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Mercury Transits 2026

Track Mercury's 2026 transit calendar with sign changes, nakshatra movement, retrograde periods, and timing for each major shift.

Events
56
Sign Changes
14
Nakshatras
32
Retrogrades
3
Mercury

Mercury

बुध (Budha)

Current Sign
Cancer
Current Nakshatra
Punarvasu
Motion
Retrograde
Dignity
Neutral

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2026 monthly movement

Month-by-month sign, nakshatra, motion, and dignity changes for this planet.

January 2026

5 changes

Jan

6

6:31 PM

Enters Purva Ashadha nakshatra

Jan

15

3:50 AM

Enters Uttara Ashadha nakshatra

Jan

17

4:54 AM

Enters Capricorn

Jan

23

4:55 AM

Enters Shravana nakshatra

Jan

30

9:55 PM

Enters Dhanishta nakshatra

February 2026

4 changes

Feb

3

4:22 PM

Enters Aquarius

Feb

7

11:00 AM

Enters Shatabhisha nakshatra

Feb

15

4:03 PM

Enters Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra

Feb

26

6:47 AM

Turns retrograde

Retrograde

March 2026

2 changes

Mar

10

2:26 AM

Enters Shatabhisha nakshatra

Mar

20

7:33 PM

Resumes direct motion

Direct

April 2026

5 changes

Apr

1

2:43 PM

Enters Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra

Apr

10

7:46 PM

Enters Pisces

Debilitated

Apr

13

8:53 AM

Enters Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra

Apr

22

8:08 AM

Enters Revati nakshatra

Apr

30

1:23 AM

Enters Aries

Ashwini nakshatra

May 2026

6 changes

May

6

10:30 PM

Enters Bharani nakshatra

May

13

6:15 AM

Enters Krittika nakshatra

May

14

7:02 PM

Enters Taurus

May

19

9:05 AM

Enters Rohini nakshatra

May

25

6:17 PM

Enters Mrigashira nakshatra

May

29

5:42 AM

Enters Gemini

June 2026

4 changes

Jun

2

12:41 AM

Enters Ardra nakshatra

Jun

11

5:56 AM

Enters Punarvasu nakshatra

Jun

22

10:00 AM

Enters Cancer

Jun

29

5:34 PM

Turns retrograde

Retrograde

July 2026

2 changes

Jul

7

5:16 AM

Enters Gemini

Jul

23

10:59 PM

Resumes direct motion

Direct

August 2026

5 changes

Aug

5

2:24 PM

Enters Cancer

Aug

8

1:50 AM

Enters Pushya nakshatra

Aug

15

8:47 PM

Enters Ashlesha nakshatra

Aug

22

2:01 PM

Enters Leo

Magha nakshatra

Aug

29

7:27 AM

Enters Purva Phalguni nakshatra

September 2026

5 changes

Sep

5

11:00 AM

Enters Uttara Phalguni nakshatra

Sep

7

8:03 AM

Enters Virgo

Exalted

Sep

13

5:15 AM

Enters Hasta nakshatra

Sep

21

5:13 PM

Enters Chitra nakshatra

Sep

26

7:09 AM

Enters Libra

October 2026

3 changes

Oct

1

4:00 AM

Enters Swati nakshatra

Oct

12

1:13 PM

Enters Vishakha nakshatra

Oct

24

7:13 AM

Turns retrograde

Retrograde

November 2026

3 changes

Nov

3

12:30 AM

Enters Swati nakshatra

Nov

13

3:55 PM

Resumes direct motion

Direct

Nov

25

8:12 AM

Enters Vishakha nakshatra

December 2026

5 changes

Dec

2

11:58 AM

Enters Scorpio

Dec

4

5:47 PM

Enters Anuradha nakshatra

Dec

13

11:48 AM

Enters Jyeshtha nakshatra

Dec

22

2:10 AM

Enters Sagittarius

Mula nakshatra

Dec

30

1:01 PM

Enters Purva Ashadha nakshatra

Calculation notes

Calculations use NASA JPL Ephemeris data.

Times are shown in your local timezone.

Positions use the sidereal zodiac for Vedic calculations.

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