♃ Jupiter rules growth, wisdom & fortune. In 2026 it makes 6 notable moves, entering Cancer, Leo. Every date, the nakshatra it lands in, and whether it's still retrograde or combust is below.
| Date | Planet | Transit | Rāśi (sign) | Nakshatra · pada | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | ||||||
| Wed11Mar | Jupiter | Direct | Gemini | Punarvasu · 1 | — | Jupiter turns direct — growth, wisdom & fortune picks the thread back up and moves forward. |
| June | ||||||
| Tue2Jun | Jupiter | Sign change | ♊︎ Gemini♋︎ Cancer | Punarvasu · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Gemini for Cancer. |
| July | ||||||
| Tue14Jul | Jupiter | Combust begins | Cancer | Pushya · 2 | ☀ Combust | Jupiter slips into the Sun's glare — its themes dim and turn erratic for a while. |
| August | ||||||
| Thu13Aug | Jupiter | Combust clears | Cancer | Pushya · 4 | — | Jupiter steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
| October | ||||||
| Sat31Oct | Jupiter | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♌︎ Leo | Magha · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Cancer for Leo. |
| December | ||||||
| Sun13Dec | Jupiter | Retrograde | Leo | Magha · 1 | ℞ Retro | Jupiter turns retrograde — a spell to revisit and refine growth, wisdom & fortune, not to begin. |
Every ingress (from → to), retrograde/direct station and combustion begin/end — computed from full-precision VSOP87B ephemerides with the Lahiri ayanamsa. The Status column carries a planet's ongoing retrograde / combustion until it changes. Dates are IST and may shift a day for your timezone.
The live transit board shows where every planet — the Moon included — is right now, on a gochar chart, and lets you step to any month or year.
Open the live transit board →Jupiter enters Cancer on 2026-06-02; enters Leo on 2026-10-31.
Yes — Jupiter turns retrograde and later direct in 2026; the exact station dates are in the table, and the Status column shows how long it stays retrograde.
A transit is where a planet is in the sky now versus at your birth. Vedic astrology reads these live positions — sign, nakshatra, retrograde and combustion — to time events.