Mars (Mangal) Nakshatra Transit 2027

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
31-Jan-2027 Sunday 04:06 PM Purva Phalguni → Magha Retrograde
10-Mar-2027 Wednesday 12:13 AM Magha → Ashlesha Retrograde
26-Apr-2027 Monday 11:47 AM Ashlesha → Magha
02-Jun-2027 Wednesday 03:51 AM Magha → Purva Phalguni
29-Jun-2027 Tuesday 12:48 AM Purva Phalguni → Uttara Phalguni
22-Jul-2027 Thursday 07:29 PM Uttara Phalguni → Hasta
13-Aug-2027 Friday 08:33 PM Hasta → Chitra
03-Sep-2027 Friday 04:53 PM Chitra → Swati
23-Sep-2027 Thursday 02:59 PM Swati → Vishakha
12-Oct-2027 Tuesday 06:58 PM Vishakha → Anuradha
31-Oct-2027 Sunday 08:04 AM Anuradha → Jyeshtha
18-Nov-2027 Thursday 08:45 AM Jyeshtha → Mula
05-Dec-2027 Sunday 11:23 PM Mula → Purva Ashadha
23-Dec-2027 Thursday 06:19 AM Purva Ashadha → Uttara 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.