♃ Jupiter rules growth, wisdom & fortune. In 2029 it makes 6 notable moves, entering 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | ||||||
| Sat10Feb | Jupiter | Retrograde | Libra | Chitra · 3 | ℞ Retro | Jupiter turns retrograde — a spell to revisit and refine growth, wisdom & fortune, not to begin. |
| March | ||||||
| Thu29Mar | Jupiter | Sign change | ♎︎ Libra♍︎ Virgo | Chitra · 2 | ℞ Retro | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Libra for Virgo. |
| June | ||||||
| Thu14Jun | Jupiter | Direct | Virgo | Hasta · 4 | — | Jupiter turns direct — growth, wisdom & fortune picks the thread back up and moves forward. |
| August | ||||||
| Sat25Aug | Jupiter | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♎︎ Libra | Chitra · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for growth, wisdom & fortune — Jupiter leaves Virgo for Libra. |
| October | ||||||
| Wed17Oct | Jupiter | Combust begins | Libra | Swati · 2 | ☀ Combust | Jupiter slips into the Sun's glare — its themes dim and turn erratic for a while. |
| November | ||||||
| Wed14Nov | Jupiter | Combust clears | Libra | Swati · 3 | — | Jupiter steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
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 Virgo on 2029-03-29; enters Libra on 2029-08-25.
Yes — Jupiter turns retrograde and later direct in 2029; 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.