Planetary Transits 1981: Jupiter in Libra, Rahu-Ketu Shift

Jupiter entered Libra on 27 Oct 1981 and Rahu-Ketu moved to Gemini-Sagittarius on 24 Dec 1981.

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

Sun 1981 Moon 1981 Mars 1981 Mercury 1981 Jupiter 1981 Venus 1981 Saturn 1981 Rahu 1981 Ketu 1981

Every transit in 1981, in date order

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Every transit in 1981, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 1981
6 Jan	09:18	Venus	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
9 Jan	01:02	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
14 Jan	01:57	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
15 Jan	15:32	Mars	CombustGoes combust	18°36' Capricorn, Shravana
18 Jan	21:29	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	16°12' Virgo, Hasta
22 Jan	13:06	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	22°37' Capricorn, Shravana
25 Jan	00:46	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	16°48' Virgo, Hasta
27 Jan	04:58	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
30 Jan	01:53	Mars	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
30 Jan	08:43	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
February 1981
8 Feb	18:01	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	11°20' Aquarius, Shatabhisha
11 Feb	08:38	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	10°43' Aquarius, Shatabhisha
12 Feb	14:59	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
22 Feb	12:04	Mercury	Enters Capricorn, retrograde	Dhanishta
23 Feb	08:23	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
23 Feb	14:09	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	29°04' Capricorn, Dhanishta
26 Feb	16:46	Venus	CombustGoes combust	4°11' Aquarius, Dhanishta
March 1981
2 Mar	12:37	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	26°15' Capricorn, Dhanishta
9 Mar	03:06	Mars	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
11 Mar	13:26	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
14 Mar	11:55	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
19 Mar	09:35	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
April 1981
4 Apr	17:11	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
12 Apr	13:22	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
13 Apr	20:30	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
14 Apr	07:00	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	16°26' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
17 Apr	00:50	Mars	Enters Aries	Ashwini
21 Apr	08:03	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
May 1981
5 May	12:24	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
6 May	20:20	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
10 May	08:03	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	9°46' Taurus, Krittika
14 May	17:27	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
15 May	20:49	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	11°06' Taurus, Rohini
22 May	21:44	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
27 May	13:04	Mars	Enters Taurus	Krittika
28 May	00:07	Jupiter	DirectTurns direct	6°51' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
31 May	06:28	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
June 1981
5 Jun	08:46	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	9°24' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
9 Jun	17:06	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	11°37' Gemini, Ardra
13 Jun	22:18	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	10°58' Gemini, Ardra
15 Jun	00:08	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
15 Jun	18:28	Mars	ClearLeaves combustion	13°44' Taurus, Rohini
24 Jun	19:37	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
30 Jun	19:32	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	3°05' Gemini, Mrigashira
July 1981
3 Jul	18:29	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	2°44' Gemini, Mrigashira
9 Jul	04:25	Mars	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
16 Jul	11:04	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
19 Jul	12:23	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
28 Jul	10:16	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	27°25' Gemini, Punarvasu
29 Jul	18:44	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
August 1981
13 Aug	10:34	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
13 Aug	11:45	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
16 Aug	19:28	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
23 Aug	07:35	Mars	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
25 Aug	14:01	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	22°27' Leo, Purva Phalguni
30 Aug	02:40	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
September 1981
7 Sep	17:18	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
16 Sep	19:20	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
18 Sep	23:12	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	17°07' Virgo, Hasta
20 Sep	21:50	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
30 Sep	03:35	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	24°04' Virgo, Chitra
October 1981
3 Oct	14:14	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
6 Oct	14:45	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	10°16' Libra, Swati
10 Oct	11:46	Mars	Enters Leo	Magha
12 Oct	22:23	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	7°40' Libra, Swati
17 Oct	07:11	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
19 Oct	18:51	Mercury	Enters Virgo, retrograde	Chitra
23 Oct	16:16	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	21°20' Virgo, Hasta
24 Oct	18:24	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°26' Virgo, Chitra
27 Oct	13:29	Jupiter	Enters Libra	Chitra
27 Oct	14:41	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	24°39' Virgo, Chitra
28 Oct	13:33	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	0°13' Libra, Chitra
30 Oct	16:08	Venus	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
November 1981
4 Nov	20:44	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
15 Nov	22:19	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	15°38' Libra, Swati
16 Nov	06:54	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
25 Nov	01:06	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
30 Nov	16:16	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
December 1981
3 Dec	04:04	Mars	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
14 Dec	02:38	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
15 Dec	21:29	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
24 Dec	08:52	Rahu	Enters Gemini	Punarvasu
24 Dec	08:52	Ketu	Enters Sagittarius	Uttara Ashadha

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 1981, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 1981

12 sign changes

Sun in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1980	14 Jan	13 days
♑ Capricorn	14 Jan	12 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	12 Feb	14 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	14 Mar	13 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	13 Apr	14 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	14 May	15 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	15 Jun	16 Jul	31 days
♋ Cancer	16 Jul	16 Aug	31 days
♌ Leo	16 Aug	16 Sep	31 days
♍ Virgo	16 Sep	17 Oct	30 days
♎ Libra	17 Oct	16 Nov	30 days
♏ Scorpio	16 Nov	15 Dec	30 days
♐ Sagittarius	15 Dec	into 1982	16 days

Full Sun transit 1981, day by day

Mars in 1981

8 sign changes · no retrograde · 1 combust period

Mars in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 1980	30 Jan	29 days
Combust	15 Jan	15 Jun	about 5 months
♒ Aquarius	30 Jan	9 Mar	38 days
♓ Pisces	9 Mar	17 Apr	39 days
♈ Aries	17 Apr	27 May	41 days
♉ Taurus	27 May	9 Jul	43 days
♊ Gemini	9 Jul	23 Aug	45 days
♋ Cancer	23 Aug	10 Oct	48 days
♌ Leo	10 Oct	3 Dec	54 days
♍ Virgo	3 Dec	into 1982	29 days

Full Mars transit 1981, day by day

Mercury in 1981

16 sign changes · 3 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1980	9 Jan	8 days
Combust	from 1980	22 Jan	22 days
♑ Capricorn	9 Jan	27 Jan	18 days
♒ Aquarius	27 Jan	22 Feb	26 days
Retrograde	8 Feb	2 Mar	22 days
Combust	11 Feb	23 Feb	12 days
♑ Capricorn R	22 Feb	11 Mar	17 days
♒ Aquarius	11 Mar	4 Apr	24 days
♓ Pisces	4 Apr	21 Apr	17 days
Combust	14 Apr	10 May	26 days
♈ Aries	21 Apr	5 May	14 days
♉ Taurus	5 May	22 May	17 days
♊ Gemini	22 May	29 Jul	about 2 months
Retrograde	9 Jun	3 Jul	24 days
Combust	13 Jun	30 Jun	17 days
Combust	28 Jul	25 Aug	28 days
♋ Cancer	29 Jul	13 Aug	15 days
♌ Leo	13 Aug	30 Aug	17 days
♍ Virgo	30 Aug	20 Sep	22 days
♎ Libra	20 Sep	19 Oct	29 days
Retrograde	6 Oct	27 Oct	21 days
Combust	12 Oct	24 Oct	12 days
♍ Virgo R	19 Oct	4 Nov	16 days
♎ Libra	4 Nov	25 Nov	20 days
Combust	15 Nov	into 1982	46 days
♏ Scorpio	25 Nov	14 Dec	19 days
♐ Sagittarius	14 Dec	into 1982	18 days

Full Mercury transit 1981, day by day

Jupiter in 1981

1 sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♍ Virgo	from 1980	27 Oct	about 10 months
Retrograde	25 Jan	28 May	about 4 months
Combust	30 Sep	28 Oct	28 days
♎ Libra	27 Oct	into 1982	about 2 months

Full Jupiter transit 1981, day by day

Venus in 1981

14 sign changes · no retrograde · 1 combust period

Venus in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 1980	6 Jan	5 days
♐ Sagittarius	6 Jan	30 Jan	24 days
♑ Capricorn	30 Jan	23 Feb	24 days
♒ Aquarius	23 Feb	19 Mar	24 days
Combust	26 Feb	15 May	about 3 months
♓ Pisces	19 Mar	12 Apr	24 days
♈ Aries	12 Apr	6 May	24 days
♉ Taurus	6 May	31 May	24 days
♊ Gemini	31 May	24 Jun	25 days
♋ Cancer	24 Jun	19 Jul	25 days
♌ Leo	19 Jul	13 Aug	25 days
♍ Virgo	13 Aug	7 Sep	25 days
♎ Libra	7 Sep	3 Oct	26 days
♏ Scorpio	3 Oct	30 Oct	27 days
♐ Sagittarius	30 Oct	30 Nov	31 days
♑ Capricorn	30 Nov	into 1982	31 days

Full Venus transit 1981, day by day

Saturn in 1981

no sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Saturn in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♍ Virgo	from 1980	into 1982	about 1 year
Retrograde	18 Jan	5 Jun	about 5 months
Combust	18 Sep	23 Oct	35 days

Full Saturn transit 1981, day by day

Rahu in 1981

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♋ Cancer	from 1980	24 Dec	about 12 months
♊ Gemini	24 Dec	into 1982	8 days

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

Full Rahu transit 1981, day by day

Ketu in 1981

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 1981: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 1980	24 Dec	about 12 months
♐ Sagittarius	24 Dec	into 1982	8 days

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

Full Ketu transit 1981, day by day