Planetary Transits 2003: Saturn in Taurus, Jupiter in Leo

Saturn entered Taurus on 8 Jan 2003 and Jupiter entered Leo on 30 Jul 2003.

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

Sun 2003 Moon 2003 Mars 2003 Mercury 2003 Jupiter 2003 Venus 2003 Saturn 2003 Rahu 2003 Ketu 2003

Every transit in 2003, in date order

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Every transit in 2003, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 2003
1 Jan	11:29	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
3 Jan	00:04	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	4°34' Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha
6 Jan	08:44	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	3°28' Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha
7 Jan	22:50	Mars	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
8 Jan	14:08	Saturn	Enters Taurus, retrograde	Mrigashira
9 Jan	23:13	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius, retrograde	Uttara Ashadha
14 Jan	17:43	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
17 Jan	13:03	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	20°51' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha
23 Jan	06:54	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	18°24' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha
30 Jan	08:18	Venus	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
February 2003
8 Feb	08:30	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
13 Feb	06:40	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
22 Feb	13:51	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	28°14' Taurus, Mrigashira
23 Feb	13:52	Mars	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
25 Feb	13:38	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
March 2003
1 Mar	14:33	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
5 Mar	10:43	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	6°18' Aquarius, Dhanishta
15 Mar	03:32	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
18 Mar	14:59	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
22 Mar	21:39	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
April 2003
2 Apr	15:02	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
4 Apr	08:56	Jupiter	DirectTurns direct	14°10' Cancer, Pushya
5 Apr	03:31	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	4°49' Aries, Ashwini
7 Apr	20:28	Saturn	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
12 Apr	04:46	Mars	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
14 Apr	12:02	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
16 Apr	20:46	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
26 Apr	17:44	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	26°39' Aries, Bharani
29 Apr	05:38	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	26°22' Aries, Bharani
May 2003
11 May	15:57	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
15 May	08:56	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
15 May	12:43	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	18°09' Aries, Bharani
20 May	13:19	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	17°13' Aries, Bharani
June 2003
4 Jun	02:03	Mars	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
5 Jun	08:58	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
6 Jun	15:33	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	6°24' Gemini, Mrigashira
8 Jun	18:58	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
15 Jun	15:34	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
23 Jun	12:11	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	23°30' Taurus, Mrigashira
26 Jun	18:15	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
29 Jun	23:43	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
July 2003
10 Jul	18:32	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
13 Jul	00:03	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	11°05' Gemini, Ardra
13 Jul	14:32	Venus	CombustGoes combust	16°40' Gemini, Ardra
17 Jul	02:29	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
18 Jul	12:10	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	15°20' Cancer, Pushya
24 Jul	11:15	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
26 Jul	21:59	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
29 Jul	13:16	Mars	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	16°14' Aquarius, Shatabhisha
30 Jul	12:12	Jupiter	Enters Leo	Magha
August 2003
7 Aug	20:33	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	1°48' Leo, Magha
17 Aug	10:54	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
17 Aug	19:07	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
21 Aug	07:20	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
28 Aug	19:27	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	2°25' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
September 2003
4 Sep	17:56	Mercury	Enters Leo, retrograde	Uttara Phalguni
4 Sep	22:53	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	29°51' Leo, Uttara Phalguni
6 Sep	02:26	Rahu	Enters Aries	Krittika
6 Sep	02:26	Ketu	Enters Libra	Vishakha
6 Sep	08:18	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	8°12' Leo, Magha
10 Sep	23:57	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
17 Sep	10:50	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
18 Sep	05:20	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	18°45' Leo, Purva Phalguni
20 Sep	14:38	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	18°18' Leo, Purva Phalguni
24 Sep	22:01	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	17°18' Virgo, Hasta
27 Sep	13:38	Mars	DirectTurns direct	6°13' Aquarius, Dhanishta
October 2003
3 Oct	13:24	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
5 Oct	03:06	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
6 Oct	09:34	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	4°35' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
17 Oct	22:47	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
21 Oct	02:23	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
26 Oct	05:06	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	19°20' Gemini, Ardra
29 Oct	05:53	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
November 2003
8 Nov	14:12	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
16 Nov	22:36	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
19 Nov	10:30	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	16°31' Scorpio, Anuradha
22 Nov	09:08	Venus	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
28 Nov	16:24	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
December 2003
6 Dec	00:31	Mars	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
16 Dec	13:15	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
16 Dec	13:58	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
17 Dec	21:46	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	18°39' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha
21 Dec	17:30	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	17°16' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 2003, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 2003

12 sign changes

Sun in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 2002	14 Jan	14 days
♑ Capricorn	14 Jan	13 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	13 Feb	15 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	15 Mar	14 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	14 Apr	15 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	15 May	15 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	15 Jun	17 Jul	31 days
♋ Cancer	17 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 2004	15 days

Full Sun transit 2003, day by day

Mars in 2003

5 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · not combust

Mars in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♎ Libra	from 2002	7 Jan	7 days
♏ Scorpio	7 Jan	23 Feb	47 days
♐ Sagittarius	23 Feb	12 Apr	48 days
♑ Capricorn	12 Apr	4 Jun	53 days
♒ Aquarius	4 Jun	6 Dec	about 6 months
Retrograde	29 Jul	27 Sep	about 2 months
♓ Pisces	6 Dec	into 2004	26 days

Full Mars transit 2003, day by day

Mercury in 2003

15 sign changes · 4 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 2002	9 Jan	9 days
Retrograde	3 Jan	23 Jan	20 days
Combust	6 Jan	17 Jan	11 days
♐ Sagittarius R	9 Jan	8 Feb	29 days
♑ Capricorn	8 Feb	1 Mar	21 days
♒ Aquarius	1 Mar	18 Mar	17 days
Combust	5 Mar	5 Apr	31 days
♓ Pisces	18 Mar	2 Apr	15 days
♈ Aries	2 Apr	8 Jun	about 2 months
Retrograde	26 Apr	20 May	24 days
Combust	29 Apr	15 May	16 days
♉ Taurus	8 Jun	26 Jun	18 days
Combust	23 Jun	18 Jul	25 days
♊ Gemini	26 Jun	10 Jul	14 days
♋ Cancer	10 Jul	26 Jul	16 days
♌ Leo	26 Jul	21 Aug	25 days
♍ Virgo	21 Aug	4 Sep	14 days
Retrograde	28 Aug	20 Sep	23 days
♌ Leo R	4 Sep	3 Oct	29 days
Combust	4 Sep	18 Sep	13 days
♍ Virgo	3 Oct	21 Oct	18 days
Combust	6 Oct	19 Nov	44 days
♎ Libra	21 Oct	8 Nov	18 days
♏ Scorpio	8 Nov	28 Nov	20 days
♐ Sagittarius	28 Nov	into 2004	33 days
Retrograde	17 Dec	into 2004	14 days
Combust	21 Dec	into 2004	10 days

Full Mercury transit 2003, day by day

Jupiter in 2003

1 sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♋ Cancer	from 2002	30 Jul	about 7 months
Retrograde	from 2002	4 Apr	about 3 months
♌ Leo	30 Jul	into 2004	about 5 months
Combust	7 Aug	6 Sep	29 days

Full Jupiter transit 2003, day by day

Venus in 2003

15 sign changes · no retrograde · 1 combust period

Venus in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♎ Libra	from 2002	1 Jan	0 days
♏ Scorpio	1 Jan	30 Jan	29 days
♐ Sagittarius	30 Jan	25 Feb	26 days
♑ Capricorn	25 Feb	22 Mar	25 days
♒ Aquarius	22 Mar	16 Apr	25 days
♓ Pisces	16 Apr	11 May	25 days
♈ Aries	11 May	5 Jun	25 days
♉ Taurus	5 Jun	29 Jun	25 days
♊ Gemini	29 Jun	24 Jul	24 days
Combust	13 Jul	24 Sep	about 2 months
♋ Cancer	24 Jul	17 Aug	24 days
♌ Leo	17 Aug	10 Sep	24 days
♍ Virgo	10 Sep	5 Oct	24 days
♎ Libra	5 Oct	29 Oct	24 days
♏ Scorpio	29 Oct	22 Nov	24 days
♐ Sagittarius	22 Nov	16 Dec	24 days
♑ Capricorn	16 Dec	into 2004	15 days

Full Venus transit 2003, day by day

Saturn in 2003

2 sign changes · 2 retrograde periods · 1 combust period

Saturn in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♊ Gemini	from 2002	8 Jan	8 days
Retrograde	from 2002	22 Feb	53 days
♉ Taurus R	8 Jan	7 Apr	about 3 months
♊ Gemini	7 Apr	into 2004	about 9 months
Combust	6 Jun	13 Jul	36 days
Retrograde	26 Oct	into 2004	about 2 months

Full Saturn transit 2003, day by day

Rahu in 2003

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♉ Taurus	from 2002	6 Sep	about 8 months
♈ Aries	6 Sep	into 2004	about 4 months

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

Full Rahu transit 2003, day by day

Ketu in 2003

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 2003: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 2002	6 Sep	about 8 months
♎ Libra	6 Sep	into 2004	about 4 months

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

Full Ketu transit 2003, day by day