Transits · gochara
Transit chart: planetary transits 2026 to 2028 and how to read them
Where every planet is now and when it changes sign, from Astrojar's engine, and how a transit is read from your Moon sign and Lagna.
In short
A transit chart lays the planets' present positions over your birth chart. On 18 Oct 2026 Jupiter is in Karka (Cancer), Saturn in Meena (Pisces) and Rahu in Kumbha (Aquarius). Each transit is read from your Moon sign and Lagna, with your dasha; the slow planets matter most.
Where the planets are on 18 Oct 2026
| Graha | In | Next sign, from |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter (Guru) | Karka (Cancer) | Simha (Leo), 31 Oct 2026 |
| Saturn (Shani) | Meena (Pisces) | Mesha (Aries), 3 Jun 2027 |
| Rahu | Kumbha (Aquarius) | Makara (Capricorn), 25 Nov 2026 |
| Ketu | Simha (Leo) | Karka (Cancer), 25 Nov 2026 |
| Mars (Mangal) | Karka (Cancer) | Simha (Leo), 12 Nov 2026 |
| Venus (Shukra) | Tula (Libra) | Kanya (Virgo), 6 Nov 2026 |
| Mercury (Budh) | Tula (Libra) | Vrishchika (Scorpio), 2 Dec 2026 |
| Sun (Surya) | Tula (Libra) | Vrishchika (Scorpio), 16 Nov 2026 |
Signs are sidereal (Lahiri ayanamsa); Rahu and Ketu by the true node. Each planet's page has its full list of sign changes and retrogrades to 2028; the Moon's daily transit is on Moon transit.
How a transit is read
A transit (gochara) is a planet's present sign counted from your birth chart. The traditional count is from your Moon sign: Phaladeepika ch. 26 names the good houses for each planet, such as the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th for Jupiter, and the 3rd, 6th and 11th for Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. Astrojar also counts from your Lagna, checks vedha (another planet obstructing a good transit) and the planet's Ashtakavarga bindus in the sign it is crossing, and weighs the slow planets most, because they stay long enough to matter.
A transit shows when; your dasha shows what is promised. Astrojar reads the dasha first and the transits after it, as an astrologer does, so a transit is never read on its own.
Jupiter and Saturn together
When Jupiter and Saturn both touch a house (by sitting in it or aspecting it), its matters tend to come to fruit in a supportive dasha. This double transit is a modern Parashari technique (popularised by K. N. Rao) that Astrojar uses alongside the classical rules.
Questions about planetary transits
What is a transit chart?
The planets' present positions laid over your birth chart, so you can see which house each is passing through, counted from your Moon sign or Lagna.
Which transits matter most?
The slow ones: Saturn (about 2½ years a sign), Jupiter (about a year) and Rahu-Ketu (about 18 months). The Sun, Mercury and Venus move in weeks, the Moon in days.
Why are Vedic transit dates different from Western ones?
Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, about 24° behind the tropical zodiac, so sign changes fall on different dates; retrogrades are the same.
How does Astrojar use transits?
With your dasha: transits time what the dasha promises. Your answers and reports name the transit and the dates it runs.
Transit pages
- Jupiter transit Guru gochar dates and results by Moon sign.
- Saturn transit Shani gochar dates and Sade Sati by Moon sign.
- Rahu Ketu transit Dates by true and mean node.
- Mars transit Mangal gochar and retrograde.
- Venus transit Shukra gochar and retrograde.
- Mercury retrograde Budh gochar and every retrograde.
- Sun transit Sankranti dates.
- Moon transit Chandra bala and Tara bala.
- Horoscope 2027 What the slow transits bring each Moon sign in 2027.
Sources
- Dates and positions: Astrojar's chart engine (Lahiri ayanamsa, sidereal zodiac, true lunar node), sampled at noon IST and refined to the hour for each sign change and retrograde station.
- Good houses from the Moon sign for Jupiter (2, 5, 7, 9, 11) and for Saturn, Rahu and Ketu (3, 6, 11); Sade Sati, Ashtama and Kantaka Shani: Phaladeepika ch. 26 (gochara), as Astrojar's transit rules use it.
This is the traditional reading of the classical texts, given for learning and reflection. It is not a prediction for you, and not medical, legal or financial advice.
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