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Dhanu Rashifal Today: Sagittarius Horoscope by Vedic Moon Sign

Wednesday 21 October 2026

The Stars of Dhanu, with the Moon and Planets Now

DhanuMakarMulaPurva AshadhaEclipticEastWestMula: ShaulaPurva Ashadha: Kaus MediaUttara Ashadha: NunkiKaus AustralisSargasAscella

At 7:51 PM, the Moon is in Kumbh, outside this map; its next stay in Dhanu runs from 12 Nov, 3:49 AM (EST) to 14 Nov, 4:41 PM (EST).

Dhanu as the 1st House: Where All Nine Grahas Are Now

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Every house is counted from Dhanu, so this chart is Dhanu's gochar as it stands now. Positions at 7:51 PM, sidereal (Lahiri). The number in each house is its rashi: 1 for Mesh to 12 for Meen. R after a graha: retrograde.

Dhanu today: the Moon is in your 3rd all day, classically supportive, but it shares Kumbh with Rahu, so its support is muted.

Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States · America/New_York · ·

  • Moon
  • Planet
  • Rahu and Ketu: the Moon's nodes, points without a body
  • Yogatara: the star that marks a nakshatra
  • Star figure lines, drawn by us
  • Ecliptic: the Sun's path
  • Rashi edge
  • Nakshatra edge
  • Brighter stars are drawn larger

The real stars of Dhanu's 30° of sky, at their catalogue positions. Only the Moon and the planets move. As seen facing south from India: east is on the left, and the Moon moves from right to left. The Moon's place on the map is updated every minute; the stars keep their places.

The nakshatras on this map and their yogataras
  • Jyeshtha 226°40′ to 240°00′ Yogatara: Antares (α Scorpii) · outside this map. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.
  • Mula 240°00′ to 253°20′ Yogatara: Shaula (λ Scorpii). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860 and Calendar Reform Committee 1955. Pingree and Morrissey 1989 reads it as 45 Ophiuchi.
  • Purva Ashadha 253°20′ to 266°40′ Yogatara: Kaus Media (δ Sagittarii). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.
  • Uttara Ashadha 266°40′ to 280°00′ Yogatara: Nunki (σ Sagittarii). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955 and Pingree and Morrissey 1989. Colebrooke 1807 reads it as τ Sagittarii. Under Lahiri, this star lies outside its nakshatra's own 13°20′ stretch.

Star positions are worked out for the hour from the catalogue (proper motion, parallax and aberration), in the same sidereal frame as the planets, with Lahiri ayanamsa. For the 36 stars compared, Swiss Ephemeris's own star file agrees within 2.4 arc-seconds. The Moon and planets are placed as seen from the Earth's centre; from your own place the Moon can look up to about 1° away from its spot here. The figure lines are our own; each yogatara is given by at least two of the sources listed above.

Star positions: Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th ed. (Hoffleit & Warren, 1991; NASA HEASARC, public domain). Star names: IAU Working Group on Star Names (CC BY 4.0). Moon and planets: NASA JPL DE440s.

Aaj ka Dhanu Rashifal · Sagittarius Moon sign · Wednesday 21 October 2026

Dhanu Rashifal Today: Work, Love and Health

Aaj ka Dhanu rashifal, read from your Moon sign. Dhanu (धनु) is the 9th rashi, 240° to 270° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Jupiter, and it holds all four padas of Mula, all four padas of Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha pada 1. In English it is called Sagittarius, but here it means the sign the Moon was in at your birth, not your birthday sign. Every line below names its graha, the house that graha holds from Dhanu and the classical verse behind it.

Mixed?

Wednesday 21 October: the Moon is in Kumbh, the 3rd sign from Dhanu, all day (until Friday 23 Oct, 5:34 AM). Classically, the Moon in your 3rd is supportive (gains), but it shares Kumbh with Rahu, so its support is muted.

Mixed. By our count for Dhanu today, of the 9 grahas: supportive 3, mixed 3, asking for patience 3; the Moon leads the day.

Work, Love and Health

Work and Money?

Classically, Rahu in your 3rd favours gains, while the Moon in your 3rd favours gains, but it shares Kumbh with Rahu, so its support is muted. Together they read as mixed.

Love and Family?

Classically, Saturn in your 4th asks for care with home and relatives: give home matters time.

Health?

No graha is in your 1st or 6th today, so the texts point to nothing particular for health.

Moon Strength for Dhanu Today

Chandrabala, Chandrashtama and Tarabala

All day (until Friday 23 Oct, 5:34 AM): the Moon in Kumbh, your 3rd; supportive.

  • Chandrabala Muhurta Chintamani 4.1 · Phaladeepika 26.2 · Brihat Samhita 104.4

All day the Moon shares Kumbh with Rahu.

Next Chandrashtama for Dhanu: from 31 Oct, 2:31 PM to 2 Nov, 5:17 PM (EST).

Tarabala for the nakshatras of Dhanu

Mula (padas 1–4): Pratyari Tara until 10:18 AM; traditionally new work waits.

Mula (padas 1–4): Sadhaka Tara from 10:18 AM, good for new work.

Purva Ashadha (padas 1–4): Kshema Tara until 10:18 AM, good for new work.

Purva Ashadha (padas 1–4): Pratyari Tara from 10:18 AM; traditionally new work waits.

Uttara Ashadha (pada 1): Vipat Tara until 10:18 AM; traditionally new work waits.

Uttara Ashadha (pada 1): Kshema Tara from 10:18 AM, good for new work.

Your Supportive Hours in Columbus

5 windows, from the panchang, inside this rashi's good Chandrabala

From 12:51 AM to 2:55 AM: Amrit Kalam and a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 6:04 AM to 6:57 AM: Brahma Muhurta, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 7:49 AM to 9:11 AM: a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 11:54 AM to 12:54 PM: a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 3:05 PM to 3:49 PM: Vijaya Muhurta, inside your good Chandrabala.

What are supportive hours?

The panchang's windows for new work in Columbus (for reference)

from 12:51 AM to 2:55 AM · from 6:04 AM to 6:57 AM · from 7:49 AM to 9:11 AM · from 11:54 AM to 12:54 PM · from 3:05 PM to 3:49 PM

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Every time on this page is in America/New_York. The reading is the same for everyone in this time zone; only the supportive hours follow Columbus's sunrise.

Aaj ka Dhanu Rashifal · Sagittarius Moon sign

Sade Sati and Shani Dhaiya for Dhanu: Exact Dates

Shani's dhaiya (kantaka) for Dhanu: Saturn is in Meen, your 4th, from 29 Mar 2025 to 2 Jun 2027. The whole dhaiya runs from 29 Mar 2025 to 23 Feb 2028, with a pause from 2 Jun 2027 to 19 Oct 2027. Traditionally this passage rewards steady effort, discipline and looking after health.

  • dhaiya Phaladeepika 26.22–23 · Brihat Samhita 104.39–45

Within this stay, Saturn's effect is classically felt most in the last third of Meen: from 1 Jul 2026 to 20 Aug 2026 and from 10 Mar 2027 to 2 Jun 2027.

  • Felt most Phaladeepika 26.25 · Muhurta Chintamani 4.19

Saturn is one of nine: the verdict for Saturn in your 4th and the other eight grahas are in the table below.

The next dhaiya (ashtama, Saturn in the 8th) for Dhanu runs from 12 Jul 2034 to 27 Aug 2036.

Counted from the Moon sign, as Phaladeepika 26.22–23 and Brihat Samhita 104 do. Each span runs from Saturn's first entry to its final exit, with every pause shown. Classically it is a time for steady effort and patience, not a fixed outcome.

Aaj ka Dhanu Rashifal · Sagittarius Moon sign

Why: Each Graha's House from Dhanu

Each graha, with its rule · all day

  1. Sun? Tula · 11th house Support muted?

    Classically, the Sun in your 11th is supportive (standing, honour, gains and health picking up), but the Sun is in Tula, its debilitation sign, so its support is muted.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 16 Nov, 9:13 AM (EST)

  2. Moon? Kumbh · 3rd house Mixed?

    Classically, the Moon in your 3rd is supportive (gains), but it shares Kumbh with Rahu, so its support is muted.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Friday 23 Oct, 5:34 AM

  3. Mars? Kark · 8th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Mars in your 8th asks for patience (needless risk, money and standing): avoid needless risk and keep spending in check.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 12 Nov, 9:49 AM (EST)

  4. Mercury? Tula · 11th house Supportive?

    Classically, Mercury in your 11th is supportive (growth, gains and friends).

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 2 Dec, 6:58 AM (EST)

  5. Jupiter? Kark · 8th house Supportive (reverse vedha)?

    Classically, Jupiter in your 8th is unfavourable on its own (tiring travel and health), but with the Sun, Mercury and Venus in your 11th the texts reverse it (reverse vedha), so it is counted as supportive.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 31 Oct, 2:33 AM

  6. Venus? Tula · 11th house Held back (vedha)?

    Classically, Venus in your 11th is counted favourable, but the Moon in your 3rd holds it back (vedha), and Venus is close to the Sun (combust), so its support is held back today.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 5 Nov, 2:34 PM (EST)

  7. Saturn? Meen · 4th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Saturn in your 4th asks for patience (home and relatives): give home matters time.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 2 Jun 2027, 7:58 PM

  8. Rahu? Kumbh · 3rd house Supportive?

    Classically, Rahu in your 3rd is supportive (happiness and gains).

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 25 Nov, 7:16 AM (EST)

  9. Ketu? Singh · 9th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Ketu in your 9th asks for patience (low spirits): keep the mind rested.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 25 Nov, 7:16 AM (EST)

Slow grahas for Dhanu (Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu): supportive 2, mixed 0, asking for patience 2.

Aaj ka Dhanu Rashifal · Sagittarius Moon sign

Dhanu in the Next 30 Days

The next 30 days, each with the house it brings

Saturday 24 Oct, 3:13 AM: Mercury turns retrograde in Tula, your 11th.

29 Oct, 12:10 AM: Venus moves out of combustion in Tula, your 11th.

29 Oct, 8:34 PM: Mercury comes close to the Sun (combust) in Tula, your 11th.

31 Oct, 2:33 AM: Jupiter moves into Singh, your 9th. Classically, Jupiter in your 9th is supportive (fortune, success and children).

5 Nov, 2:34 PM (EST): Venus moves into Kanya, your 10th. Classically, Venus in your 10th asks for patience (friction and standing at work): speak gently at work.

10 Nov, 5:24 AM (EST): Mercury moves out of combustion in Tula, your 11th.

12 Nov, 9:49 AM (EST): Mars moves into Singh, your 9th. Classically, Mars in your 9th asks for patience (standing, money and low energy): conserve energy and keep spending in check.

13 Nov, 10:54 AM (EST): Mercury turns direct in Tula, your 11th.

13 Nov, 7:30 PM (EST): Venus turns direct in Kanya, your 10th.

16 Nov, 9:13 AM (EST): the Sun moves into Vrishchik, your 12th. Classically, the Sun in your 12th asks for patience: take each step thoughtfully.

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Aaj ka Dhanu Rashifal · Sagittarius Moon sign

Tomorrow's Dhanu Rashifal (Kal ka Dhanu Rashifal)

Tomorrow (Thursday 22 October): the Moon is in your 3rd all day, classically supportive, but it shares Kumbh with Rahu, so its support is muted.

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Aaj ka Dhanu Rashifal · Sagittarius Moon sign

About Dhanu Rashi: Lord Jupiter, Nakshatras and Name Letters

Lord
JupiterBrihat Jataka 1.6; Saravali 3.11; Phaladeepika 1.6
Symbol
An archer whose lower body is a horse'sBrihat Jataka 1.5; Saravali 3.3–4
Kind
Dvisvabhava (dual)Brihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.20–21; Phaladeepika 1.9
Odd or even
Odd sign; male (purusha)Brihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.20–21; Phaladeepika 1.9
Direction
EastBrihat Jataka 1.11; Saravali 3.22; Phaladeepika 1.9
Rising
Prishthodaya: rises back firstBrihat Jataka 1.10; Saravali 3.24; Jataka Parijata 1.14
Strong
By nightBrihat Jataka 1.10; Saravali 3.24; Phaladeepika 1.8
Kalapurusha limb
The thighsBrihat Jataka 1.4; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.4; Saravali 3.5–6; Phaladeepika 1.4
Span (sidereal)
240° to 270°Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Nakshatra padas
Mula 1–4; Purva Ashadha 1–4; Uttara Ashadha 1Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Name letters (naam akshar)
Ye Yo Bha Bhi Bhu Dha Pha Dha BheThe avakahada table, checked against two published tables
Exalted, debilitated, moolatrikona
Dhanu is Jupiter's moolatrikona sign; no graha is exalted or debilitated here.Brihat Jataka 1.13–14; Saravali 3.34–36; Phaladeepika 1.6–7
  • Rising: Brihat Jataka 1.10, Saravali 3.24, Phaladeepika 1.8 and Jataka Parijata 1.14 call Dhanu prishthodaya; printed editions of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.17 read this verse differently.

A name rashi is the janma rashi only when the name was chosen from the birth nakshatra's syllable. Each fact is given in at least two classical texts, and where the texts differ both readings are shown. Left out: the element (tattva), which only one of the texts we read gives (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4); and any colour, number or stone for a rashi, which none of them ties to good fortune.

Texts read for this page
  • Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira: Sanskrit with English by M. D. Neely; English by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
  • Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra: English by R. Santhanam, with the Sanskrit text
  • Saravali of Kalyana Varma: English by R. Santhanam
  • Phaladeepika of Mantreswara: English by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
  • Jataka Parijata of Vaidyanatha: English by V. Subrahmanya Sastri
  • Hora Sara of Prithuyasas: English by R. Santhanam

Questions

Dhanu Rashi Questions

Who is the lord (swami) of Dhanu rashi?

Jupiter, the lord of Dhanu, is in Kark today, the 8th house from Dhanu, until 31 Oct, 2:33 AM. Jupiter rules Dhanu in every classical text we read: Brihat Jataka 1.6, Saravali 3.11 and Phaladeepika 1.6. Jupiter also rules Meen.

Which name letters (naam akshar) belong to Dhanu rashi?

Today, the Moon is in Kumbh; its next stay in Dhanu runs from 12 Nov, 3:49 AM (EST) to 14 Nov, 4:41 PM (EST): a child born in those hours has Dhanu as janma rashi. Dhanu's nine name syllables, one for each nakshatra pada, are Ye, Yo, Bha, Bhi (Mula 1–4); Bhu, Dha, Pha, Dha (Purva Ashadha 1–4); Bhe (Uttara Ashadha 1). A name starting with one of them gives Dhanu as the name rashi, which matches the janma rashi only when the name was chosen from the birth nakshatra.

Which nakshatras are in Dhanu rashi?

Today, the Moon is in Shatabhisha; its next pass through Dhanu begins in Mula pada 1, from 12 Nov, 3:49 AM (EST). Dhanu covers 240° to 270° of the sidereal zodiac: all four padas of Mula, all four padas of Purva Ashadha and Uttara Ashadha pada 1, nine nakshatra padas in all, as every rashi has (Brihat Jataka 1.4, Hora Sara 1.13). If your rashi is Dhanu, your birth nakshatra is one of these.

What are Dhanu rashi people like?

They are described as good speakers, skilled in arts and crafts, strong and bold, and versed in dharma and the shastras; the texts give them a long face and a prominent neck. These are the points that at least two of Brihat Jataka 17.9, Saravali 23.58 and Hora Sara 29.9 share. Brihat Jataka 17.13 adds that this picture holds in full only when the Moon, Dhanu and its lord Jupiter are all strong in the birth chart, and Hora Sara 29.13 that a graha joining or aspecting the Moon changes it, so your own kundli says more than the rashi alone.

When do Sade Sati and Shani dhaiya start and end for Dhanu rashi?

Shani dhaiya (kantaka, Saturn in the 4th) is running for Dhanu today: Saturn is in Meen, the 4th house from Dhanu. It began on 29 Mar 2025 and ends with Saturn's final exit on 23 Feb 2028, with Saturn stepping out of it from 2 Jun 2027 to 19 Oct 2027. The next dhaiya (ashtama, Saturn in the 8th) for Dhanu runs from 12 Jul 2034 to 27 Aug 2036. Each span runs from Saturn's first entry to its final exit, with every pause shown, and is counted from the Moon sign as Phaladeepika 26.22–23 and Brihat Samhita 104 count it. Classically Sade Sati and dhaiya ask for steady effort and patience; neither is a fixed outcome.

When does the time change for Dhanu rashi?

Jupiter moves into Singh on 31 Oct, 2:33 AM, the 9th house from Dhanu; Rahu moves into Makar and Ketu into Kark on 25 Nov, 7:16 AM (EST), the 2nd and 8th houses from Dhanu (true node; by the mean node many almanacs print, on 5 Dec); Saturn moves into Mesh on 2 Jun 2027, 7:58 PM, the 5th house from Dhanu. Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu–Ketu stay in a sign for many months, so their changes set the background for Dhanu, and each change above names the house it brings. The daily reading on this page weighs all nine grahas together, and no rashi has a good or a poor time as a whole.

What is Dhanu rashi in English?

Today, at 12:00 PM, the Sun is in Libra 28°16′ by the tropical zodiac that birthday signs use, but in Tula 4°02′ by the sidereal zodiac of Vedic astrology. Dhanu is called Sagittarius in English, yet a rashi is the Moon's sign at birth in the sidereal zodiac, not the birthday sign, so someone whose birthday makes them Sagittarius need not have Dhanu rashi.

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Words used on this page

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Sun
One of the nine grahas: the soul, standing and authority.
Moon
One of the nine grahas: the mind; it leads the day's reading.
Mars
One of the nine grahas: energy, courage and effort.
Mercury
One of the nine grahas: speech, learning and trade.
Jupiter
One of the nine grahas: wisdom, children and growth.
Venus
One of the nine grahas: comfort, relationships and the arts.
Saturn
One of the nine grahas: duty, patience and steady work.
Rahu
One of the nine grahas: the Moon's north node, a shadow graha.
Ketu
One of the nine grahas: the Moon's south node, always opposite Rahu.
Supportive
A transit in a house the texts count favourable, with nothing holding it back.
Supportive (reverse vedha)
A transit in a house that asks for patience, counted supportive because another graha sits in its paired favourable house (reverse vedha).
Held back (vedha)
A favourable transit obstructed by another graha in its vedha house.
Support muted
A favourable transit whose graha is debilitated, in an unfriendly sign or close to the Sun, so its support is counted as muted.
Mixed
The texts pull both ways (its own or exaltation sign while close to the Sun), or the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu shares a supportive Moon's sign, so the transit is counted neither supportive nor a time for patience.
A time for patience
A transit in a house the texts count unfavourable: a time for steady effort and simple plans.
Mixed
Our label for the day when the Moon is held back, muted or eased, or shares its sign with the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu.
Gochar (transit)
The movement of the grahas through the signs, read from your Moon sign (Phaladeepika 26.1).
House (bhava)
The count of signs from your Moon sign; the Moon sign itself is the 1st.
Vedha (obstruction)
A favourable transit is held back while another graha sits in its paired house (Phaladeepika 26.3–8).
Reverse vedha (vama vedha)
A transit that asks for patience is counted supportive while another graha sits in its paired favourable house (Muhurta Chintamani 4.4; Narada Samhita 12.8).
The Moon's company
The grahas in the Moon's sign; the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu there mute a supportive Moon (Muhurta Chintamani 4.7; Brihat Samhita 104.56).
Chandrabala
The Moon's strength for you, counted from your Moon sign: houses 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 are good.
Tarabala
The strength of the day's nakshatra for you, counted from your birth nakshatra in rounds of nine.
Shani's dhaiya
Saturn's stay of about two and a half years in the 4th (kantaka) or the 8th from your Moon sign.
Retrograde (vakri)
Seen from Earth the graha appears to move backwards; shown as a fact only, as the texts differ on its meaning in transit.
Direct (margi)
The graha moves forward again after a retrograde spell.
Combust (asta)
The graha is so close to the Sun that it is lost in its glare; in a favourable house its support is counted as muted (Phaladeepika 26.32; Narada Samhita 12.11).
Felt most
The third of a sign in which a graha's transit is classically felt most: the Sun and Mars the first, Jupiter and Venus the middle, the Moon and Saturn the last (Phaladeepika 26.25; Muhurta Chintamani 4.19).
Mean-node reckoning
Rahu and Ketu by their average motion, which many almanacs print; its dates can differ from the true node by days.
Supportive hours
The panchang's good windows for new work in your city, inside the hours when the Moon is supportive for your rashi.
Exalted (uchcha)
The sign where a graha is strongest (BPHS ch. 3).
Debilitated (neecha)
The sign opposite its exaltation, where a graha is weakest (BPHS ch. 3).
Work and Money
Our grouping: read from the 10th, 6th, 3rd, 11th, 2nd and 12th houses from your Moon sign, whose meanings name this area (BPHS ch. 11).
Love and Family
Our grouping: read from the 7th, 4th and 2nd houses from your Moon sign, whose meanings name this area (BPHS ch. 11).
Health
Our grouping: read from the 1st and 6th houses from your Moon sign, whose meanings name this area (BPHS ch. 11).

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