Vedic Jyotiṣa

Planetary Transit Reference Tables

■ Favourable
■ Challenging
■ Mixed / Neutral

Transit Planet Distance from Natal · Sign Transits · House Transits · Key Modifiers

How to Use This Reference

House counting: House 1 = transit planet in same sign as natal planet. House 3 = 2 signs ahead. Always count forward (zodiacal direction).
Results shown are tendencies, not certainties — Ashtakvarga scores, active Daśā, and individual karma all modify outcomes.
For Moon: results are most keenly felt when Moon transits House 1 (natal), 5, 9 (trines) or the sensitive 6, 8, 12 positions.

Part I

Transit Planet Distance from Natal Planet

What happens when the transiting planet is 1–12 houses away from its own natal position

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1A. Transit Moon from Natal Moon

★ Moon completes a full cycle every ~27.3 days. Its transit is the basis of Tārā Bala. The Moon’s position from natal Moon is the most commonly consulted daily transit indicator.

House	Result	Classical Effects & Guidance
1	Mixed	Transit Moon on natal Moon. Emotional restlessness, mental agitation, minor health fluctuations. Body and mind feel unsettled. Not ideal for important decisions.
2	Favourable	Gains through family, food, and speech. Financial inflows possible. Family gatherings or discussions around money. Generally supportive.
3	✓ Good	Courage and enterprise. Short travels, communication with siblings. Mental boldness increases. Efforts bear fruit. Favourable for initiative.
4	✗ Challenging	Emotional disturbance at home. Domestic tension, conflict with mother, possible health issues related to chest/lungs. Mind feels burdened.
5	✓ Good	Happiness from children, romance, creativity, and speculation. Intellect sharp. Positive for students, artists, and lovers.
6	✗ Challenging	Health ailments, digestive issues, hidden enemies become active, debt pressure. Avoid confrontation. Not good for important undertakings.
7	Mixed	Partnerships activated. Possible cooperation or conflict with spouse/business partner. Journey possible. Outcome depends on natal chart strength.
8	✗✗ Difficult	Obstacles, sudden expenses, health setbacks, fear and anxiety. Association with loss themes. Mental unease. One of the most difficult Moon transits.
9	✓ Good	Fortune smiles. Dharma, spirituality, long journeys, blessings of elders and Guru. Auspicious for religious acts and travel.
10	Mixed	Professional activity increases — can bring recognition but also pressure. Mixed results depending on 10th lord and natal chart. Work demands more energy.
11	★ Best	Gains, fulfilment of desires, income from multiple sources, social success. The best transit position for Moon from natal Moon.
12	✗ Challenging	Expenses, loss, isolation, disturbed sleep, foreign dealings with difficulty. Mental withdrawal. Spiritual benefit possible if one is inclined.

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1B. Transit Sun from Natal Sun

★ Sun transits each sign for ~30 days. Governs vitality, authority, father, and government matters. Sun’s return to its natal position marks the Solar Return — a personal year reset.

House	Result	Classical Effects & Guidance
1	Mixed	Solar Return — vitality boost, self-focus, ego may increase. Powerful personal reset. Good for self-initiated projects but watch pride.
2	✗ Challenging	Financial pressures, expenses, speech issues. Family disagreements. Avoid lending money or signing financial documents.
3	✓ Good	Courage, enterprise, short travels. Success in communication, writing, and sibling relations. Assertiveness works in your favour.
4	✗ Challenging	Domestic tension, issues with home/property, conflict with mother. Emotional discomfort. Not ideal for property transactions.
5	Mixed	Creative energy high. Romantic connections, speculation, children matters. Ego clashes with children or creative partners possible.
6	✓ Good	Excellent for defeating enemies, winning legal battles, overcoming disease. Service to authority figures yields rewards.
7	✗ Challenging	Tension in partnerships and marriage. Confrontations with spouse or business partner. Avoid major partnership decisions.
8	✗✗ Difficult	Hidden obstacles, health concerns, sudden losses, government/authority-related setbacks. Very challenging period.
9	✓ Good	Fortune, spirituality, blessings from father and Guru. Long journeys, dharma, and higher knowledge flourish. Excellent transit.
10	★ Best	Peak professional visibility, recognition, promotions. Authority and leadership energy is at its highest. Best transit for career moves.
11	✓ Good	Gains, success in ambitions, fulfilment of desires. Income from authority figures or government. Social status rises.
12	✗ Challenging	Losses, isolation, health expenditure. Hidden enemies active. Spiritual retreat possible. Foreign travel with mixed outcomes.

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1C. Transit Mercury from Natal Mercury

★ Fastest visible planet after Moon. Governs communication, commerce, intellect, nervous system. Retrograde Mercury reverses effects — especially in 2nd, 7th, 8th houses.

House	Result	Classical Effects & Guidance
1	✓ Good	Intellectual sharpness at peak. Communication skills, business acumen, writing, and negotiations highly effective. Good for exams and presentations.
2	✓ Good	Income through intellect, commerce, or communication. Financial acumen improves. Speech brings gains. Good for trade and accounting.
3	★ Best	Excellent communication with siblings, short travel for business. Writing, media, and intellectual pursuits succeed. Mercury’s best transit position.
4	Mixed	Intellectual focus on home/property matters. Real estate transactions possible. Mind is busy with domestic planning — mixed emotions.
5	✓ Good	Creative intelligence activated. Good for students, writers, traders, and speculators. Children’s matters improve. Sharp analytical thinking.
6	Mixed	Mental stress from conflicts and service demands. Health-related thinking possible. Can win arguments with clever strategy.
7	✓ Good	Excellent for business partnerships, contracts, and negotiations. Diplomatic communication helps relationships. Favourable for legal agreements.
8	✗ Challenging	Mental anxiety, hidden information becomes troublesome. Secret enemies may use words against you. Avoid signing documents.
9	✓ Good	Intellectual dharma — writing, teaching, higher studies, and travel for knowledge. Father and Guru relationships productive.
10	✓ Good	Professional success through intellect and communication. Promotions through demonstrated skill. Very good for business operations.
11	✓ Good	Gains through business, networks, and clever dealings. Income from multiple sources. Social and financial gains through communication.
12	✗ Challenging	Mental confusion, misunderstandings, losses through poor communication or deception. Foreign dealings complicated. Meditation and retreat beneficial.

House	♂ Mars	♀ Venus	♃ Jupiter	♄ Saturn	☊ Rāhu	☋ Ketu
1	Mixed High energy & aggression. Excellent for athletics/competition but risk of accidents if uncontrolled.	Good Personal charm at peak. Romantic opportunities, beauty enhancement. Very favourable for relationships.	Good Jupiter Return — wisdom expansion, health improvement, spiritual elevation. Auspicious for new beginnings.	Challenging Saturn Return (~29 yrs) — heavy responsibilities, identity crisis. Forces maturity. Long-term positive with discipline.	Challenging Rāhu Return (~18 yrs) — intense ambition, identity confusion. Major life upheaval.	Challenging Ketu Return — disorientation, detachment, health vulnerability. Spiritual intensification.
2	Challenging Financial conflicts, harsh speech, family disputes. Avoid aggressive negotiations.	Good Financial gains, luxurious expenditure (positive), family harmony, pleasant speech. Good for trade.	Good Wealth accumulation, family harmony, eloquent and wise speech. Financial planning bears fruit.	Challenging Financial restrictions, family burdens, delays in income. Harsh speech forced by circumstances.	Challenging Deceptive financial dealings, unusual speech, family disruptions. Money via unconventional means leaves quickly.	Challenging Financial detachment or losses, unusual speech, family disconnection. Money not retained.
3	Good Courage, boldness in communication. Siblings supportive. Excellent for sports, military, or competitive fields.	Mixed Creative communication. Enjoyable short travels. Sibling relationships pleasant. Minor sensual indulgences.	Mixed Philosophical communication, educational travel. Sibling relations intellectually stimulating. Mixed practical results.	Good Disciplined, persistent effort brings results. Serious communication, productive travel. Excellent for sustained hard work.	Good Ambitious communication, risk-taking initiative. Excellent for unconventional business and digital entrepreneurship.	Good Intuitive communication, mystical writing, spiritual short travels. Good for intuitive practitioners and spiritual teachers.
4	Challenging Domestic conflict, property disputes, tension with mother. Avoid real estate transactions.	Good Domestic bliss, home beautification, happiness with mother. Property dealings go well. Comforts increase.	Good Domestic happiness, property gains, comfort. Good for real estate, education at home, and family dharma.	Challenging Domestic burdens, property complications, estrangement from mother or home. Mental heaviness.	Challenging Domestic instability, unusual home situations, mother’s relationship disrupted. Unconventional living arrangements.	Challenging Emotional detachment from home and mother. Property complications. Inner seeking pulls native away from domestic life.
5	Challenging Conflicts with children, risk in speculation. Romantic disputes. Avoid risky investments.	★ Best Romance, creativity, joy with children. Excellent for artists, lovers, and speculators. Venus’s finest transit position.	Good Intelligence blossoms, children bring happiness, creative success. Excellent for students and teachers.	Challenging Obstacles in education, creative blockages, strained relations with children. Avoid risky investments.	Challenging Obsessive romance, unconventional creative work, risky speculation. Avoid compulsive behaviours.	Mixed Deep intuitive intelligence, past-life creativity surfaces. Detachment from speculation and romance.
6	★ Best Powerful for defeating enemies, winning litigation, overcoming illness. Mars thrives in 6th — competitive energy maximised.	Challenging Health issues, conflicts in relationships, debt through luxury spending. Enemies may use charm against you.	Challenging Enemies may be powerful, legal disputes escalate. Jupiter weakens in 6th — challenges in competitive contexts.	★ Best Disciplined service, defeating chronic illness, winning long legal battles. Saturn thrives in 6th through persistence.	Good Powerful — defeats enemies through cunning. Legal victories through unconventional means. Rāhu confuses opponents.	Good Spiritual victory over enemies. Chronic illness may suddenly dissolve. Service becomes spiritually meaningful.
7	Challenging Marital tension, conflict with business partners. Legal disputes with others. Avoid confrontation in relationships.	Good Marriage and partnership flourish. Romance is strong. Excellent for new unions and diplomatic dealings.	Good Partnership and marriage bring wisdom and growth. Legal agreements favourable. Dharmic business partnerships.	Challenging Delays and coldness in relationships. Marriage may face trials. Business partnerships become rigid or unproductive.	Challenging Unusual partnerships. Deception in relationships. Business partnerships carry hidden risks.	Challenging Detachment from spouse/partner. Relationships feel karmically old or burdensome.
8	✗✗ Difficult Accidents, surgery risk, sudden financial loss, disputes over inheritance. Highly cautious period.	Mixed Inheritance, joint assets, occult interests. Gains through spouse’s resources. Some secrecy around pleasure.	Challenging Hidden obstacles, challenges to dharma. However, inheritance and occult knowledge possible. Spiritual protection present.	✗✗ Difficult Chronic health issues, delayed inheritance, karmic debts. Life-changing — karmic debts come due.	✗✗ Difficult Hidden dangers, sudden transformations, occult obsessions, health mysteries. Very unpredictable. Avoid occult experimentation.	Mixed Deep spiritual exploration, past-life investigations, occult insights. Ketu in 8th can bring moksha-oriented experiences.
9	Mixed Forceful approach to dharma and travel. Father-figure conflicts possible. Productive if energy channelled into righteous action.	Good Fortune, travel to beautiful places, spiritual pleasures. Blessings from teachers and elders. Fulfilling artistic journeys.	★ Best Jupiter’s best house transit — maximum fortune, dharma, Guru blessings, long journeys. Peak auspiciousness.	Challenging Dharma tested, father-figure challenges, religious questioning, arduous long journeys.	Challenging Dharma questioned or confused. Unconventional spiritual paths. Father-figure complications.	Good Spiritual dharma flourishes. Past-life wisdom available. Intuitive understanding of higher truths. Good for spiritual seekers.
10	Good High professional drive. Good for engineers, soldiers, surgeons, and leaders. Authority effectively expressed.	Good Career success through charm, arts, diplomacy. Public recognition and professional relationships improve.	Good Career peak, promotions, leadership roles. Dharmic profession is rewarded. Authority figures support you.	Mixed Heavy workload but structural career success possible. Saturn builds slowly but durably in the 10th.	Mixed Rapid career rise through unconventional means or technology. Spectacular but unstable. Fame possible but controversial.	Challenging Professional detachment, unclear career direction. Work feels unfulfilling. May abandon worldly ambition.
11	Good Gains, fulfilment of desires, successful completion of goals. Income increases, especially in competitive/technical fields.	★ Best Gains, friendships, fulfilment of desires. Financial and romantic success. Social pleasures increase.	★ Best Abundant gains, fulfilment of all desires, expansion of income and social network. Jupiter’s finest transit position.	★ Best Delayed but real gains through disciplined effort. Earning through sustained hard work. Saturn’s best house transit.	Good Gains through foreign networks, technology, or unconventional means. Social expansion. One of Rāhu’s better positions.	Mixed Gains through spiritual or charitable networks. Desires transcended rather than fulfilled. Karmic income possible.
12	Challenging Hidden aggression, loss through enemies, expenses through conflict. Hidden enemies are dangerous.	Mixed Pleasure in seclusion, foreign travel for romance, hidden relationships. Expenses on luxury. Gains from foreign sources.	Mixed Spiritual retreat, foreign travels for wisdom. Moksha-oriented period. Material losses possible but spiritual gains significant.	Mixed Spiritual preparation, structured retreat, foreign work. Controlled expenses. Beginning of pre-Sade Sati phase.	Mixed Foreign travel, spiritual confusion, hidden expenditure before Rāhu return cycle. Reality is obscured.	★ Best Ketu’s best transit — spiritual liberation, moksha energy, retreat, inner peace. Deep meditation and transcendence.

Part II

Transit Through Zodiac Signs — Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus

♃ Jupiter Through the 12 Signs (~1 year per sign)

Sign (Rāśi)	Duration	Result	Key Effects
Aries (Meṣa)	~1 yr	Good	Pioneering dharma, bold spiritual leadership, courage in ethical matters. Good for warriors, pioneers, and dharmic entrepreneurs.
Taurus (Vṛṣabha)	~1 yr	Good	Wealth accumulation, luxury with wisdom, artistic and financial growth. Favourable for banking, arts, agriculture, and family prosperity.
Gemini (Mithuna)	~1 yr	Mixed	Intellectual expansion, philosophical debates, communication of knowledge. Good for writers, teachers, and communicators.
Cancer (Karka) ★ EXALTED	~1 yr	★ Best	Jupiter exalted — supreme position. Emotional wisdom, abundance, protection of family, spiritual nourishment. Maximum benevolence.
Leo (Siṃha)	~1 yr	Good	Royal wisdom, dharmic authority, generous leadership. Good for politicians, educators, and those in positions of authority.
Virgo (Kanyā)	~1 yr	Mixed	Service-oriented wisdom, analytical dharma. Jupiter somewhat constrained — details over vision. Good for healers and analysts.
Libra (Tulā)	~1 yr	Mixed	Diplomatic justice, balanced dharma. Legal and partnership matters receive wisdom. Tension between expansion and compromise.
Scorpio (Vṛścika)	~1 yr	Mixed	Deep transformative wisdom, occult knowledge expansion. Research and spiritual depth increase. Intense but productive.
Sagittarius (Dhanus) Own	~1 yr	Good	Jupiter in own sign — strong and benevolent. Long-distance travel, higher education, dharma, and spiritual expansion flourish.
Capricorn (Makara) ✗ DEBILITATED	~1 yr	Difficult	Jupiter debilitated — dharma suppressed, wisdom constrained. Material success may increase but ethics are tested.
Aquarius (Kumbha)	~1 yr	Mixed	Humanitarian wisdom, social dharma, collective good. Good for social reformers, scientists, and NGO work. Less individual benefit.
Pisces (Mīna) Own	~1 yr	Good	Jupiter in own sign — spiritual wisdom, compassion, moksha energy. Excellent for meditation, spiritual service, and transcendence.

♄ Saturn Through the 12 Signs (~2.5 years per sign)

★ Saturn in Libra (exalted) is most productive. Saturn in Aries (debilitated) is most destabilising. Sade Sati = Saturn in 12th, 1st, or 2nd from natal Moon — lasting 7.5 years total.

Sign (Rāśi)	Duration	Result	Key Effects
Aries (Meṣa) ✗ DEBILITATED	~2.5 yr	Difficult	Saturn debilitated — impulsive action constrained, frustration with restrictions. Leadership is undermined by delays.
Taurus (Vṛṣabha)	~2.5 yr	Mixed	Slow but steady financial accumulation. Hard work in material world. Disciplines of wealth and sustenance are tested.
Gemini (Mithuna)	~2.5 yr	Mixed	Serious communication, disciplined thinking. Legal and analytical work intensifies. May strain communication relationships.
Cancer (Karka)	~2.5 yr	Challenging	Emotional coldness, domestic burdens, distance from mother or homeland. Property complications. Difficult for emotional security.
Leo (Siṃha)	~2.5 yr	Challenging	Authority challenges, ego suppressed. Government-related burdens. Leaders and authority figures face Saturnian scrutiny.
Virgo (Kanyā)	~2.5 yr	Good	Saturn excels — disciplined service, systematic health routines, meticulous work ethic. Good for healthcare and administration.
Libra (Tulā) ★ EXALTED	~2.5 yr	★ Best	Saturn exalted — justice, balanced discipline, long-term partnerships, legal fairness. Best Saturn transit sign.
Scorpio (Vṛścika)	~2.5 yr	Challenging	Deep karmic excavation, hidden dangers, chronic health matters. Intense but ultimately cleansing transformation.
Sagittarius (Dhanus)	~2.5 yr	Mixed	Dharma under pressure, discipline in spiritual matters. Long journeys with obstacles. Serious philosophical study is rewarded.
Capricorn (Makara) Own	~2.5 yr	Good	Saturn in own sign — extremely disciplined, structured, long-term success in career and business. Hard work yields real rewards.
Aquarius (Kumbha) Own	~2.5 yr	Good	Humanitarian service, systemic social work, technology disciplines. Excellent for collective and organisational endeavours.
Pisces (Mīna)	~2.5 yr	Mixed	Spiritual discipline, karmic closure, disciplined retreat. Endings of long cycles. Some losses but moksha-oriented wisdom develops.

Part III

Jupiter & Saturn Transit Through Houses (from Lagna or Natal Moon)

Part IV

Key Transit Modifiers & Sade Sati

♄ Sade Sati — Saturn’s 7.5-Year Cycle Over the Natal Moon

Phase	Duration	Nature of Experience
Rising Phase (12th from Moon)	~2.5 yrs	Pre-Sade Sati. Saturn moves into 12th from natal Moon. Expenses increase, hidden anxieties surface, sleep may be disturbed, spiritual inclinations deepen. Preparation and letting go of the past.
Peak Phase (1st — over Moon)	~2.5 yrs	Most intense phase. Saturn directly conjuncts the natal Moon. Identity, emotional life, and physical health are tested. Responsibilities multiply. Requires maximum discipline and surrender to life’s demands.
Setting Phase (2nd from Moon)	~2.5 yrs	Financial pressures, family obligations, and speech-related challenges. Endings and closures in family matters. Gradual release as Saturn moves away. Lessons of the entire cycle become clear.
Post-Sade Sati (3rd from Moon)	Ongoing	Sade Sati ends here. Saturn in 3rd from Moon — the ‘relief’ position. Effort-based success returns. Courage and practical determination are rewarded. The lessons of 7.5 years begin to bear fruit.

A Note on Interpretation

Vedic transit analysis (Gochara) describes cosmic weather — tendencies, not certainties.
The natal chart’s Daśā sequence, Ashtakvarga scores, individual karma (D9 & D60),
and one’s conscious choices & spiritual practice all modify these results.
The purpose of Jyotiṣa is Bhaya-Mukti — liberation from fear, not multiplication of it.