Sidereal Sun Sign Dates
Sidereal Aquarius Dates
February 12 to March 13
Usual Lahiri solar month. How these dates are derived
Reviewed
Aquarius contains all four padas of Shatabhisha between two nakshatras shared with neighboring signs. Its usual Lahiri solar month is February 12 to March 13[1]. Dhanishta carries over from Capricorn, and Purva Bhadrapada continues into Pisces.
Sidereal Aquarius dates by year
Select your birth year for the calculated solar crossings (UTC).
Years available: 1931 through 2029.
Kumbha Sankranti begins the Maasi season
Kumbha Sankranti names the Sun’s entry into Aquarius. The Tamil solar month Maasi begins around this February transition. Within the sign, the Sun usually enters Shatabhisha on February 19 and Purva Bhadrapada on March 4.
Purva Bhadrapada begins at 20° Aquarius and spans the sign change into Pisces. Its third pada ends at 30° Aquarius; its fourth begins at 0° Pisces.
Dhanishta crosses the Capricorn and Aquarius division
Dhanishta begins at 23°20′ Capricorn and ends at 6°40′ Aquarius. Its first two padas belong to Capricorn and its last two to Aquarius.
Shatabhisha fits wholly inside Aquarius[1][2][3]
| Nakshatra | Padas | Degrees in Aquarius | Usual Sun dates (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanishta | 3 to 4 | 0° 00′ to 6° 40′ | February 12 to February 18 |
| Shatabhisha | 1 to 4 | 6° 40′ to 20° 00′ | February 19 to March 3 |
| Purva Bhadrapada | 1 to 3 | 20° 00′ to 30° 00′ | March 4 to March 13 |
Sources and Editions
- Augurine, Lahiri solar calendar calculations. Usual dates are the most frequent UTC entry dates in 1960 through 2009, with the displayed end one day before the next usual entry. Sign crossings use the engine’s ingress events. Dates within a sign use interpolation between its daily noon UTC Sun positions. The year lookup uses the recorded sign crossing times for 1931 through 2029.
- Martin Gansten, Annual Predictive Techniques of the Greek, Arabic and Indian Astrologers (2020), Glossary, entries nakṣatra and navāṃśa: 27 divisions of 13°20′ and quarters of 3°20′. The electronic edition has no printed page numbers.
- Vivian E. Robson, The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology (1923), chapter III, The Hindu Mansions, pages 76 to 87: the mansion names; page 87 specifies 27 equal divisions beginning with Ashwini at 0° Aries. Abhijit is excluded from that sequence.
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