Mars (Mangal) Nakshatra Transit 2025

Mars governs energy, courage, property and conflict. It stays about six weeks in a sign and turns retrograde roughly every two years, when it can cross the same sign boundary more than once.

Each sign holds two and a quarter nakshatras (13°20' each). A nakshatra transit is the moment a graha moves from one lunar mansion into the next, a finer timing layer than the sign change that is used in muhurta, Panchang and event timing. The Mars spends about 45 days in each sign. Times below are exact to the minute, calculated with the sidereal Lahiri ayanamsa.

All times shown in: Asia/Kolkata

Date Time Mars Nakshatra Transition Action
13-Jan-2025 Monday 12:18 AM Pushya → Punarvasu Retrograde
12-Apr-2025 Saturday 06:08 AM Punarvasu → Pushya
12-May-2025 Monday 08:36 AM Pushya → Ashlesha
07-Jun-2025 Saturday 02:12 AM Ashlesha → Magha
30-Jun-2025 Monday 08:19 PM Magha → Purva Phalguni
23-Jul-2025 Wednesday 08:38 AM Purva Phalguni → Uttara Phalguni
13-Aug-2025 Wednesday 10:33 PM Uttara Phalguni → Hasta
03-Sep-2025 Wednesday 05:53 PM Hasta → Chitra
23-Sep-2025 Tuesday 08:57 PM Chitra → Swati
13-Oct-2025 Monday 09:18 AM Swati → Vishakha
01-Nov-2025 Saturday 08:18 AM Vishakha → Anuradha
19-Nov-2025 Wednesday 07:30 PM Anuradha → Jyeshtha
07-Dec-2025 Sunday 08:17 PM Jyeshtha → Mula
25-Dec-2025 Thursday 12:15 PM Mula → Purva Ashadha

Rows marked Retrograde are crossings made while Mars is moving backward, so it can appear to re-enter the same nakshatra more than once.

Note: positions are calculated with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa using the Swiss Ephemeris. Other Panchang sources use slightly different ayanamsa values, so their times can differ from these by a few minutes for the Sun and Moon, and by more for slower planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.