Mars (Mangal) Nakshatra Transit 2029

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
27-Mar-2029 Tuesday 07:21 AM Hasta → Uttara Phalguni Retrograde
17-Jun-2029 Sunday 04:20 PM Uttara Phalguni → Hasta
16-Jul-2029 Monday 03:41 PM Hasta → Chitra
09-Aug-2029 Thursday 11:46 AM Chitra → Swati
31-Aug-2029 Friday 12:00 AM Swati → Vishakha
20-Sep-2029 Thursday 02:03 AM Vishakha → Anuradha
09-Oct-2029 Tuesday 04:23 AM Anuradha → Jyeshtha
27-Oct-2029 Saturday 01:06 PM Jyeshtha → Mula
14-Nov-2029 Wednesday 08:44 AM Mula → Purva Ashadha
01-Dec-2029 Saturday 06:55 PM Purva Ashadha → Uttara Ashadha
18-Dec-2029 Tuesday 10:30 PM Uttara Ashadha → Shravana

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.