Gochar: planetary transits from your chart
Enter your birth details to see where the nine grahas are on any date. The tool counts each one from your natal Moon sign and your Lagna, and marks whether that transit is favourable by the classical tables, including vedha (obstruction). It also lists the sign changes and retrograde turns coming in the next 12 months, and your Chandrashtama days for the next 30.
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How gochar is read
Gochar means the movement of the grahas through the signs after birth. In the classical method, described in Phaladeepika (chapter 26) and Muhurta Chintamani, each transit is counted from the natal Moon sign, which is treated as the first house. The tool also shows the house from your Lagna, which many astrologers read alongside.
Each graha gives good results in certain houses from the Moon and difficult results in the others. A favourable transit can be blocked by vedha: if another graha is transiting the matching vedha house at the same time, the good result is said to be obstructed. There is no vedha between the Sun and Saturn, or between the Moon and Mercury.
| Graha | Favourable houses (from Moon) | Vedha pairs (favourable house–vedha house) |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 3, 6, 10, 11 | 3–9, 6–12, 10–4, 11–5 |
| Moon | 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 | 1–5, 3–9, 6–12, 7–2, 10–4, 11–8 |
| Mars | 3, 6, 11 | 3–12, 6–9, 11–5 |
| Mercury | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 | 2–5, 4–3, 6–9, 8–1, 10–8, 11–12 |
| Jupiter | 2, 5, 7, 9, 11 | 2–12, 5–4, 7–3, 9–10, 11–8 |
| Venus | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12 | 1–8, 2–7, 3–1, 4–10, 5–9, 8–5, 9–11, 11–6, 12–3 |
| Saturn, Rahu, Ketu | 3, 6, 11 | 3–12, 6–9, 11–5 |
Sade Sati, Jupiter and the slow grahas
Saturn in the 12th, 1st or 2nd from the Moon is Sade Sati, and in the 4th or 8th it is Dhaiyya; the summary at the top shows which, if any, is running. Jupiter's transit is often watched for the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th houses. For the full dates of every Sade Sati in your life, use the dosha checks.
Coming sign changes and Chandrashtama
The list of coming events gives each sign change (sankranti for the Sun) and each retrograde or direct station for the next 12 months, with the house it falls in from your Moon. Rahu and Ketu always change signs together. By default the list leaves out the Sun, Mercury and Venus, which move often; tick the box to include them.
Chandrashtama is the Moon in the 8th sign from your natal Moon. It comes for about two and a quarter days each month, and many people avoid starting important work then.
Limits
The classical result follows the house and vedha tables. The Bindus column adds each graha's own Ashtakavarga score for the sign it is in; 4 or more is traditionally read as supportive. The dasha running and the strength of each graha in the birth chart also matter, and are not weighed here. Some texts also describe a reverse vedha for unfavourable houses; it is not applied here. Times are shown in your device's time zone. Positions use the same engine as the Kundli; see the method page.