Mercury Transit in 2026 - Transit Dates and Timeline
Mercury was in Sagittarius (Dhanu) when 2026 started and will be in Sagittarius (Dhanu) when the year will end. This page gives planetary transit data of Mercury for the Year 2026. View all changes in Zodiac Signs and Nakshatras, combustion, and retrograde phases below.
Mercury Combustion:
- Jan 01 to Feb 07 in Sagittarius (Dhanu).
- Feb 28 to Mar 13 in Aquarius (Kumbha).
- May 04 to May 25 in Aries (Mesha).
- Jul 05 to Jul 21 in Cancer (Karka).
- Aug 16 to Sep 10 in Cancer (Karka).
- Oct 30 to Nov 10 in Libra (Tula).
- Starting Dec 10 in Scorpio (Vrishchika), it continues into the next year.
Mercury Retrograde Periods:
- Feb 26 to Mar 21 in Aquarius (Kumbha).
- Jun 29 to Jul 24 in Cancer (Karka).
- Oct 24 to Nov 13 in Libra (Tula).
Mercury Transit Dates - 2026
| Date | Zodiac | Nakshatra | Combust | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (2) | ||
| 2026-01-01 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-02 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-04 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-07 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Purva Ashadha (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-09 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Purva Ashadha (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-11 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Purva Ashadha (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-13 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Purva Ashadha (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-15 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Uttara Ashadha (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-17 | Capricorn (Makara) | Uttara Ashadha (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-19 | Capricorn (Makara) | Uttara Ashadha (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-21 | Capricorn (Makara) | Uttara Ashadha (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-23 | Capricorn (Makara) | Shravana (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-25 | Capricorn (Makara) | Shravana (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-27 | Capricorn (Makara) | Shravana (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-29 | Capricorn (Makara) | Shravana (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-01-31 | Capricorn (Makara) | Dhanishta (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-02-02 | Capricorn (Makara) | Dhanishta (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-02-03 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Dhanishta (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-02-05 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Dhanishta (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-02-07 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (1) | ||
| 2026-02-09 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (2) | ||
| 2026-02-11 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (3) | ||
| 2026-02-13 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (4) | ||
| 2026-02-15 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (1) | ||
| 2026-02-18 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (2) | ||
| 2026-02-21 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (3) | ||
| 2026-02-26 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (3) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-02-28 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (3) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-03-03 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (2) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-03-07 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (1) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-03-10 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (4) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-03-13 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (4) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-03-14 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (3) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-03-21 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (3) | ||
| 2026-03-28 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Shatabhisha (4) | ||
| 2026-04-01 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (1) | ||
| 2026-04-05 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (2) | ||
| 2026-04-08 | Aquarius (Kumbha) | Purva Bhadrapada (3) | ||
| 2026-04-11 | Pisces (Meena) | Purva Bhadrapada (4) | ||
| 2026-04-13 | Pisces (Meena) | Uttara Bhadrapada (1) | ||
| 2026-04-16 | Pisces (Meena) | Uttara Bhadrapada (2) | ||
| 2026-04-18 | Pisces (Meena) | Uttara Bhadrapada (3) | ||
| 2026-04-20 | Pisces (Meena) | Uttara Bhadrapada (4) | ||
| 2026-04-22 | Pisces (Meena) | Revati (1) | ||
| 2026-04-24 | Pisces (Meena) | Revati (2) | ||
| 2026-04-26 | Pisces (Meena) | Revati (3) | ||
| 2026-04-28 | Pisces (Meena) | Revati (4) | ||
| 2026-04-30 | Aries (Mesha) | Ashwini (1) | ||
| 2026-05-02 | Aries (Mesha) | Ashwini (2) | ||
| 2026-05-03 | Aries (Mesha) | Ashwini (3) | ||
| 2026-05-04 | Aries (Mesha) | Ashwini (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-05 | Aries (Mesha) | Ashwini (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-07 | Aries (Mesha) | Bharani (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-08 | Aries (Mesha) | Bharani (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-10 | Aries (Mesha) | Bharani (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-11 | Aries (Mesha) | Bharani (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-13 | Aries (Mesha) | Krittika (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-15 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Krittika (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-16 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Krittika (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-18 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Krittika (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-19 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Rohini (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-21 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Rohini (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-22 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Rohini (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-24 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Rohini (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-05-25 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Rohini (4) | ||
| 2026-05-26 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Mrigashirsha (1) | ||
| 2026-05-27 | Taurus (Vrishabha) | Mrigashirsha (2) | ||
| 2026-05-29 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Mrigashirsha (3) | ||
| 2026-05-31 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Mrigashirsha (4) | ||
| 2026-06-02 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Ardra (1) | ||
| 2026-06-04 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Ardra (2) | ||
| 2026-06-06 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Ardra (3) | ||
| 2026-06-08 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Ardra (4) | ||
| 2026-06-11 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (1) | ||
| 2026-06-14 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (2) | ||
| 2026-06-17 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (3) | ||
| 2026-06-22 | Cancer (Karka) | Punarvasu (4) | ||
| 2026-06-29 | Cancer (Karka) | Punarvasu (4) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-07-05 | Cancer (Karka) | Punarvasu (4) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-07-07 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (3) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-07-12 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (2) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-07-18 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (1) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-07-21 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (1) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-07-24 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (1) | ||
| 2026-07-29 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (2) | ||
| 2026-08-02 | Gemini (Mithuna) | Punarvasu (3) | ||
| 2026-08-05 | Cancer (Karka) | Punarvasu (4) | ||
| 2026-08-08 | Cancer (Karka) | Pushya (1) | ||
| 2026-08-10 | Cancer (Karka) | Pushya (2) | ||
| 2026-08-12 | Cancer (Karka) | Pushya (3) | ||
| 2026-08-14 | Cancer (Karka) | Pushya (4) | ||
| 2026-08-16 | Cancer (Karka) | Ashlesha (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-17 | Cancer (Karka) | Ashlesha (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-19 | Cancer (Karka) | Ashlesha (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-21 | Cancer (Karka) | Ashlesha (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-22 | Leo (Simha) | Magha (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-24 | Leo (Simha) | Magha (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-26 | Leo (Simha) | Magha (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-27 | Leo (Simha) | Magha (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-29 | Leo (Simha) | Poorva Phalguni (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-08-31 | Leo (Simha) | Poorva Phalguni (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-09-02 | Leo (Simha) | Poorva Phalguni (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-09-03 | Leo (Simha) | Poorva Phalguni (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-09-05 | Leo (Simha) | Uttara Phalguni (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-09-07 | Virgo (Kanya) | Uttara Phalguni (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-09-09 | Virgo (Kanya) | Uttara Phalguni (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-09-10 | Virgo (Kanya) | Uttara Phalguni (3) | ||
| 2026-09-11 | Virgo (Kanya) | Uttara Phalguni (4) | ||
| 2026-09-13 | Virgo (Kanya) | Hasta (1) | ||
| 2026-09-15 | Virgo (Kanya) | Hasta (2) | ||
| 2026-09-17 | Virgo (Kanya) | Hasta (3) | ||
| 2026-09-19 | Virgo (Kanya) | Hasta (4) | ||
| 2026-09-21 | Virgo (Kanya) | Chitra (1) | ||
| 2026-09-24 | Virgo (Kanya) | Chitra (2) | ||
| 2026-09-26 | Libra (Tula) | Chitra (3) | ||
| 2026-09-28 | Libra (Tula) | Chitra (4) | ||
| 2026-10-01 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (1) | ||
| 2026-10-03 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (2) | ||
| 2026-10-06 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (3) | ||
| 2026-10-09 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (4) | ||
| 2026-10-12 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (1) | ||
| 2026-10-16 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (2) | ||
| 2026-10-23 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (3) | ||
| 2026-10-24 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (3) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-10-25 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (2) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-10-30 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (2) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-10-31 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (1) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-11-03 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (4) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-11-05 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (3) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-11-08 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (2) | Combust Yes | Retrograde Yes |
| 2026-11-10 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (2) | Retrograde Yes | |
| 2026-11-13 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (2) | ||
| 2026-11-19 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (3) | ||
| 2026-11-22 | Libra (Tula) | Swati (4) | ||
| 2026-11-25 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (1) | ||
| 2026-11-28 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (2) | ||
| 2026-11-30 | Libra (Tula) | Vishakha (3) | ||
| 2026-12-02 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Vishakha (4) | ||
| 2026-12-04 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Anuradha (1) | ||
| 2026-12-07 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Anuradha (2) | ||
| 2026-12-09 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Anuradha (3) | ||
| 2026-12-10 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Anuradha (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-11 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Anuradha (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-13 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Jyeshtha (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-15 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Jyeshtha (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-18 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Jyeshtha (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-20 | Scorpio (Vrishchika) | Jyeshtha (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-22 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (1) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-24 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (2) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-26 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (3) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-28 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Moola (4) | Combust Yes | |
| 2026-12-30 | Sagittarius (Dhanu) | Purva Ashadha (1) | Combust Yes |