♂ Mars rules drive, courage & conflict. In 2025 it makes 9 notable moves, entering Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius. 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 | ||||||
| Tue21Jan | Mars | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♊︎ Gemini | Punarvasu · 3 | ℞ Retro | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Cancer for Gemini. |
| February | ||||||
| Mon24Feb | Mars | Direct | Gemini | Punarvasu · 1 | — | Mars turns direct — drive, courage & conflict picks the thread back up and moves forward. |
| April | ||||||
| Thu3Apr | Mars | Sign change | ♊︎ Gemini♋︎ Cancer | Punarvasu · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer. |
| June | ||||||
| Sat7Jun | Mars | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♌︎ Leo | Magha · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Cancer for Leo. |
| July | ||||||
| Mon28Jul | Mars | Sign change | ♌︎ Leo♍︎ Virgo | Uttara Phalguni · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Leo for Virgo. |
| September | ||||||
| Sat13Sep | Mars | Sign change | ♍︎ Virgo♎︎ Libra | Chitra · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Virgo for Libra. |
| October | ||||||
| Mon27Oct | Mars | Sign change | ♎︎ Libra♏︎ Scorpio | Vishakha · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Libra for Scorpio. |
| November | ||||||
| Fri7Nov | Mars | Combust begins | Scorpio | Anuradha · 2 | ☀ Combust | Mars slips into the Sun's glare — its themes dim and turn erratic for a while. |
| December | ||||||
| Sun7Dec | Mars | Sign change | ♏︎ Scorpio♐︎ Sagittarius | Mula · 1 | ☀ Combust | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Scorpio for Sagittarius. |
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 →Mars enters Gemini on 2025-01-21; enters Cancer on 2025-04-03; enters Leo on 2025-06-07; enters Virgo on 2025-07-28; enters Libra on 2025-09-13; enters Scorpio on 2025-10-27; enters Sagittarius on 2025-12-07.
Mars does not station retrograde in 2025 in this scan (nodes are always retrograde by nature).
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.