Planetary transits 2025
Every sign change and retrograde of the year, from Shani, Guru and Rahu–Ketu to the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, computed by the Swiss Ephemeris.
The year's big moves
- Saturn (Shani) enters PiscesSaturday, 29 March 2025 · 9:44 pm
- Jupiter (Guru) enters GeminiWednesday, 14 May 2025 · 10:36 pm
- Rahu enters AquariusSunday, 18 May 2025 · 7:34 pm
- Ketu enters LeoSunday, 18 May 2025 · 7:34 pm
- Jupiter (Guru) enters CancerSaturday, 18 October 2025 · 7:47 pm
- Jupiter (Guru) moves back into GeminiFriday, 5 December 2025 · 5:25 pm
Retrogrades in 2025
- Venus (Shukra) in PiscesSun 2 Mar to Sun 13 Apr · 42 days
- Saturn (Shani) in PiscesSun 13 Jul to Fri 28 Nov · 138 days
- Jupiter (Guru) in CancerTue 11 Nov to Wed 11 Mar 2026 · 119 days
- Mercury retrograde 2025: all three periods and their shadows →
Month by month
January 2025
- 4 JanMercury enters Sagittarius
- 14 JanSun enters Capricorn
- 21 JanMars moves back into Gemini
- 24 JanMercury enters Capricorn
- 28 JanVenus enters Pisces
February 2025
- 4 FebJupiter turns direct in Taurus
- 11 FebMercury enters Aquarius
- 12 FebSun enters Aquarius
- 24 FebMars turns direct in Gemini
- 27 FebMercury enters Pisces
March 2025
- 2 MarVenus turns retrograde in Pisces
- 14 MarSun enters Pisces
- 15 MarMercury turns retrograde in Pisces
- 29 MarSaturn enters Pisces
April 2025
- 3 AprMars enters Cancer
- 7 AprMercury turns direct in Pisces
- 13 AprVenus turns direct in Pisces
- 14 AprSun enters Aries
May 2025
- 7 MayMercury enters Aries
- 14 MayJupiter enters Gemini
- 15 MaySun enters Taurus
- 18 MayRahu enters Aquarius
- 18 MayKetu enters Leo
- 23 MayMercury enters Taurus
- 31 MayVenus enters Aries
June 2025
- 6 JunMercury enters Gemini
- 7 JunMars enters Leo
- 15 JunSun enters Gemini
- 22 JunMercury enters Cancer
- 29 JunVenus enters Taurus
July 2025
- 13 JulSaturn turns retrograde in Pisces
- 16 JulSun enters Cancer
- 18 JulMercury turns retrograde in Cancer
- 26 JulVenus enters Gemini
- 28 JulMars enters Virgo
August 2025
- 11 AugMercury turns direct in Cancer
- 17 AugSun enters Leo
- 21 AugVenus enters Cancer
- 30 AugMercury enters Leo
September 2025
- 13 SeptMars enters Libra
- 15 SeptVenus enters Leo
- 15 SeptMercury enters Virgo
- 17 SeptSun enters Virgo
October 2025
- 3 OctMercury enters Libra
- 9 OctVenus enters Virgo
- 17 OctSun enters Libra
- 18 OctJupiter enters Cancer
- 24 OctMercury enters Scorpio
- 27 OctMars enters Scorpio
November 2025
- 2 NovVenus enters Libra
- 10 NovMercury turns retrograde in Scorpio
- 11 NovJupiter turns retrograde in Cancer
- 16 NovSun enters Scorpio
- 23 NovMercury moves back into Libra
- 26 NovVenus enters Scorpio
- 28 NovSaturn turns direct in Pisces
- 29 NovMercury turns direct in Libra
December 2025
- 5 DecJupiter moves back into Gemini
- 6 DecMercury enters Scorpio
- 7 DecMars enters Sagittarius
- 16 DecSun enters Sagittarius
- 20 DecVenus enters Sagittarius
- 29 DecMercury enters Sagittarius
Planetary transits 2025: questions
When does Saturn (Shani) change sign in 2025?
Saturn (Shani) enters Pisces on Saturday, 29 March 2025.
When does Jupiter (Guru) change sign in 2025?
Jupiter (Guru) enters Gemini on Wednesday, 14 May 2025, then enters Cancer on Saturday, 18 October 2025, then moves back into Gemini on Friday, 5 December 2025.
When do Rahu and Ketu change sign in 2025?
Rahu enters Aquarius on Sunday, 18 May 2025. Ketu moves with Rahu, always in the opposite sign.
Which planets go retrograde in 2025?
Mercury three times, Venus once, Jupiter once, Saturn once. Rahu and Ketu always move backwards, and the Sun and Moon never do.
What is a gochar (transit)?
Gochar is where the planets are now, read against your birth chart. A slow planet changing sign, Saturn every two and a half years or Jupiter about every year, moves its effect to a new house of every chart, which is why those dates are watched. How a transit reads for you depends on your Moon sign and lagna.
Why do these dates differ from a Western horoscope?
These are sidereal (Vedic) signs, Lahiri ayanamsa, about 24° behind the tropical signs Western astrology uses, so a planet changes sign here on different dates. Retrograde dates are the same in both, because they are about motion.
What it means for you
These dates are the same for everyone. Which house of your chart each one touches depends on your Moon sign and lagna, and KP timing finds the hours when the ruling planets favour your task, or a trading session, in your own chart.
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