♃ Jupiter rules growth, wisdom & fortune. In 2028 it makes 7 notable moves, entering Leo, Virgo, Libra. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ||||||
| Wed12Jan | Jupiter | Retrograde | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni · 2 | ℞ Retro | Jupiter turns retrograde — a spell to revisit and refine growth, wisdom & fortune, not to begin. |
| February | ||||||
| Mon28Feb | Jupiter | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♌︎ Leo | Uttara Phalguni · 1 | ℞ Retro | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Virgo for Leo. |
| May | ||||||
| Sun14May | Jupiter | Direct | Leo | Purva Phalguni · 3 | — | Jupiter turns direct — growth, wisdom & fortune picks the thread back up and moves forward. |
| July | ||||||
| Mon24Jul | Jupiter | Sign change | ♌︎ Leo♍︎ Virgo | Uttara Phalguni · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Leo for Virgo. |
| September | ||||||
| Sat16Sep | Jupiter | Combust begins | Virgo | Hasta · 1 | ☀ Combust | Jupiter slips into the Sun's glare — its themes dim and turn erratic for a while. |
| October | ||||||
| Sun15Oct | Jupiter | Combust clears | Virgo | Hasta · 3 | — | Jupiter steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
| December | ||||||
| Tue26Dec | Jupiter | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♎︎ Libra | Chitra · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Virgo for Libra. |
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 Leo on 2028-02-28; enters Virgo on 2028-07-24; enters Libra on 2028-12-26.
Yes — Jupiter turns retrograde and later direct in 2028; 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.