Vedic (sidereal) planet positions · 16 Oct 2025

Planet positions on 16 Oct 2025

Moon in Ashlesha 4, Karka (Cancer) · Krishna Dashami · retrograde: Saturn. At the 10:00 IST market open, Mumbai.

Changes during the day

  • 12:40 ISTMoon enters Simha (Leo)
  • 12:40 ISTMoon enters Magha nakshatra
  • 18:41 ISTMercury enters Vishakha nakshatra

Sign (rashi) and nakshatra changes and retrograde stations from midnight to midnight India time, to the minute.

Sky at the open

The nine grahas

PlanetSignDegreeNakshatra
SunKanya (Virgo)28°52′Chitra 2
MoonKarka (Cancer)28°35′Ashlesha 4
MarsTula (Libra)22°08′Vishakha 1
MercuryTula (Libra)19°30′Swati 4
JupiterMithuna (Gemini)29°50′Punarvasu 3
VenusKanya (Virgo) debilitated8°39′Uttara Phalguni 4
Saturn (R)Meena (Pisces)2°29′Purva Bhadrapada 4
RahuKumbha (Aquarius)22°02′Purva Bhadrapada 1
KetuSimha (Leo)22°02′Purva Phalguni 3

At 10:00 IST. Sidereal zodiac, True Chitra ayanamsa, mean nodes: the same settings as the company charts. (R) = retrograde. About the method.

The next 12 months

Sign changes and retrograde stations of the Sun and the planets (not the Moon), India time.

DateTimeEvent
17 Oct 202513:15Sun enters Tula (Libra), debilitated
18 Oct 202512:57Jupiter enters Karka (Cancer), exalted
24 Oct 202512:08Mercury enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
27 Oct 202514:59Mars enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
2 Nov 202512:51Venus enters Tula (Libra)
10 Nov 202500:30Mercury turns retrograde in Vrishchika (Scorpio)
11 Nov 202521:33Jupiter turns retrograde in Karka (Cancer)
16 Nov 202513:08Sun enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
23 Nov 202520:33Mercury enters Tula (Libra)
26 Nov 202510:59Venus enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
28 Nov 202510:40Saturn turns direct in Meena (Pisces)
29 Nov 202523:09Mercury turns direct in Tula (Libra)
5 Dec 202523:35Jupiter enters Mithuna (Gemini)
6 Dec 202520:15Mercury enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
7 Dec 202519:40Mars enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
16 Dec 202503:53Sun enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
20 Dec 202507:24Venus enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
29 Dec 202507:07Mercury enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
13 Jan 202603:40Venus enters Makara (Capricorn)
14 Jan 202614:45Sun enters Makara (Capricorn)
16 Jan 202604:00Mars enters Makara (Capricorn), exalted
17 Jan 202610:10Mercury enters Makara (Capricorn)
3 Feb 202621:41Mercury enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
6 Feb 202600:56Venus enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
13 Feb 202603:50Sun enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
23 Feb 202611:28Mars enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
26 Feb 202612:17Mercury turns retrograde in Kumbha (Aquarius)
2 Mar 202600:44Venus enters Meena (Pisces), exalted
11 Mar 202609:48Jupiter turns direct in Mithuna (Gemini)
15 Mar 202600:47Sun enters Meena (Pisces)
21 Mar 202601:03Mercury turns direct in Kumbha (Aquarius)
26 Mar 202604:57Venus enters Mesha (Aries)
2 Apr 202615:11Mars enters Meena (Pisces)
11 Apr 202601:04Mercury enters Meena (Pisces), debilitated
14 Apr 202609:17Sun enters Mesha (Aries), exalted
19 Apr 202615:34Venus enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
30 Apr 202606:45Mercury enters Mesha (Aries)
11 May 202612:18Mars enters Mesha (Aries)
14 May 202610:41Venus enters Mithuna (Gemini)
15 May 202600:25Mercury enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
15 May 202606:05Sun enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
29 May 202611:02Mercury enters Mithuna (Gemini)
2 Jun 202600:17Jupiter enters Karka (Cancer), exalted
8 Jun 202617:28Venus enters Karka (Cancer)
15 Jun 202612:33Sun enters Mithuna (Gemini)
20 Jun 202623:32Mars enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
22 Jun 202614:54Mercury enters Karka (Cancer)
29 Jun 202623:06Mercury turns retrograde in Karka (Cancer)
4 Jul 202618:55Venus enters Simha (Leo)
7 Jul 202611:30Mercury enters Mithuna (Gemini)
16 Jul 202623:15Sun enters Karka (Cancer)
24 Jul 202604:28Mercury turns direct in Mithuna (Gemini)
27 Jul 202601:46Saturn turns retrograde in Meena (Pisces)
1 Aug 202609:04Venus enters Kanya (Virgo), debilitated
2 Aug 202622:14Mars enters Mithuna (Gemini)
5 Aug 202619:33Mercury enters Karka (Cancer)
17 Aug 202607:30Sun enters Simha (Leo)
22 Aug 202619:18Mercury enters Simha (Leo)
2 Sep 202613:07Venus enters Tula (Libra)
7 Sep 202613:16Mercury enters Kanya (Virgo), exalted
17 Sep 202607:22Sun enters Kanya (Virgo)
18 Sep 202615:45Mars enters Karka (Cancer), debilitated
26 Sep 202612:16Mercury enters Tula (Libra)
3 Oct 202612:45Venus turns retrograde in Tula (Libra)