Planetary Transits 1978: Jupiter in Cancer, Rahu-Ketu Shift

Jupiter entered Cancer on 5 Aug 1978 and Rahu-Ketu moved to Leo-Aquarius on 18 Nov 1978.

Every sign change, retrograde station and combustion period, all planets, in Nepal Time (GMT +5:45). The Moon has its own page.

Sun 1978 Moon 1978 Mars 1978 Mercury 1978 Jupiter 1978 Venus 1978 Saturn 1978 Rahu 1978 Ketu 1978

Every transit in 1978, in date order

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Every transit in 1978, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 1978
1 Jan	03:33	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	27°35' Scorpio, Jyeshtha
7 Jan	05:52	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
14 Jan	07:34	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
15 Jan	20:54	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
31 Jan	15:21	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
February 1978
7 Feb	14:32	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	10°41' Capricorn, Shravana
8 Feb	18:10	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
12 Feb	20:36	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
16 Feb	12:40	Mars	Enters Gemini, retrograde	Punarvasu
19 Feb	06:16	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
20 Feb	07:10	Jupiter	DirectTurns direct	2°31' Gemini, Mrigashira
March 1978
2 Mar	15:32	Mars	DirectTurns direct	28°43' Gemini, Punarvasu
4 Mar	17:50	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
4 Mar	19:16	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	0°04' Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada
7 Mar	09:36	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
14 Mar	17:33	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
14 Mar	20:22	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	14°07' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
17 Mar	12:56	Mars	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
26 Mar	10:21	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
28 Mar	21:29	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
April 1978
1 Apr	21:47	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	2°34' Aries, Ashwini
4 Apr	04:36	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	2°16' Aries, Ashwini
8 Apr	23:12	Mercury	Enters Pisces, retrograde	Revati
14 Apr	02:07	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
19 Apr	03:51	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	22°58' Pisces, Revati
22 Apr	06:45	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
25 Apr	12:19	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	21°18' Pisces, Revati
25 Apr	18:28	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	0°06' Leo, Magha
May 1978
11 May	00:07	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
14 May	23:02	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
16 May	23:10	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
31 May	12:35	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
June 1978
2 Jun	07:45	Mars	Enters Leo	Magha
2 Jun	13:33	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	3°53' Taurus, Krittika
11 Jun	00:59	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
14 Jun	22:41	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
15 Jun	05:38	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
25 Jun	14:04	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	20°53' Gemini, Punarvasu
26 Jun	23:39	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°13' Gemini, Punarvasu
29 Jun	12:44	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
July 1978
6 Jul	16:51	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
16 Jul	16:27	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
20 Jul	01:00	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
25 Jul	02:05	Mars	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
25 Jul	17:50	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	27°39' Gemini, Punarvasu
August 1978
2 Aug	09:39	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
5 Aug	04:38	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	9°27' Leo, Magha
5 Aug	10:12	Jupiter	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
9 Aug	21:49	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	8°10' Leo, Magha
12 Aug	03:55	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	7°19' Leo, Magha
17 Aug	00:48	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
21 Aug	11:10	Mercury	Enters Cancer, retrograde	Ashlesha
26 Aug	12:46	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	27°09' Cancer, Ashlesha
28 Aug	21:12	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	26°47' Cancer, Ashlesha
31 Aug	11:45	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
September 1978
4 Sep	17:46	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
10 Sep	10:19	Mars	Enters Libra	Chitra
14 Sep	08:02	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	13°23' Leo, Purva Phalguni
14 Sep	14:56	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	12°39' Leo, Magha
17 Sep	00:42	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
23 Sep	10:17	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
October 1978
10 Oct	11:42	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
17 Oct	12:37	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
18 Oct	09:28	Venus	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	29°15' Libra, Vishakha
22 Oct	11:53	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	18°56' Libra, Swati
24 Oct	06:05	Mars	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
29 Oct	23:44	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
November 1978
3 Nov	02:29	Venus	CombustGoes combust	24°32' Libra, Vishakha
13 Nov	03:09	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	18°35' Libra, Swati
15 Nov	15:06	Mars	CombustGoes combust	16°06' Scorpio, Anuradha
16 Nov	12:25	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
18 Nov	02:58	Rahu	Enters Leo	Uttara Phalguni
18 Nov	02:58	Ketu	Enters Aquarius	Purva Bhadrapada
26 Nov	01:53	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	15°30' Cancer, Pushya
26 Nov	03:12	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	28°04' Scorpio, Jyeshtha
28 Nov	18:41	Venus	DirectTurns direct	13°46' Libra, Swati
30 Nov	15:39	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	26°17' Scorpio, Jyeshtha
December 1978
4 Dec	09:45	Mars	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
11 Dec	15:06	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	13°26' Scorpio, Anuradha
15 Dec	21:27	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	11°48' Scorpio, Anuradha
16 Dec	03:03	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
25 Dec	02:17	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	20°23' Leo, Purva Phalguni
31 Dec	05:51	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 1978, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 1978

12 sign changes

Sun in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1977	14 Jan	13 days
♑ Capricorn	14 Jan	12 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	12 Feb	14 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	14 Mar	14 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	14 Apr	14 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	14 May	15 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	15 Jun	16 Jul	31 days
♋ Cancer	16 Jul	17 Aug	31 days
♌ Leo	17 Aug	17 Sep	31 days
♍ Virgo	17 Sep	17 Oct	30 days
♎ Libra	17 Oct	16 Nov	30 days
♏ Scorpio	16 Nov	16 Dec	30 days
♐ Sagittarius	16 Dec	into 1979	16 days

Full Sun transit 1978, day by day

Mars in 1978

7 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Mars in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♋ Cancer	from 1977	16 Feb	47 days
Retrograde	from 1977	2 Mar	about 2 months
♊ Gemini R	16 Feb	17 Mar	29 days
♋ Cancer	17 Mar	2 Jun	about 3 months
♌ Leo	2 Jun	25 Jul	53 days
♍ Virgo	25 Jul	10 Sep	47 days
♎ Libra	10 Sep	24 Oct	44 days
♏ Scorpio	24 Oct	4 Dec	41 days
Combust	15 Nov	into 1979	46 days
♐ Sagittarius	4 Dec	into 1979	28 days

Full Mars transit 1978, day by day

Mercury in 1978

16 sign changes · 4 retrograde periods · 6 combust periods

Mercury in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 1977	7 Jan	6 days
Retrograde	from 1977	1 Jan	0 days
♐ Sagittarius	7 Jan	31 Jan	24 days
♑ Capricorn	31 Jan	19 Feb	19 days
Combust	7 Feb	14 Mar	35 days
♒ Aquarius	19 Feb	7 Mar	16 days
♓ Pisces	7 Mar	26 Mar	19 days
♈ Aries	26 Mar	8 Apr	14 days
Retrograde	1 Apr	25 Apr	24 days
Combust	4 Apr	19 Apr	15 days
♓ Pisces R	8 Apr	11 May	32 days
♈ Aries	11 May	31 May	21 days
♉ Taurus	31 May	14 Jun	14 days
Combust	2 Jun	26 Jun	24 days
♊ Gemini	14 Jun	29 Jun	15 days
♋ Cancer	29 Jun	20 Jul	21 days
♌ Leo	20 Jul	21 Aug	32 days
Retrograde	5 Aug	28 Aug	24 days
Combust	12 Aug	26 Aug	14 days
♋ Cancer R	21 Aug	4 Sep	14 days
♌ Leo	4 Sep	23 Sep	19 days
Combust	14 Sep	22 Oct	38 days
♍ Virgo	23 Sep	10 Oct	17 days
♎ Libra	10 Oct	29 Oct	20 days
♏ Scorpio	29 Oct	into 1979	about 2 months
Retrograde	26 Nov	15 Dec	20 days
Combust	30 Nov	11 Dec	11 days

Full Mercury transit 1978, day by day

Jupiter in 1978

1 sign change · 2 retrograde periods · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♊ Gemini	from 1977	5 Aug	about 7 months
Retrograde	from 1977	20 Feb	50 days
Combust	25 Jun	25 Jul	30 days
♋ Cancer	5 Aug	into 1979	about 5 months
Retrograde	26 Nov	into 1979	36 days

Full Jupiter transit 1978, day by day

Venus in 1978

11 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 2 combust periods

Venus in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1977	15 Jan	15 days
Combust	from 1977	4 Mar	about 2 months
♑ Capricorn	15 Jan	8 Feb	24 days
♒ Aquarius	8 Feb	4 Mar	24 days
♓ Pisces	4 Mar	28 Mar	24 days
♈ Aries	28 Mar	22 Apr	24 days
♉ Taurus	22 Apr	16 May	25 days
♊ Gemini	16 May	11 Jun	25 days
♋ Cancer	11 Jun	6 Jul	26 days
♌ Leo	6 Jul	2 Aug	27 days
♍ Virgo	2 Aug	31 Aug	29 days
♎ Libra	31 Aug	31 Dec	about 4 months
Retrograde	18 Oct	28 Nov	41 days
Combust	3 Nov	13 Nov	10 days
♏ Scorpio	31 Dec	into 1979	1 day

Full Venus transit 1978, day by day

Saturn in 1978

no sign change · 2 retrograde periods · 1 combust period

Saturn in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♌ Leo	from 1977	into 1979	about 1 year
Retrograde	from 1977	25 Apr	about 4 months
Combust	9 Aug	14 Sep	36 days
Retrograde	25 Dec	into 1979	7 days

Full Saturn transit 1978, day by day

Rahu in 1978

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♍ Virgo	from 1977	18 Nov	about 11 months
♌ Leo	18 Nov	into 1979	44 days

Rahu moves backwards as its ordinary motion, so it is retrograde all year.

Full Rahu transit 1978, day by day

Ketu in 1978

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 1978: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♓ Pisces	from 1977	18 Nov	about 11 months
♒ Aquarius	18 Nov	into 1979	44 days

Ketu moves backwards as its ordinary motion, so it is retrograde all year.

Full Ketu transit 1978, day by day