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Chandrashtama dates for Dhanu Rasi — next 12 months

For Dhanu rashi, Chandrashtama runs whenever the Moon transits Karka — the eighth sign from Dhanu. That happens once every lunar month and lasts about two and a quarter days. Every occurrence from 19 September 2026 to 19 September 2027 is below, with exact local start and end times.

Vintage Indian devotional-calendar illustration of the Dhanu Sagittarius Indian archer drawing a bow beside a river
Your rashiDhanuSagittarius · Moon sign
Chandrashtama when Moon is inKarkaCancer · 8th from Dhanu
Next occurrence 4 – 6 Oct 2026from 6:32 PM
How oftenEvery ~27 days13 times in the next 12 months

Every Chandrashtama date in the next 12 months for Dhanu

Times shown for Coimbatore (UTC+5.5). The period begins when the Moon enters Karka and ends when it leaves — so it starts and finishes mid-day rather than at midnight.

MonthBeginsEndsNotes
October 20264 Oct, 6:32 PM 6 Oct, 10:18 PM
November 20261 Nov, 12:01 AM 3 Nov, 3:47 AM
November 202628 Nov, 7:23 AM 30 Nov, 9:43 AMSecond in the month
December 202625 Dec, 5:33 PM 27 Dec, 6:05 PM
January 202722 Jan, 5:10 AM 24 Jan, 4:54 AM
February 202718 Feb, 3:43 PM 20 Feb, 4:08 PM
March 202717 Mar, 11:33 PM 20 Mar, 1:32 AM
April 202714 Apr, 5:13 AM 16 Apr, 8:19 AM
May 202711 May, 10:51 AM 13 May, 1:41 PM
June 20277 Jun, 6:21 PM 9 Jun, 7:49 PM
July 20275 Jul, 4:03 AM 7 Jul, 4:04 AM
August 20271 Aug, 2:49 PM 3 Aug, 2:17 PMSun also in Karka — read as heavier
August 202729 Aug, 12:54 AM 31 Aug, 1:03 AMSecond in the month

13 calculated occurrences. A lunar cycle is about 27.3 days rather than a calendar month, so a rolling twelve-month window commonly contains thirteen or fourteen Chandrashtama periods. Times are calculated for the city shown.

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In detail

Why Karka, and what it means for Dhanu

The eighth from Dhanu is Karka

Counting inclusively from Dhanu — Dhanu — Makara — Kumbha — Meena — Mesha — Vrishabha — Mithuna — Karka — the eighth sign is Karka. Whenever the transiting Moon occupies it, Dhanu natives are in Chandrashtama.

Karka (Cancer) is ruled by Moon. That identifies the sign being watched; it does not by itself predict an event.

What is read during it

For Dhanu, as for every rashi, the traditional reading is reduced steadiness rather than misfortune: judgement may feel less settled and small delays may carry more weight than usual.

The practical instruction is two and a quarter days of postponing a new commitment where convenient, not two and a quarter days of anxiety.

What Dhanu natives may postpone

Signing agreements, starting a journey, opening a business, making a significant purchase or beginning anything hard to unwind. The register is decisions rather than ordinary activity.

Work already underway, meetings, travel already begun, necessary treatment and worship continue normally.

The heavier occurrence

When the Sun is also transiting Karka, the Chandrashtama for Dhanu is traditionally read as more noticeable than the others.

That occurrence is flagged in the calculated table. It changes no instruction; it only supplies another factor for review.

How seriously Dhanu natives should take this

13 periods in the next twelve months still amount to about a month. A recurring period that occupies roughly a twelfth of the calendar is not treated as a prohibition on ordinary life.

Every Dhanu native shares these dates. The ephemeris windows depend on the Moon sign, while the displayed clock times change with the selected city.

Do not rearrange something fixed. Use this as a preference when choosing between otherwise suitable dates. For a major event, the full muhurta carries more factors. Muhurat Finder →

Also for Dhanu rashi

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Questions

Chandrashtama for Dhanu rasi

Not necessarily. Sagittarius from a Western date-based horoscope is normally a Sun sign; Dhanu rashi is the Vedic Moon sign. Use the finder on the hub if the Moon sign is not known.

The Moon completes its circuit in about 27.3 days rather than one calendar month. The engine therefore finds every actual ingress and does not force the result to twelve.

Yes. Everyone with a Dhanu birth Moon shares the same Moon-in-Karka windows. Local start and end clock times shift with timezone, which is why the selected city is named.

Yes. The traditional preference concerns beginning a journey or commitment, not work and travel already underway.

Both methods are used. This page gives the rashi method: the full period while the Moon is in Karka. A stricter nakshatra method marks a narrower interval inside it.

This is a recurring transit rather than a natal affliction. The practical observance is simply to postpone a new start when convenient; ordinary worship needs no restriction.

Choosing a date that matters?

Chandrashtama is one factor among many. A major date is chosen from the full panchang and the relevant birth charts.

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