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Moon transit: Chandra bala, Tara bala and Chandrashtama
How the Moon's daily transit is read from your birth Moon sign and nakshatra, and where to see today's Moon transit for your location.
In short
The Moon changes sign about every two and a quarter days. Its transit is read from your birth Moon sign (Chandra bala: the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good, the 8th is Chandrashtama) and from your birth nakshatra (Tara bala). Astrojar's free Planner shows both for each day.
How the Moon's transit is read
The Moon moves through a sign in about two and a quarter days and through a nakshatra in about a day, so its transit is read day by day. Astrojar's Planner reads it in two ways for your own chart:
Chandra bala: the day's Moon sign counted from your birth Moon sign. The 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good; the 8th is Chandrashtama, a day to go slow.
Tara bala: the day's nakshatra counted from your birth nakshatra, in groups of nine (Janma, Sampat, Vipat, Kshema, Pratyak, Sadhana, Naidhana, Mitra, Param Mitra). The 3rd, 5th and 7th (Vipat, Pratyak, Naidhana) are avoided.
Moon transit today
Because it changes so quickly, the Moon's sign and nakshatra for today and the time it moves on are in the free Astrojar app (Panchang and Planner), worked out for your location.
Questions about the Moon's transit
How long does the Moon stay in one sign?
About two and a quarter days.
What is Chandrashtama?
The days when the transiting Moon is in the 8th sign from your birth Moon sign; they are traditionally avoided for new starts.
Which Moon transits are good?
By Chandra bala, the Moon in the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th or 11th sign from your Moon sign.
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.
See today's Moon transit for your chart
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