Planetary transits by year
Where the slow planets are, when they change sign, and what each movement means for your Moon sign — computed from the real sky, not a fixed table.
Saturn spends about 2½ years in each sign — its transit marks the themes of discipline, responsibility and long-term consequence, including Sade Sati and Dhaiya.
Jupiter spends about one year in each sign — its transit (Guru Gochar) is read as a year of growth, opportunity and expansion wherever it lands from your Moon.
Rahu moves backward through the zodiac, about 1½ years per sign — its transit points to ambition, obsession and sudden, unconventional turns.
Ketu, always opposite Rahu, spends about 1½ years per sign — its transit points to detachment, release and inward, spiritual themes.
The dates Mercury appears to move backward — read in the Vedic tradition as a time to review, re-check and re-do rather than launch. Computed from real apparent motion.
Mercury retrograde dates →Each transit is read by its , from the sidereal () positions of the planets. How we calculate this →
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