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Moon Transit 2018 | Gochar Dates

Exact rashi entry and exit timings for Moon in 2018. Sidereal Lahiri gochar for planning and study.

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The Moon changes sign 160 times in 2018, about every 2–3 days.

The exact times are in the table below.

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January 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Wed, 3 Jan, 2018, 03:31 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Fri, 5 Jan, 2018, 03:53 am	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Sun, 7 Jan, 2018, 07:12 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Tue, 9 Jan, 2018, 02:19 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Fri, 12 Jan, 2018, 12:47 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Sun, 14 Jan, 2018, 01:14 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Wed, 17 Jan, 2018, 02:07 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Fri, 19 Jan, 2018, 02:17 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Mon, 22 Jan, 2018, 12:44 am	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Wed, 24 Jan, 2018, 08:33 am	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Fri, 26 Jan, 2018, 01:11 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Sun, 28 Jan, 2018, 02:55 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Tue, 30 Jan, 2018, 02:59 pm	Direct

February 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Thu, 1 Feb, 2018, 03:05 pm	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Sat, 3 Feb, 2018, 05:05 pm	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Mon, 5 Feb, 2018, 10:29 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Thu, 8 Feb, 2018, 07:44 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Sat, 10 Feb, 2018, 07:52 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Tue, 13 Feb, 2018, 08:48 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Thu, 15 Feb, 2018, 08:39 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Sun, 18 Feb, 2018, 06:28 am	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Tue, 20 Feb, 2018, 02:02 pm	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Thu, 22 Feb, 2018, 07:23 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Sat, 24 Feb, 2018, 10:43 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Tue, 27 Feb, 2018, 12:31 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Thu, 1 Mar, 2018, 01:44 am	Direct

March 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Sat, 3 Mar, 2018, 03:46 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Mon, 5 Mar, 2018, 08:11 am	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Wed, 7 Mar, 2018, 04:07 pm	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Sat, 10 Mar, 2018, 03:26 am	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Mon, 12 Mar, 2018, 04:19 pm	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Thu, 15 Mar, 2018, 04:13 am	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Sat, 17 Mar, 2018, 01:31 pm	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Mon, 19 Mar, 2018, 08:08 pm	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Thu, 22 Mar, 2018, 12:48 am	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Sat, 24 Mar, 2018, 04:20 am	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Mon, 26 Mar, 2018, 07:16 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Wed, 28 Mar, 2018, 10:00 am	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Fri, 30 Mar, 2018, 01:10 pm	Direct

April 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Sun, 1 Apr, 2018, 05:49 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Wed, 4 Apr, 2018, 01:09 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Fri, 6 Apr, 2018, 11:42 am	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Mon, 9 Apr, 2018, 12:22 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Wed, 11 Apr, 2018, 12:36 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Fri, 13 Apr, 2018, 10:03 pm	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Mon, 16 Apr, 2018, 04:04 am	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Wed, 18 Apr, 2018, 07:35 am	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Fri, 20 Apr, 2018, 10:02 am	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Sun, 22 Apr, 2018, 12:38 pm	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Tue, 24 Apr, 2018, 03:58 pm	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Thu, 26 Apr, 2018, 08:17 pm	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Sun, 29 Apr, 2018, 01:56 am	Direct

May 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Tue, 1 May, 2018, 09:35 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Thu, 3 May, 2018, 07:51 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Sun, 6 May, 2018, 08:19 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Tue, 8 May, 2018, 08:59 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Fri, 11 May, 2018, 07:11 am	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Sun, 13 May, 2018, 01:31 pm	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Tue, 15 May, 2018, 04:28 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Thu, 17 May, 2018, 05:40 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Sat, 19 May, 2018, 06:53 pm	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Mon, 21 May, 2018, 09:24 pm	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Thu, 24 May, 2018, 01:50 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Sat, 26 May, 2018, 08:14 am	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Mon, 28 May, 2018, 04:39 pm	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Thu, 31 May, 2018, 03:12 am	Direct

June 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Sat, 2 Jun, 2018, 03:37 pm	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Tue, 5 Jun, 2018, 04:33 am	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Thu, 7 Jun, 2018, 03:42 pm	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Sat, 9 Jun, 2018, 11:09 pm	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Tue, 12 Jun, 2018, 02:38 am	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Thu, 14 Jun, 2018, 03:24 am	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Sat, 16 Jun, 2018, 03:21 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Mon, 18 Jun, 2018, 04:19 am	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Wed, 20 Jun, 2018, 07:35 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Fri, 22 Jun, 2018, 01:43 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Sun, 24 Jun, 2018, 10:33 pm	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Wed, 27 Jun, 2018, 09:34 am	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Fri, 29 Jun, 2018, 10:07 pm	Direct

July 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Mon, 2 Jul, 2018, 11:07 am	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Wed, 4 Jul, 2018, 10:54 pm	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Sat, 7 Jul, 2018, 07:39 am	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Mon, 9 Jul, 2018, 12:31 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Wed, 11 Jul, 2018, 02:01 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Fri, 13 Jul, 2018, 01:42 pm	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Sun, 15 Jul, 2018, 01:28 pm	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Tue, 17 Jul, 2018, 03:06 pm	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Thu, 19 Jul, 2018, 07:55 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Sun, 22 Jul, 2018, 04:16 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Tue, 24 Jul, 2018, 03:27 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Fri, 27 Jul, 2018, 04:12 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Sun, 29 Jul, 2018, 05:06 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Wed, 1 Aug, 2018, 04:54 am	Direct

August 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Fri, 3 Aug, 2018, 02:24 pm	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Sun, 5 Aug, 2018, 08:45 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Tue, 7 Aug, 2018, 11:49 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Fri, 10 Aug, 2018, 12:25 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Sun, 12 Aug, 2018, 12:04 am	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Tue, 14 Aug, 2018, 12:39 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Thu, 16 Aug, 2018, 03:54 am	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Sat, 18 Aug, 2018, 10:59 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Mon, 20 Aug, 2018, 09:40 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Thu, 23 Aug, 2018, 10:26 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Sat, 25 Aug, 2018, 11:14 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Tue, 28 Aug, 2018, 10:39 am	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Thu, 30 Aug, 2018, 08:01 pm	Direct

September 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Sun, 2 Sept, 2018, 03:01 am	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Tue, 4 Sept, 2018, 07:32 am	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Thu, 6 Sept, 2018, 09:45 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Sat, 8 Sept, 2018, 10:29 am	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Mon, 10 Sept, 2018, 11:08 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Wed, 12 Sept, 2018, 01:30 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Fri, 14 Sept, 2018, 07:14 pm	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Mon, 17 Sept, 2018, 04:54 am	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Wed, 19 Sept, 2018, 05:22 pm	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Sat, 22 Sept, 2018, 06:10 am	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Mon, 24 Sept, 2018, 05:15 pm	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Thu, 27 Sept, 2018, 01:54 am	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Sat, 29 Sept, 2018, 08:26 am	Direct

October 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Mon, 1 Oct, 2018, 01:18 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Wed, 3 Oct, 2018, 04:45 pm	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Fri, 5 Oct, 2018, 07:02 pm	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Sun, 7 Oct, 2018, 08:51 pm	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Tue, 9 Oct, 2018, 11:29 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Fri, 12 Oct, 2018, 04:33 am	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Sun, 14 Oct, 2018, 01:14 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Wed, 17 Oct, 2018, 01:08 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Fri, 19 Oct, 2018, 02:01 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Mon, 22 Oct, 2018, 01:12 am	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Wed, 24 Oct, 2018, 09:22 am	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Fri, 26 Oct, 2018, 02:54 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Sun, 28 Oct, 2018, 06:51 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Tue, 30 Oct, 2018, 10:10 pm	Direct

November 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Fri, 2 Nov, 2018, 01:16 am	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Sun, 4 Nov, 2018, 04:26 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Tue, 6 Nov, 2018, 08:13 am	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Thu, 8 Nov, 2018, 01:41 pm	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Sat, 10 Nov, 2018, 09:59 pm	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Tue, 13 Nov, 2018, 09:20 am	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Thu, 15 Nov, 2018, 10:17 pm	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Sun, 18 Nov, 2018, 10:03 am	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Tue, 20 Nov, 2018, 06:33 pm	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Thu, 22 Nov, 2018, 11:35 pm	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Sun, 25 Nov, 2018, 02:19 am	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Tue, 27 Nov, 2018, 04:16 am	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Thu, 29 Nov, 2018, 06:38 am	Direct

December 2018

from	enters	Time	Motion
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Sat, 1 Dec, 2018, 10:04 am	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Mon, 3 Dec, 2018, 02:52 pm	Direct
Libra	Scorpiofrom Libra	Wed, 5 Dec, 2018, 09:22 pm	Direct
Scorpio	Sagittariusfrom Scorpio	Sat, 8 Dec, 2018, 06:06 am	Direct
Sagittarius	Capricornfrom Sagittarius	Mon, 10 Dec, 2018, 05:18 pm	Direct
Capricorn	Aquariusfrom Capricorn	Thu, 13 Dec, 2018, 06:11 am	Direct
Aquarius	Piscesfrom Aquarius	Sat, 15 Dec, 2018, 06:39 pm	Direct
Pisces	Ariesfrom Pisces	Tue, 18 Dec, 2018, 04:16 am	Direct
Aries	Taurusfrom Aries	Thu, 20 Dec, 2018, 09:58 am	Direct
Taurus	Geminifrom Taurus	Sat, 22 Dec, 2018, 12:21 pm	Direct
Gemini	Cancerfrom Gemini	Mon, 24 Dec, 2018, 12:59 pm	Direct
Cancer	Leofrom Cancer	Wed, 26 Dec, 2018, 01:39 pm	Direct
Leo	Virgofrom Leo	Fri, 28 Dec, 2018, 03:47 pm	Direct
Virgo	Librafrom Virgo	Sun, 30 Dec, 2018, 08:17 pm	Direct

Moon transit 2018: key points

In 2018, the Moon changes sign about 160 times, roughly every 2.3 days.
The longest stay this year is in Scorpio, about 3 days.
The shortest complete stay is in Cancer, about 2 days.

How to read Moon transits

The Moon is the fastest graha and changes sign about every 2.25 days, completing all twelve rashis roughly once a month. That makes about twelve to thirteen ingresses a month.

The Moon governs mind, mood, mother and daily emotional rhythm. Its transit through your Moon sign and the signs counted from it (Chandra gochar) shapes short-term moods and timing.

Use the month-by-month tables below to find the day and hour the Moon enters each sign, then count from your own Moon sign to see which house it occupies.

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These Moon gochar dates for 2018 use Lahiri ayanamsa and true lunar nodes. For dasha–transit interpretation relative to a birth chart, book a personal reading.

Planet Transit FAQ

How Vedic gochar timings are calculated and how to read this table.

What is planetary transit (gochar) in Vedic astrology?

Gochar is the current movement of the Navagraha through the sidereal zodiac. When a planet crosses into a new rashi, that exact local datetime is the transit (ingress) timing used for timing analysis.

Which ayanamsa do you use?

All positions use the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa — the same system as our daily Panchang — so Sun and Moon signs stay consistent across tools.

Does my city change planet positions?

Geocentric sidereal longitudes are the same worldwide at a given UTC instant. Your city only converts that instant into local clock time (with DST when applicable).

Are Rahu and Ketu mean or true nodes?

We use true lunar nodes for Rahu and Ketu. Ketu is always opposite Rahu (180° apart).

How accurate are these timings?

Ingress times are computed with modern astronomical models and refined to about one second. Outer planets usually agree with major panchangs within minutes; Moon and nodes can differ slightly between softwares. Use them for planning; verify ritual-critical muhurta separately if needed.