Planetary transits in 2027

Position at 00:00 IST on 1 January 2027.

When does Jupiter change rāśi in 2027?

Jupiter enters Karka on 25 January at 01:32, Siṃha on 26 June at 05:19 and Kanyā on 26 November at 18:45 (IST).

When is Saturn retrograde in 2027?

Saturn is retrograde from 9 August to 24 December.

When is Mercury retrograde in 2027?

Mercury turns retrograde 3 times in 2027: from 9 February to 3 March (in Kumbha), from 10 June to 5 July (in Mithuna) and from 7 October to 28 October (in Tulā).

When do Rahu and Ketu change rāśi in 2027?

Rahu stays in Makara and Ketu in Karka all year (IST).

When is Makar Sankranti in 2027?

The sidereal Sun enters Makara on 14 January 2027 at 21:10 IST — the astronomical moment of Makar Sankranti.

Why does another panchang show a different time?

Almanacs use slightly different values of the Lahiri ayanāṁśa. Drik Panchang's is about 18″ larger than the Swiss Ephemeris definition used here, so its time for the same event comes later: by 4–6 minutes for each of the Sun's twelve saṅkrāntis of 2026, and by 35 and 48 minutes for Jupiter's two ingresses that year. The date was the same in every case we checked. A slow graha moves so little in an hour that a few arcseconds of convention become many minutes — which is why the method is published next to every time. Stations are flat in the same way: around a retrograde or direct station a slow graha sits almost still for hours, so almanacs can differ by up to an hour on Saturn's (for Mercury we agree with Drik to within 2 minutes). Ours is the instant the apparent geocentric motion reverses.

Are these sidereal or tropical transits?

Sidereal, as in Jyotish — with the Lahiri ayanāṁśa, about 24° behind the tropical zodiac. Western tropical astrology places every graha about 24° further along, so its sign changes fall on different dates.