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Sidereal Planetary Positions

New Delhi, India · Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · 4:42:45 PM

Ascendant · Lagna Makara 17° 27′ 17″ Shravana · Pada 3 · Lord Moon

Gulika · Maandi Tula 23° 07′ 32″ Vishakha · Pada 1 · Lord Jupiter

At a glance

The Sun is in Simha (Leo) - the core mood and season of the moment.
The Moon is in Simha (Leo) - the emotional tone of these couple of days.
Saturn is retrograde in Meena (Pisces).

Rashi Chart

North Indian style · numbers are the Rashi (1 = Aries … 12 = Pisces) · house 1 is the Lagna · Gk = Gulika (Maandi) · ℞ marks retrograde.

Planet	Rashi	Degree	Nakshatra	Pada	Nakshatra Lord	Motion
Sun Surya	Simha	22° 34′ 10″	Purva Phalguni	3	Venus	Direct
Moon Chandra	Simha	00° 51′ 46″	Magha	1	Ketu	Direct
Mars Mangal	Mithuna	24° 28′ 43″	Punarvasu	2	Jupiter	Direct
Mercury Budha	Kanya	03° 42′ 00″	Uttara Phalguni	3	Sun	Direct
Jupiter Guru	Karka	21° 13′ 11″	Ashlesha	2	Mercury	Direct
Venus Shukra	Tula	05° 11′ 21″	Chitra	4	Mars	Direct
Saturn Shani	Meena	18° 55′ 49″	Revati	1	Mercury	Retrograde
Rahu Rahu (North Node)	Kumbha	04° 37′ 23″	Dhanishta	4	Mars	Retrograde
Ketu Ketu (South Node)	Simha	04° 37′ 23″	Magha	2	Ketu	Retrograde

Gochar & their effects

Sun in Simha 22° 34′ 10″

Sun is transiting Simha (Leo), bringing a confident, warm and dignified energy to your soul, vitality, confidence and sense of authority. The Sun (Surya) spends about a month in each Rashi, putting a month-long focus on this area of life.

Moon in Simha 00° 51′ 46″

Moon is transiting Simha (Leo), bringing a confident, warm and dignified energy to your mind, emotions, comfort and inner peace. The Moon (Chandra) changes Rashi every two to three days, so this is fast-moving emotional weather.

Mars in Mithuna 24° 28′ 43″

Mars is transiting Mithuna (Gemini), bringing a curious, communicative and versatile energy to your energy, courage, drive and initiative. Mars (Mangal) takes about six weeks in a Rashi, showing where you push, act and assert yourself.

Mercury in Kanya 03° 42′ 00″

Mercury is transiting Kanya (Virgo), bringing a practical, precise and service-minded energy to your intellect, speech, learning and commerce. Mercury (Budha) stays roughly three to four weeks in a Rashi, shaping thinking, communication and trade.

Jupiter in Karka 21° 13′ 11″

Jupiter is transiting Karka (Cancer), bringing a nurturing, protective and home-centred energy to wisdom, growth, fortune, dharma and good counsel. Jupiter (Guru) spends about a year in a Rashi - a year-long theme of expansion and blessing.

Venus in Tula 05° 11′ 21″

Venus is transiting Tula (Libra), bringing a balanced, diplomatic and relationship-focused energy to love, relationships, comforts, beauty and prosperity. Venus (Shukra) spends about three to four weeks in a Rashi, tinting your relationships, tastes and pleasures.

Saturn in Meena 18° 55′ 49″ ℞ Retrograde

Saturn is transiting Meena (Pisces), bringing a compassionate, intuitive and spiritual energy to discipline, duty, patience, karma and hard-earned results. Saturn (Shani) stays about two and a half years in a Rashi - the influence behind Sade Sati and Dhaiya. Right now it is retrograde, so review your duties, structures and long-standing commitments, and shore up whatever is shaky.

Rahu in Kumbha 04° 37′ 23″ ℞ Retrograde

Rahu is transiting Kumbha (Aquarius), bringing an inventive, detached and forward-looking energy to worldly desire, ambition and unconventional or foreign pursuits. Rahu spends roughly a year and a half in a Rashi and always moves retrograde, intensifying and magnifying this area.

Ketu in Simha 04° 37′ 23″ ℞ Retrograde

Ketu is transiting Simha (Leo), bringing a confident, warm and dignified energy to detachment, spirituality, past-life karma and moksha. Ketu spends roughly a year and a half in a Rashi and always moves retrograde, loosening and spiritualising this area.

Nirayana (sidereal) positions using the Lahiri / Chitrapaksha ayanamsha (24° 13′ 57″). Rahu and Ketu are the mean lunar nodes and are always retrograde. Gulika (Maandi) is Saturn’s upagraha - the ascendant rising at the start of Saturn’s eighth of the day; it needs your location, so it follows the place and moment shown. The clock time shown is the local time at New Delhi, India.

Upcoming Planetary Events

Surya transits Purva Phalguni Pada 4 1 Day 10 September 2026, Thursday at 11:34 AM Sun transits Purva Phalguni pada 4
Arun turns retrograde 1 Day 10 September 2026, Thursday at 11:55 PM Uranus turns retrograde
Budha transits Uttara Phalguni Pada 4 2 Days 11 September 2026, Friday at 10:39 AM Mercury transits Uttara Phalguni pada 4
Shukra enters in Swati 2 Days 11 September 2026, Friday at 11:14 PM Venus enters the nakshatra Swati
Mangal transits Punarvasu Pada 3 4 Days 13 September 2026, Sunday at 5:37 AM Mars transits Punarvasu pada 3
Budha enters in Hasta 4 Days 13 September 2026, Sunday at 10:46 AM Mercury enters the nakshatra Hasta
Surya enters in Uttara Phalguni 4 Days 13 September 2026, Sunday at 9:47 PM Sun enters the nakshatra Uttara Phalguni
Budha transits Hasta Pada 2 6 Days 15 September 2026, Tuesday at 11:59 AM Mercury transits Hasta pada 2

Current Planetary Transit - frequently asked questions

What is Gochar?

The transit of the planets - simply where each graha sits in the zodiac right now. Vedic astrology reads these moving positions against your birth chart to time events, which is why the daily Rashifal and every muhurat decision begins here.

Why do these positions differ from Western ones?

Because this page uses Nirayana or sidereal positions with the Lahiri ayanamsha, the standard for Vedic astrology. Western astrology uses the tropical zodiac. The two currently differ by about 24 degrees, so a planet often shows in the previous sign here.

Why does my city matter if the planets are the same everywhere?

The longitudes are geocentric, so the signs and degrees are identical worldwide at any instant. What changes with location is the Ascendant - the sign rising on the eastern horizon - and your local clock time. Both are shown for the city you pick.

Why are Rahu and Ketu always retrograde?

Because the lunar nodes genuinely move backwards through the zodiac, completing a cycle in about eighteen and a half years. They are always exactly opposite each other. The positions here are the mean or madhyama values, which is the standard default.

How do I read this against my own chart?

Use the transit effects calculator, which counts each transiting planet from your natal Moon and Lagna and flags Sade Sati and Dhaiya. For Jupiter's ~13-month stay in each sign, use the Jupiter Return calculator. For Venus back at natal Venus (love and marriage timing), use the Venus Return calculator. This page gives the sky; those give what it means for you.

About Current Planetary Transit (Gochar)

Gochar, the transit of the planets, is simply where each graha sits in the zodiac right now. Vedic astrology reads these moving positions against your birth chart to time events - which is why the daily Rashifal and muhurat decisions all begin with the current transit.

This page shows the Nirayana (sidereal) positions using the Lahiri / Chitrapaksha ayanamsha - the standard for Vedic astrology - for the exact moment you load it, in your own local clock time. For each graha you get its Rashi (sign) and precise degree, the Nakshatra and Pada it occupies, the nakshatra lord, and whether it is moving direct or retrograde.

Why location matters

The planets' longitudes are geocentric, so their signs and degrees are the same everywhere at a given instant. What changes with your location is the Ascendant (Lagna) - the sign rising on the eastern horizon - and the local clock time. Both are shown here for your chosen city, so switch the location to see the rising sign and the moment that matters to you.

About Rahu and Ketu

Rahu and Ketu are the two lunar nodes, always exactly opposite each other and always moving retrograde. We use their mean (madhyama) positions, which is the standard default.

Want more? Build your full chart with the Kundli Maker, read Jupiter by rashi year on the Jupiter Return calculator, or read today's Panchang and Rashifal.

Questions from Readers (1)

Real questions sent in by visitors, answered by our astrologers. Names are changed and the city of birth is hidden. India shows the state; elsewhere the country.

Devendra Pathak ( Name Changed for Privacy )

Age: 55 yrs · DOB: 19 Oct 1970 · TOB: 06:30 AM · POB: Uttar Pradesh

I follow the current transits on your page, but I am never sure whether to count them from my Moon sign or my ascendant. Different books say different things. Which does classical Gochara use, and does the answer change for the slow planets?

Namaste. In classical Vedic astrology (as laid down in texts like Phaladeepika and Brihat Samhita), standard Gochara (planetary transits) is calculated primarily from your Moon sign (Janma Rashi). The Moon represents the mind (Manas) and internal perception, which is why classical transit rules - including Sade Sati, Dhaiya and planetary transit favorability are measured from the natal Moon. Transits from the Moon determine how you subjectively experience life, your mental state, emotional comfort and personal satisfaction during a given period.

However, because slow planets remain in a single sign for months or years, traditional astrologers pay close attention to their transit from your Ascendant (Lagna) as well. While the Moon sign shows the psychological experience, the Lagna shows concrete physical reality, tangible environment and bodily events.

In practice, always treat your Vimshottari Dasha as the driver of life events, while Gochara acts as the timing trigger or climate. A transit delivers its strongest real-world results when it activates key houses from both your Moon sign and Lagna while aligning with your operating Dasha (currently Saturn Mahadasha). To see how today's planetary movements align

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