Planetary Transits 2012: Saturn in Virgo, Jupiter in Taurus

Saturn entered Virgo on 16 May 2012 and Jupiter entered Taurus on 17 May 2012.

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

Sun 2012 Moon 2012 Mars 2012 Mercury 2012 Jupiter 2012 Venus 2012 Saturn 2012 Rahu 2012 Ketu 2012

Every transit in 2012, in date order

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Every transit in 2012, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 2012
4 Jan	07:28	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
9 Jan	13:55	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
15 Jan	01:14	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
15 Jan	18:26	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	16°44' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha
24 Jan	06:34	Mars	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	29°04' Leo, Uttara Phalguni
24 Jan	07:11	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
February 2012
3 Feb	10:45	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
7 Feb	19:21	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	5°29' Libra, Chitra
11 Feb	00:26	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
13 Feb	14:14	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
25 Feb	00:59	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°33' Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada
27 Feb	16:20	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
29 Feb	07:39	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
March 2012
12 Mar	13:34	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	12°47' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
14 Mar	11:06	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
14 Mar	21:02	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	12°25' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
28 Mar	14:36	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
28 Mar	15:55	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	2°06' Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada
April 2012
2 Apr	16:09	Mercury	Enters Aquarius, retrograde	Purva Bhadrapada
4 Apr	15:57	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	29°49' Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada
6 Apr	16:33	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
13 Apr	19:35	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
14 Apr	09:43	Mars	DirectTurns direct	9°39' Leo, Magha
28 Apr	18:16	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	25°35' Aries, Bharani
May 2012
5 May	21:22	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
14 May	16:26	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
15 May	06:25	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	16°34' Aries, Bharani
15 May	20:18	Venus	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	29°57' Taurus, Mrigashira
16 May	06:49	Saturn	Enters Virgo, retrograde	Chitra
17 May	09:50	Jupiter	Enters Taurus	Krittika
21 May	22:07	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
28 May	22:42	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	2°43' Taurus, Krittika
June 2012
1 Jun	04:36	Venus	CombustGoes combust	24°50' Taurus, Mrigashira
4 Jun	18:46	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
8 Jun	19:15	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	8°07' Gemini, Ardra
11 Jun	09:23	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	18°35' Taurus, Rohini
14 Jun	23:01	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
21 Jun	18:53	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
22 Jun	00:22	Mars	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
25 Jun	14:06	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	28°44' Virgo, Chitra
27 Jun	20:53	Venus	DirectTurns direct	13°27' Taurus, Rohini
July 2012
15 Jul	08:00	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	18°30' Cancer, Ashlesha
16 Jul	09:52	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
21 Jul	14:28	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	16°57' Cancer, Ashlesha
31 Jul	20:05	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
August 2012
4 Aug	09:04	Saturn	Enters Libra	Chitra
6 Aug	00:51	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	7°42' Cancer, Pushya
8 Aug	11:26	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	7°23' Cancer, Pushya
14 Aug	10:07	Mars	Enters Libra	Chitra
16 Aug	18:15	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
26 Aug	22:38	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	25°49' Cancer, Ashlesha
29 Aug	05:28	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
September 2012
1 Sep	06:30	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
13 Sep	21:47	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
16 Sep	18:10	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
28 Sep	08:59	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
28 Sep	21:01	Mars	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
29 Sep	11:00	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	26°26' Virgo, Chitra
October 2012
1 Oct	17:56	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
4 Oct	18:48	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	22°21' Taurus, Rohini
8 Oct	09:33	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	6°14' Libra, Chitra
17 Oct	06:06	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
23 Oct	15:05	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
23 Oct	20:10	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
November 2012
7 Nov	04:49	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	10°16' Scorpio, Anuradha
9 Nov	09:56	Mars	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
11 Nov	14:52	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	10°21' Libra, Swati
12 Nov	09:32	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	8°07' Scorpio, Anuradha
16 Nov	05:52	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
17 Nov	11:09	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
19 Nov	03:28	Mercury	Enters Libra, retrograde	Vishakha
23 Nov	13:20	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°23' Libra, Vishakha
27 Nov	04:33	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	24°08' Libra, Vishakha
December 2012
6 Dec	09:27	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
11 Dec	15:47	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
15 Dec	20:30	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
18 Dec	15:33	Mars	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
23 Dec	20:10	Ketu	Enters Aries	Krittika
23 Dec	20:10	Rahu	Enters Libra	Vishakha
24 Dec	11:12	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	24°46' Scorpio, Jyeshtha
27 Dec	22:22	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 2012, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 2012

12 sign changes

Sun in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 2011	15 Jan	14 days
♑ Capricorn	15 Jan	13 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	13 Feb	14 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	14 Mar	13 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	13 Apr	14 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	14 May	14 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	14 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 2013	16 days

Full Sun transit 2012, day by day

Mars in 2012

5 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · not combust

Mars in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♌ Leo	from 2011	22 Jun	about 6 months
Retrograde	24 Jan	14 Apr	about 3 months
♍ Virgo	22 Jun	14 Aug	53 days
♎ Libra	14 Aug	28 Sep	45 days
♏ Scorpio	28 Sep	9 Nov	42 days
♐ Sagittarius	9 Nov	18 Dec	39 days
♑ Capricorn	18 Dec	into 2013	13 days

Full Mars transit 2012, day by day

Mercury in 2012

17 sign changes · 3 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 2011	4 Jan	3 days
♐ Sagittarius	4 Jan	24 Jan	20 days
Combust	15 Jan	25 Feb	40 days
♑ Capricorn	24 Jan	11 Feb	18 days
♒ Aquarius	11 Feb	27 Feb	17 days
♓ Pisces	27 Feb	2 Apr	35 days
Retrograde	12 Mar	4 Apr	23 days
Combust	14 Mar	28 Mar	14 days
♒ Aquarius R	2 Apr	6 Apr	4 days
♓ Pisces	6 Apr	5 May	29 days
♈ Aries	5 May	21 May	16 days
Combust	15 May	8 Jun	25 days
♉ Taurus	21 May	4 Jun	14 days
♊ Gemini	4 Jun	21 Jun	17 days
♋ Cancer	21 Jun	29 Aug	about 2 months
Retrograde	15 Jul	8 Aug	24 days
Combust	21 Jul	6 Aug	15 days
Combust	26 Aug	29 Sep	34 days
♌ Leo	29 Aug	13 Sep	16 days
♍ Virgo	13 Sep	1 Oct	18 days
♎ Libra	1 Oct	23 Oct	22 days
♏ Scorpio	23 Oct	19 Nov	27 days
Retrograde	7 Nov	27 Nov	20 days
Combust	12 Nov	23 Nov	11 days
♎ Libra R	19 Nov	6 Dec	17 days
♏ Scorpio	6 Dec	27 Dec	22 days
Combust	24 Dec	into 2013	8 days
♐ Sagittarius	27 Dec	into 2013	4 days

Full Mercury transit 2012, day by day

Jupiter in 2012

1 sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♈ Aries	from 2011	17 May	about 5 months
Combust	28 Apr	28 May	30 days
♉ Taurus	17 May	into 2013	about 8 months
Retrograde	4 Oct	into 2013	about 3 months

Full Jupiter transit 2012, day by day

Venus in 2012

10 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Venus in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 2011	9 Jan	9 days
♒ Aquarius	9 Jan	3 Feb	25 days
♓ Pisces	3 Feb	29 Feb	26 days
♈ Aries	29 Feb	28 Mar	28 days
♉ Taurus	28 Mar	31 Jul	about 4 months
Retrograde	15 May	27 Jun	43 days
Combust	1 Jun	11 Jun	10 days
♊ Gemini	31 Jul	1 Sep	31 days
♋ Cancer	1 Sep	28 Sep	27 days
♌ Leo	28 Sep	23 Oct	25 days
♍ Virgo	23 Oct	17 Nov	25 days
♎ Libra	17 Nov	11 Dec	24 days
♏ Scorpio	11 Dec	into 2013	20 days

Full Venus transit 2012, day by day

Saturn in 2012

2 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Saturn in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♎ Libra	from 2011	16 May	about 4 months
Retrograde	7 Feb	25 Jun	about 5 months
♍ Virgo R	16 May	4 Aug	about 3 months
♎ Libra	4 Aug	into 2013	about 5 months
Combust	8 Oct	11 Nov	34 days

Full Saturn transit 2012, day by day

Rahu in 2012

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 2011	23 Dec	about 12 months
♎ Libra	23 Dec	into 2013	8 days

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

Full Rahu transit 2012, day by day

Ketu in 2012

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 2012: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♉ Taurus	from 2011	23 Dec	about 12 months
♈ Aries	23 Dec	into 2013	8 days

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

Full Ketu transit 2012, day by day