♂ Mars rules drive, courage & conflict. In 2026 it makes 9 notable moves, entering Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ||||||
| Fri16Jan | Mars | Sign change | ♐︎ Sagittarius♑︎ Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha · 2 | ☀ Combust | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Sagittarius for Capricorn. |
| February | ||||||
| Mon23Feb | Mars | Sign change | ♑︎ Capricorn♒︎ Aquarius | Dhanishtha · 3 | ☀ Combust | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Capricorn for Aquarius. |
| March | ||||||
| Thu26Mar | Mars | Combust clears | Aquarius | Purva Bhadrapada · 2 | — | Mars steps clear of the Sun — its light, and its significations, return. |
| April | ||||||
| Thu2Apr | Mars | Sign change | ♒︎ Aquarius♓︎ Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Aquarius for Pisces. |
| May | ||||||
| Mon11May | Mars | Sign change | ♓︎ Pisces♈︎ Aries | Ashwini · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Pisces for Aries. |
| June | ||||||
| Sun21Jun | Mars | Sign change | ♈︎ Aries♉︎ Taurus | Krittika · 2 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Aries for Taurus. |
| August | ||||||
| Sun2Aug | Mars | Sign change | ♉︎ Taurus♊︎ Gemini | Mrigashira · 3 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Taurus for Gemini. |
| September | ||||||
| Fri18Sep | Mars | Sign change | ♊︎ Gemini♋︎ Cancer | Punarvasu · 4 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Gemini for Cancer. |
| November | ||||||
| Thu12Nov | Mars | Sign change | ♋︎ Cancer♌︎ Leo | Magha · 1 | — | A fresh chapter for drive, courage & conflict — Mars leaves Cancer for Leo. |
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 Capricorn on 2026-01-16; enters Aquarius on 2026-02-23; enters Pisces on 2026-04-02; enters Aries on 2026-05-11; enters Taurus on 2026-06-21; enters Gemini on 2026-08-02; enters Cancer on 2026-09-18; enters Leo on 2026-11-12.
Mars does not station retrograde in 2026 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.