Live transit calendar
Track Mercury's 2026 transit calendar with sign changes, nakshatra movement, retrograde periods, and timing for each major shift.
Mercury
बुध (Budha)
Find out which house Mercury is currently transiting in your birth chart. This shows which area of life is being activated by Mercury's current position.
Transit calendar
Month-by-month sign, nakshatra, motion, and dignity changes for this planet.
5 transit changes
Jan
6
6:31 PM
Nakshatra
Mula to Purva Ashadha
Jan
15
3:50 AM
Nakshatra
Purva Ashadha to Uttara Ashadha
Jan
17
4:54 AM
Sign
Sagittarius to Capricorn
Jan
23
4:55 AM
Nakshatra
Uttara Ashadha to Shravana
Jan
30
9:55 PM
Nakshatra
Shravana to Dhanishta
4 transit changes
Feb
3
4:22 PM
Sign
Capricorn to Aquarius
Feb
7
11:00 AM
Nakshatra
Dhanishta to Shatabhisha
Feb
15
4:03 PM
Nakshatra
Shatabhisha to Purva Bhadrapada
Feb
26
6:47 AM
Motion
Begins retrograde motion
2 transit changes
Mar
10
2:26 AM
Nakshatra
Purva Bhadrapada to Shatabhisha
Mar
20
7:33 PM
Motion
Returns to direct motion
8 transit changes
Apr
1
2:43 PM
Nakshatra
Shatabhisha to Purva Bhadrapada
Apr
10
7:46 PM
Sign
Aquarius to Pisces
Apr
10
7:46 PM
Dignity
Enters debilitation
Apr
13
8:53 AM
Nakshatra
Purva Bhadrapada to Uttara Bhadrapada
Apr
22
8:08 AM
Nakshatra
Uttara Bhadrapada to Revati
Apr
30
1:23 AM
Sign
Pisces to Aries
Apr
30
1:23 AM
Nakshatra
Revati to Ashwini
Apr
30
1:23 AM
Dignity
Changes dignity to neutral
6 transit changes
May
6
10:30 PM
Nakshatra
Ashwini to Bharani
May
13
6:15 AM
Nakshatra
Bharani to Krittika
May
14
7:02 PM
Sign
Aries to Taurus
May
19
9:05 AM
Nakshatra
Krittika to Rohini
May
25
6:17 PM
Nakshatra
Rohini to Mrigashira
May
29
5:42 AM
Sign
Taurus to Gemini
4 transit changes
Jun
2
12:41 AM
Nakshatra
Mrigashira to Ardra
Jun
11
5:56 AM
Nakshatra
Ardra to Punarvasu
Jun
22
10:00 AM
Sign
Gemini to Cancer
Jun
29
5:34 PM
Motion
Begins retrograde motion
2 transit changes
Jul
7
5:16 AM
Sign
Cancer to Gemini
Jul
23
10:59 PM
Motion
Returns to direct motion
6 transit changes
Aug
5
2:24 PM
Sign
Gemini to Cancer
Aug
8
1:50 AM
Nakshatra
Punarvasu to Pushya
Aug
15
8:47 PM
Nakshatra
Pushya to Ashlesha
Aug
22
2:01 PM
Sign
Cancer to Leo
Aug
22
2:01 PM
Nakshatra
Ashlesha to Magha
Aug
29
7:27 AM
Nakshatra
Magha to Purva Phalguni
7 transit changes
Sep
5
11:00 AM
Nakshatra
Purva Phalguni to Uttara Phalguni
Sep
7
8:03 AM
Sign
Leo to Virgo
Sep
7
8:03 AM
Dignity
Enters exaltation
Sep
13
5:15 AM
Nakshatra
Uttara Phalguni to Hasta
Sep
21
5:13 PM
Nakshatra
Hasta to Chitra
Sep
26
7:09 AM
Sign
Virgo to Libra
Sep
26
7:09 AM
Dignity
Changes dignity to neutral
3 transit changes
Oct
1
4:00 AM
Nakshatra
Chitra to Swati
Oct
12
1:13 PM
Nakshatra
Swati to Vishakha
Oct
24
7:13 AM
Motion
Begins retrograde motion
3 transit changes
Nov
3
12:30 AM
Nakshatra
Vishakha to Swati
Nov
13
3:55 PM
Motion
Returns to direct motion
Nov
25
8:12 AM
Nakshatra
Swati to Vishakha
6 transit changes
Dec
2
11:58 AM
Sign
Libra to Scorpio
Dec
4
5:47 PM
Nakshatra
Vishakha to Anuradha
Dec
13
11:48 AM
Nakshatra
Anuradha to Jyeshtha
Dec
22
2:10 AM
Sign
Scorpio to Sagittarius
Dec
22
2:10 AM
Nakshatra
Jyeshtha to Mula
Dec
30
1:01 PM
Nakshatra
Mula to Purva Ashadha
Calculations use NASA JPL Ephemeris data.
Times are shown in your local timezone.
Positions use the sidereal zodiac for Vedic calculations.