 21 degrees 54 minutes
24 May 2024: Mars is 30 degrees later than Saturn at 25 degrees 35 minutes of Aquarius
5 July 2024: Mars receives 3rd House aspect from Saturn at 26 degrees of Aries
15 August 2024: Mars in Taurus is 90 degrees later than Saturn in 24 degrees of Aquarius
17 October 2024: Mars enters Cancer, 8th House before Saturn in Aquarius
24 January 2025, Mars enters Gemini and trine Saturn
4 June 2025, Mars enters Leo, 8th House before Saturn in Pisces
25 July 2025, Mars enters Virgo, 7th House before Saturn
9 August 2025, Mars exactly opposite Saturn
12 September 2025, Mars enters Libra, 8th House later than Saturn
26 October, Mars enters Scorpio, and exactly trine Saturn in Pisces on 29 October 2025
5 December 2025, Mars entes Sagittarius, exactly square Saturn in Pisces on 8 December 2025
Eclipse dates 2024
13 March 2025: Total Lunar Eclipse at 1 degree of Pisces
7 September 2025: Total Lunar Eclipse at 22 degrees Virgo
Please visit the
NASA Eclipse Web Site
for more details about the path and duration of each eclipse.
The day before a Full Moon, and the 11th day after a Full Moon is considered inauspicious. Add 10 to get the 11th day of the lunar cycle. The Full Moon dates are:
13 January 2025
12 February 2025
13 March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse
12 April 2025
12 May 2025
10 June 2025
10 July 2024
8 August 2025
7 September 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse)
6 October 2025
5 November 2025
4 December 2025
Mars aspecting the Eclipse Points Rahu and Ketu (+/- 4 weeks of influence):
24 January 2025, Mars retrogrades into Gemini, square Rahu/Ketu in Pisces/Virgo
3 June 2025, Mars enters Leo, 8th/12th signs from Rahu/Ketu
29 July 2025, Mars enters Virgo, conjunct/opposite Ketu/Rahu axis
Mercury
entered Scorpio 28 October 2024, goes retrograde 26 November, goes direct 15 December
enters Sagittarius 2 January 2025
enters Capricorn 23 January 2025
enters Aquarius 10 Feb 2025
entrs Pisces 26 February 2025, goes retrograde 15 March, goes direct 7 April
enters Aries 5 May 2025
enters Taurus 22 May 2025
enters Gemini 5 June 2025
enters Cancer 21 June 2025, goes retrpgrade 18 July, goes direct 10 August
enters Leo 29 August 2025
enters Virgo 24 September 2025
enters Libra 1 October 2025
enters Scorpio 22 October 2025, goes retrograde 10 November, reenters Libra 24 November, goes direct in Libra 29 November, re-enters Scorpio 4 December 2025
enters Satittarius 27 December 2026
enters Capricorn January 2027
Venus
entered Aquarius on 27 December 2024
enters Pisces 24 January 2025, goes retrograde 2 March, goes direct 12 April
enters Aries 29 May 2025
enters Taurus 27 June 2025
enters Gemini 24 July 2025
enters Cancer 19 August 2025
enters Leo 13 September 2025
enters Virgo 7 October 2025
enters Libra 31 October 2025
enters Scorpio 24 November 2025
enters Sagittarius 18 December 2025
enters Capricorn January 2026
Mars entered Cancer on 15 October 2024, goes retrograde 7 December
re-enters Gemini 24 January 2025, goes direct 23 February 2025
re-enters Cancer on 29 March 2025
enters Leo on 3 June 2025
enters Virgo on 26 July 2025
enters Libra 11 September 2025
enters Scorpio 25 October 2025
enters Sagittarius 5 December 2025
Jupiter entered Taurus on 24 April 2024
enters Gemini on 7 May 2025
enters Cancer on 3 October 2025
goes retrograde in Cancer on 11 November 2025
reenters Gemini on 20 December 2025
goes direct in Gemini on 11 March 2026
reenters Cancer 24 May 2026
enters Leo on 20 October 2026
enters Virgo on 15 November 2027; goes retrograde on 12 January 2028; retrogrades into Leo on 10 March 2028; goes direct on 12 May 2028
reenters Virgo 15 July 2028
enters Libra on 15 August 2029
Saturn
entered Aquarius on 8 April 2022
re-enters Capricorn on 3 August 2022
re-enters Aquarius on 3 January 2023
goes retrograde in Aquarius on 18 June 2023
enters Pisces on 17 March 2025
goes retrograde 13 July 2025, goes direct 27 November 2025
enters Aries on 20 May 2027
enters Taurus on 5 April 2030
enters Gemini on 19 May 2032
Rahu/Ketu entered Pisces/Virgo on 16 December 2023
enters Aquarius/Leo on 12 June 2025
enters Capricorn/Cancer on 8 December 2026
enters Sagittarius/Gemini on 20 August 2028
Uranus entered Aries on 19 May 2016
enters Taurus on 6 May 2024.
enters Gemini on 17 September 2030
Neptune entered Pisces on 8 March 2022.
enters Aries on 5 May 2035
Pluto entered Sagittarius on October 22, 2005;
enters Capricorn on 4 March 2019, retrograde 25 April 2019; re-entered Sagittarius 17 June 2019
re-entered Capricorn 5 January 2020
enters Aquarius on 4 March 2038