Planet positions today
AI dhoop This is where the nine grahas are in the sky right now, as the sidereal zodiac counts it (Lahiri ayanamsa). Each row gives the sign, the degree inside it, and the nakshatra with its pada. A graha marked retrograde looks as if it moves backward against the stars. That is a view from Earth, not a change in the graha.
The sky right now
Su Sun · Mo Moon · Ma Mars · Me Mercury · Ju Jupiter · Ve Venus · Sa Saturn · Ra Rahu · Ke Ketu · R retrograde · Asc rising sign (lagna)
- Surya retrograde
The Sun stays about a month in each sign and is the slowest-looking marker of the year.
- Chandra retrograde
The Moon changes sign about every two and a half days, and nakshatra about once a day.
- Mangala retrograde
Mars stays about six weeks in a sign. It turns retrograde roughly every two years.
- Budha retrograde
Mercury never strays far from the Sun, so it changes sign often and turns retrograde three or four times a year.
- Guru retrograde
Jupiter takes about a year to cross a sign, and about twelve years to go round the zodiac.
- Shukra retrograde
Venus also stays close to the Sun. It turns retrograde about once every year and a half.
- Shani retrograde
Saturn takes two and a half years to cross a sign, and about thirty years to go round.
- Rahu retrograde
Rahu is the Moon's north node, a point and not a body. Here it is the mean node, and it always moves backward.
- Ketu retrograde
Ketu sits exactly opposite Rahu, six signs away, and moves backward with it.
Questions
What do the positions on this page mean?
They show where each graha is in the sidereal zodiac at this moment. They are the same for everyone on Earth. How they touch you depends on your own chart, so the page describes the sky and does not read it for you.
Why is the chart in South Indian style only?
A sky chart has no rising sign (lagna), because it belongs to no one place or person. The North Indian style needs a lagna to set house 1, so only the South Indian style, where the signs stay in fixed boxes, can show the sky on its own.
What does retrograde mean?
A graha is retrograde when it appears to move backward through the signs, seen from Earth. The Sun and Moon never do. Rahu and Ketu always move backward, so the page marks them as a rule and not as an event.
Which time does the page use?
The page asks for the sky at the moment you open it and shows that moment in Indian Standard Time (IST, UTC+5:30). The positions are the same everywhere; only the clock changes with your time zone.
Why do the numbers differ from another site?
Sites choose different ayanamsa values and different Rahu nodes. This page uses Lahiri and the mean node. A site on another setting can differ by a degree or more.
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