Planetary Transits 2040: Jupiter in Leo, Rahu-Ketu Shift

Jupiter enters Leo on 6 Apr 2040 and Rahu-Ketu move to Aries-Libra on 17 Nov 2040.

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

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Every transit in 2040, in date order

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Every transit in 2040, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 2040
11 Jan	12:20	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
15 Jan	05:27	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
16 Jan	18:45	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	7°26' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
18 Jan	02:12	Venus	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
21 Jan	09:36	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	17°37' Virgo, Hasta
26 Jan	19:58	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°49' Capricorn, Dhanishta
29 Jan	09:52	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
February 2040
9 Feb	17:43	Mars	DirectTurns direct	8°37' Gemini, Ardra
11 Feb	09:05	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
12 Feb	19:24	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	14°13' Aquarius, Shatabhisha
13 Feb	18:27	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
15 Feb	09:03	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	13°38' Aquarius, Shatabhisha
27 Feb	17:20	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	2°04' Aquarius, Dhanishta
March 2040
2 Mar	02:56	Mercury	Enters Capricorn, retrograde	Dhanishta
5 Mar	17:06	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	29°17' Capricorn, Dhanishta
6 Mar	14:14	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
9 Mar	12:12	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
14 Mar	15:18	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
30 Mar	19:38	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
April 2040
6 Apr	00:30	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
6 Apr	10:03	Jupiter	Enters Leo, retrograde	Uttara Phalguni
13 Apr	23:46	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
17 Apr	09:30	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	19°20' Pisces, Revati
21 Apr	08:26	Mars	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
22 Apr	22:53	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
23 Apr	15:14	Venus	CombustGoes combust	29°26' Pisces, Revati
24 Apr	02:25	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
May 2040
7 May	03:48	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
13 May	05:30	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	12°26' Taurus, Rohini
14 May	20:37	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
18 May	10:04	Jupiter	DirectTurns direct	27°28' Leo, Uttara Phalguni
18 May	10:55	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
23 May	16:38	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
June 2040
7 Jun	00:15	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	10°49' Virgo, Hasta
11 Jun	20:37	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
13 Jun	06:03	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	15°07' Gemini, Ardra
15 Jun	03:12	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
16 Jun	18:58	Mars	Enters Leo	Magha
17 Jun	15:55	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	14°25' Gemini, Ardra
29 Jun	18:04	Jupiter	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
July 2040
4 Jul	11:07	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	6°26' Gemini, Mrigashira
6 Jul	06:46	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
6 Jul	21:43	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	0°46' Cancer, Punarvasu
7 Jul	08:08	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	6°06' Gemini, Mrigashira
16 Jul	14:04	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
30 Jul	17:08	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
31 Jul	06:47	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
31 Jul	07:37	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	0°04' Cancer, Punarvasu
August 2040
5 Aug	20:53	Mars	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
15 Aug	03:04	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
16 Aug	22:28	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
24 Aug	04:27	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
28 Aug	20:12	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°28' Leo, Purva Phalguni
31 Aug	13:07	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
September 2040
16 Sep	22:24	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
17 Sep	18:05	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
20 Sep	12:44	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	18°31' Virgo, Hasta
20 Sep	17:15	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	14°42' Virgo, Hasta
21 Sep	10:05	Mars	Enters Libra	Chitra
21 Sep	14:46	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
October 2040
9 Oct	17:50	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	13°06' Libra, Swati
12 Oct	11:32	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
15 Oct	23:08	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	10°33' Libra, Swati
17 Oct	10:21	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
19 Oct	07:33	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	20°52' Virgo, Hasta
19 Oct	13:51	Mars	CombustGoes combust	19°08' Libra, Swati
25 Oct	05:02	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	22°44' Virgo, Hasta
25 Oct	09:06	Mercury	Enters Virgo, retrograde	Chitra
27 Oct	17:14	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	28°14' Virgo, Chitra
30 Oct	14:52	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	27°26' Virgo, Chitra
November 2040
4 Nov	02:30	Mars	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
5 Nov	03:28	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
6 Nov	11:10	Venus	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
16 Nov	10:10	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
17 Nov	01:27	Rahu	Enters Aries	Krittika
17 Nov	01:27	Ketu	Enters Libra	Vishakha
19 Nov	11:20	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	19°04' Libra, Swati
26 Nov	11:01	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
December 2040
1 Dec	23:15	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
3 Dec	21:30	Jupiter	Enters Libra	Chitra
15 Dec	09:36	Mars	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
15 Dec	13:21	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
16 Dec	00:49	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
28 Dec	19:14	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 2040, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 2040

12 sign changes

Sun in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 2039	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	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	16 Dec	30 days
♐ Sagittarius	16 Dec	into 2041	16 days

Full Sun transit 2040, day by day

Mars in 2040

6 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Mars in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♊ Gemini	from 2039	21 Apr	about 4 months
Retrograde	from 2039	9 Feb	40 days
♋ Cancer	21 Apr	16 Jun	56 days
♌ Leo	16 Jun	5 Aug	50 days
♍ Virgo	5 Aug	21 Sep	47 days
♎ Libra	21 Sep	4 Nov	44 days
Combust	19 Oct	into 2041	about 2 months
♏ Scorpio	4 Nov	15 Dec	41 days
♐ Sagittarius	15 Dec	into 2041	17 days

Full Mars transit 2040, day by day

Mercury in 2040

16 sign changes · 3 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 2039	11 Jan	11 days
Combust	from 2039	26 Jan	26 days
♑ Capricorn	11 Jan	29 Jan	18 days
♒ Aquarius	29 Jan	2 Mar	33 days
Retrograde	12 Feb	5 Mar	22 days
Combust	15 Feb	27 Feb	12 days
♑ Capricorn R	2 Mar	9 Mar	7 days
♒ Aquarius	9 Mar	6 Apr	28 days
♓ Pisces	6 Apr	22 Apr	17 days
Combust	17 Apr	13 May	26 days
♈ Aries	22 Apr	7 May	14 days
♉ Taurus	7 May	23 May	17 days
♊ Gemini	23 May	31 Jul	about 2 months
Retrograde	13 Jun	7 Jul	24 days
Combust	17 Jun	4 Jul	17 days
♋ Cancer	31 Jul	15 Aug	15 days
Combust	31 Jul	28 Aug	29 days
♌ Leo	15 Aug	31 Aug	16 days
♍ Virgo	31 Aug	21 Sep	21 days
♎ Libra	21 Sep	25 Oct	34 days
Retrograde	9 Oct	30 Oct	21 days
Combust	15 Oct	27 Oct	12 days
♍ Virgo R	25 Oct	5 Nov	11 days
♎ Libra	5 Nov	26 Nov	21 days
Combust	19 Nov	into 2041	43 days
♏ Scorpio	26 Nov	15 Dec	19 days
♐ Sagittarius	15 Dec	into 2041	16 days

Full Mercury transit 2040, day by day

Jupiter in 2040

3 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♍ Virgo	from 2039	6 Apr	about 3 months
Retrograde	16 Jan	18 May	about 4 months
♌ Leo R	6 Apr	29 Jun	about 3 months
♍ Virgo	29 Jun	3 Dec	about 5 months
Combust	20 Sep	19 Oct	29 days
♎ Libra	3 Dec	into 2041	28 days

Full Jupiter transit 2040, day by day

Venus in 2040

15 sign changes · no retrograde · 1 combust period

Venus in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 2039	18 Jan	17 days
♐ Sagittarius	18 Jan	11 Feb	24 days
♑ Capricorn	11 Feb	6 Mar	24 days
♒ Aquarius	6 Mar	30 Mar	24 days
♓ Pisces	30 Mar	24 Apr	24 days
Combust	23 Apr	6 Jul	about 2 months
♈ Aries	24 Apr	18 May	24 days
♉ Taurus	18 May	11 Jun	24 days
♊ Gemini	11 Jun	6 Jul	24 days
♋ Cancer	6 Jul	30 Jul	24 days
♌ Leo	30 Jul	24 Aug	24 days
♍ Virgo	24 Aug	17 Sep	25 days
♎ Libra	17 Sep	12 Oct	25 days
♏ Scorpio	12 Oct	6 Nov	25 days
♐ Sagittarius	6 Nov	1 Dec	26 days
♑ Capricorn	1 Dec	28 Dec	27 days
♒ Aquarius	28 Dec	into 2041	3 days

Full Venus transit 2040, day by day

Saturn in 2040

no sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Saturn in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♍ Virgo	from 2039	into 2041	about 1 year
Retrograde	21 Jan	7 Jun	about 5 months
Combust	20 Sep	25 Oct	35 days

Full Saturn transit 2040, day by day

Rahu in 2040

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♉ Taurus	from 2039	17 Nov	about 11 months
♈ Aries	17 Nov	into 2041	45 days

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

Full Rahu transit 2040, day by day

Ketu in 2040

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 2040: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 2039	17 Nov	about 11 months
♎ Libra	17 Nov	into 2041	45 days

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

Full Ketu transit 2040, day by day