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Live · computed 3 Nov 2026

The sky right now

Which planets are retrograde, where each one stands in both zodiacs, and what the next ninety days bring — computed, not copied, and refreshed every day.

Positions for 3 Nov 2026, 12:31 UTC · sidereal Lahiri and tropical, side by side.

Retrogrades

Mercury and Venus and Saturn are retrograde now

Also retrograde or turning: ♆ Neptune until 12 Dec 2026 (Vedic Pisces, Western Aries)♅ Uranus until 8 Feb 2027 (Vedic Taurus, Western Gemini). The outer planets are modern Western additions; classical Jyotish does not use them. What a retrograde is.

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Positions

Where every planet is

PlanetVedic sign (sidereal)NakshatraWestern sign (tropical)Motion
Sun Surya Libra Tula 16°52′ Swati pada 4 Scorpio 11°05′ Direct
Moon Chandra Leo Simha 8°03′ Magha pada 3 Virgo 2°17′ Direct
Mercury Budha Libra Tula 19°21′ Swati pada 4 Scorpio 13°35′ Retrograde
Venus Shukra Libra Tula 0°51′ Chitra pada 3 Libra 25°05′ Retrograde
Mars Mangala Cancer Karka 25°38′ Ashlesha pada 3 Leo 19°52′ Direct
Jupiter Guru Leo Simha 0°23′ Magha pada 1 Leo 24°37′ Direct
Saturn Shani Pisces Meena 14°53′ Uttara Bhadrapada pada 4 Aries 9°07′ Retrograde
Rahu Aquarius Kumbha 1°42′ Dhanishta pada 3 Aquarius 25°56′ Always backwards (node)
Ketu Leo Simha 1°42′ Magha pada 1 Leo 25°56′ Always backwards (node)
Uranus Taurus Vrishabha 10°20′ Rohini pada 1 Gemini 4°34′ Retrograde
Neptune Pisces Meena 7°47′ Uttara Bhadrapada pada 2 Aries 2°02′ Retrograde
Pluto Capricorn Makara 8°54′ Uttara Ashadha pada 4 Aquarius 3°08′ Direct

Lahiri ayanamsa 24.23°; Rahu and Ketu are the mean nodes. Computed with the Sunyra engine, tested against NASA JPL Horizons. The Moon changes sign every two to two and a half days — for today’s Moon, nakshatra and tithi see the panchang.

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The sky in November 2026: Mercury and Venus direct, Mars in Leo, full Moon in Taurus

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The next 90 days

Stations, sign changes and meetings

November 2026

  1. Meets the Sun

    Mercury meets the Sun (inferior conjunction) at 17.9° sidereal Libra

    4 Nov, 14:25 UTC · 4 Nov, 19:55 UTC+5:30

  2. Vedic sign · retrograde

    Venus enters sidereal Virgo (Kanya), moving retrograde

    Venus enters Virgo, its sign of debilitation (BPHS ch. 3): love tends to turn critical or practical; the tradition lists cancellations (neecha bhanga).

    5 Nov, 19:16 UTC · 6 Nov, 00:46 UTC+5:30

  3. Vedic sign

    Mars enters sidereal Leo (Simha)

    Mars enters the Sun’s sign Leo, a friendly sign for it in the classical scheme: confidence and drive tend to rise; so can pride.

    12 Nov, 14:49 UTC · 12 Nov, 20:19 UTC+5:30

  4. Station

    Mercury stations direct at 10.8° sidereal Libra (5.0° tropical Scorpio)

    13 Nov, 15:53 UTC · 13 Nov, 21:23 UTC+5:30

  5. Station

    Venus stations direct at 28.6° sidereal Virgo (22.9° tropical Libra)

    14 Nov, 00:21 UTC · 14 Nov, 05:51 UTC+5:30

  6. Vedic sign

    Sun enters sidereal Scorpio (Vrishchika)

    16 Nov, 14:13 UTC · 16 Nov, 19:43 UTC+5:30

  7. Western sign

    Sun enters tropical Sagittarius

    22 Nov, 07:23 UTC · 22 Nov, 12:53 UTC+5:30

  8. Vedic sign

    Venus enters sidereal Libra (Tula)

    Venus returns to Libra, one of its own signs, where it is traditionally strong.

    22 Nov, 11:59 UTC · 22 Nov, 17:29 UTC+5:30

  9. Western sign

    Mars enters tropical Virgo

    25 Nov, 23:37 UTC · 26 Nov, 05:07 UTC+5:30

December 2026

  1. Vedic sign

    Mercury enters sidereal Scorpio (Vrishchika)

    2 Dec, 11:58 UTC · 2 Dec, 17:28 UTC+5:30

  2. Western sign

    Venus enters tropical Scorpio

    4 Dec, 08:15 UTC · 4 Dec, 13:45 UTC+5:30

  3. Vedic sign

    Rahu enters sidereal Capricorn and Ketu Cancer

    Rahu moves into Capricorn and Ketu into Cancer for about eighteen months.

    5 Dec, 17:01 UTC · 5 Dec, 22:31 UTC+5:30

  4. Western sign

    Mercury enters tropical Sagittarius

    6 Dec, 08:34 UTC · 6 Dec, 14:04 UTC+5:30

  5. Station

    Saturn stations direct at 13.7° sidereal Pisces (7.9° tropical Aries)

    10 Dec, 23:23 UTC · 11 Dec, 04:53 UTC+5:30

  6. Station

    Neptune stations direct at 7.4° sidereal Pisces (1.6° tropical Aries)

    12 Dec, 22:14 UTC · 13 Dec, 03:44 UTC+5:30

  7. Station

    Jupiter stations retrograde at 2.8° sidereal Leo (27.0° tropical Leo)

    13 Dec, 00:59 UTC · 13 Dec, 06:29 UTC+5:30

  8. Vedic sign

    Sun enters sidereal Sagittarius (Dhanu)

    16 Dec, 04:55 UTC · 16 Dec, 10:25 UTC+5:30

  9. Western sign

    Sun enters tropical Capricorn

    21 Dec, 20:50 UTC · 22 Dec, 02:20 UTC+5:30

  10. Vedic sign

    Mercury enters sidereal Sagittarius (Dhanu)

    22 Dec, 02:11 UTC · 22 Dec, 07:41 UTC+5:30

  11. Western sign

    Mercury enters tropical Capricorn

    25 Dec, 18:23 UTC · 25 Dec, 23:53 UTC+5:30

January 2027

  1. Meets the Sun

    Mercury meets the Sun (superior conjunction) at 16.8° sidereal Sagittarius

    1 Jan, 17:09 UTC · 1 Jan, 22:39 UTC+5:30

  2. Vedic sign

    Venus enters sidereal Scorpio (Vrishchika)

    1 Jan, 17:53 UTC · 1 Jan, 23:23 UTC+5:30

  3. Western sign

    Venus enters tropical Sagittarius

    7 Jan, 08:53 UTC · 7 Jan, 14:23 UTC+5:30

  4. Vedic sign

    Mercury enters sidereal Capricorn (Makara)

    9 Jan, 19:07 UTC · 10 Jan, 00:37 UTC+5:30

  5. Station

    Mars stations retrograde at 16.2° sidereal Leo (10.4° tropical Virgo)

    10 Jan, 13:01 UTC · 10 Jan, 18:31 UTC+5:30

  6. Western sign

    Mercury enters tropical Aquarius

    13 Jan, 06:06 UTC · 13 Jan, 11:36 UTC+5:30

  7. Vedic sign

    Sun enters sidereal Capricorn (Makara)

    14 Jan, 15:41 UTC · 14 Jan, 21:11 UTC+5:30

  8. Western sign

    Sun enters tropical Aquarius

    20 Jan, 07:30 UTC · 20 Jan, 13:00 UTC+5:30

  9. Vedic sign · retrograde

    Jupiter enters sidereal Cancer (Karka), moving retrograde

    Jupiter returns to Cancer, its sign of exaltation (BPHS ch. 3), while retrograde.

    24 Jan, 19:58 UTC · 25 Jan, 01:28 UTC+5:30

  10. Vedic sign

    Mercury enters sidereal Aquarius (Kumbha)

    27 Jan, 22:05 UTC · 28 Jan, 03:35 UTC+5:30

  11. Vedic sign

    Venus enters sidereal Sagittarius (Dhanu)

    29 Jan, 13:12 UTC · 29 Jan, 18:42 UTC+5:30

February 2027

  1. Western sign

    Mercury enters tropical Pisces

    1 Feb, 01:27 UTC · 1 Feb, 06:57 UTC+5:30

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Your chart

How does this sky fall on your chart?

A retrograde means little in general and a great deal in particular: it matters which house of your chart it crosses, what it touches, and which dasha you are running. Make your kundli to see the houses, or ask Sunyra a question about this sky and your chart.

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How to read this page

Everything above is calculated by Sunyra's own engine for the moment the page was built, and the page checks your clock when it opens: countdowns, progress bars and the list of coming events always match today, and if the page is more than a day old the planet table refreshes itself from the day's positions.

  • Vedic sign (sidereal) is the sign used in Jyotish, measured against the fixed stars with the Lahiri ayanamsa. Western sign (tropical) is measured from the equinox. The two differ by about 24° today, so a planet is often in a different sign in each — Venus, for example, can be in Libra for a Vedic astrologer and in Scorpio for a Western one at the same moment. Neither is "the real one"; they are two traditions with two reference points. Read the column of the tradition you follow.
  • Nakshatra is the lunar mansion — one of 27 divisions of 13°20′ — that the planet occupies in the sidereal zodiac, with its quarter (pada).
  • Retrograde (vakri in Sanskrit) means the planet appears, from Earth, to move backwards against the stars. Stationing means it is almost motionless before turning. Rahu and Ketu, the lunar nodes, always move backwards in their mean motion, so we do not count them as "retrograde" periods.

What a retrograde means, in brief

No planet actually reverses. Earth overtakes the outer planets, and the inner planets overtake Earth, and from our moving viewpoint each one seems to slow, stop and drift back for a while. Astrologers in both traditions have long paid attention to these periods, but they read them differently. Popular Western astrology treats a retrograde as a time to re-do — review, revise, reconnect — with the planet's themes running less smoothly. Classical Jyotish counts a retrograde planet as strong in motion (cheshta bala, BPHS ch. 27) and reads it through the houses it crosses in your chart, not as a general warning. Our guide What is a retrograde? sets out both views, with sources.

For each planet, the traditional associations are different:

  • Mercury retrograde — words, contracts, travel and devices; a time to check twice.
  • Venus retrograde — love, beauty, money and art; second thoughts in relationships, and creative work that goes back to the drawing board.
  • Mars retrograde — drive and anger; energy that turns inward, plans that stall, tempers that run shorter.
  • Jupiter retrograde — growth, faith and teachers; expansion that turns into reflection.
  • Saturn retrograde — duty, time and structure; old responsibilities that come back for review.

The transits of 2026–2027

The long transits shape whole years; the retrogrades colour weeks within them. Our dated guides, computed with the same engine:

A transit is not a verdict

A transit describes the weather, not your life. The same retrograde crosses a different house of every chart, meets different natal planets and arrives during a different dasha, which is why two people can live through it so differently. Use the general notes here as a starting point, then look at your own chart: make your free kundli, read your daily horoscope, and check the panchang for the day's Moon and nakshatra.

Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. These notes describe what astrologers traditionally associate with each transit; they are not predictions, and not medical, psychological, legal or financial advice. A transit is read against the whole birth chart and the running dasha. Machine-readable: sky-now.json.