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Planetary events

Sign changes, retrograde and direct stations, and new and full moons. The sidereal calendar also includes nakshatra changes.

March 2019

19 events · Asia/Kolkata · 24-hour time

  • Nakshatra changes

    Sun enters Purva Bhadrapada

    Shatabhisha → Purva Bhadrapada

  • Nakshatra changes

    Venus enters Shravana

    Uttara Ashadha → Shravana

  • Retrograde and direct

    Mercury turns retrograde

    Retrograde motion begins

  • New and full moons

    New Moon

    Exact lunar phase

  • Sign changes

    Ketu enters Sagittarius

    Capricorn → Sagittarius · Moving backward

  • Sign changes

    Rahu enters Gemini

    Cancer → Gemini · Moving backward

  • Nakshatra changes

    Mercury enters Purva Bhadrapada

    Uttara Bhadrapada → Purva Bhadrapada · Moving backward

  • Sign changes

    Sun enters Pisces

    Aquarius → Pisces

  • Sign changes

    Mercury enters Aquarius

    Pisces → Aquarius · Moving backward

  • Nakshatra changes

    Venus enters Dhanishta

    Shravana → Dhanishta

  • Nakshatra changes

    Mars enters Krittika

    Bharani → Krittika

  • Nakshatra changes

    Sun enters Uttara Bhadrapada

    Purva Bhadrapada → Uttara Bhadrapada

  • New and full moons

    Full Moon

    Exact lunar phase

  • Sign changes

    Venus enters Aquarius

    Capricorn → Aquarius

  • Sign changes

    Mars enters Taurus

    Aries → Taurus

  • Nakshatra changes

    Venus enters Shatabhisha

    Dhanishta → Shatabhisha

  • Retrograde and direct

    Mercury turns direct

    Direct motion resumes

  • Nakshatra changes

    Jupiter enters Moola

    Jyeshtha → Moola

  • Sign changes

    Jupiter enters Sagittarius

    Scorpio → Sagittarius

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Sidereal zodiac · True Chitrapaksha ayanamsa · Mean lunar nodes · Apparent positions.

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