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Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Mesh Rashifal for Sunday 20 December 2026: Aries Moon Sign

Sunday 20 December 2026

The Stars of Mesh, with the Moon and Planets on 20 Dec

MeenMeshVrishabhRevatiAshwiniBharaniKrittikaEclipticEastWestRevati: ζ PisciumAshwini: SheratanBharani: 35 ArietisHamalAlgolMenkar

At 12:00 PM, the Moon is at 17°50′ in Mesh, in Bharani nakshatra, pada 2.

Mesh as the 1st House: Where All Nine Grahas Are on 20 Dec

1Mo 17°234Ke 27°5Ma 13°Ju 2°R67Ve 18°8Me 27°9Su 4°10Ra 27°1112Sa 13°

Every house is counted from Mesh, so this chart is Mesh's gochar on that day. Positions at 12:00 PM, sidereal (Lahiri). The number in each house is its rashi: 1 for Mesh to 12 for Meen. R after a graha: retrograde.

Mesh on 20 Dec: the Moon is in your 1st all day, classically supportive but held back by Mars and Jupiter (vedha).

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 Mesh'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 nakshatras on this map and their yogataras
  • Revati 346°40′ to 360°00′ Yogatara: Revati (ζ Piscium). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807.
  • Ashwini 0°00′ to 13°20′ Yogatara: Sheratan (β Arietis). Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955 and Pingree and Morrissey 1989. Colebrooke 1807 reads it as α Arietis.
  • Bharani 13°20′ to 26°40′ Yogatara: 35 Arietis. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860 and Pingree and Morrissey 1989. Calendar Reform Committee 1955 reads it as 41 Arietis.
  • Krittika 26°40′ to 40°00′ Yogatara: Alcyone (η Tauri) · outside this map. Sources: Burgess and Whitney 1860, Calendar Reform Committee 1955, Pingree and Morrissey 1989 and Colebrooke 1807.

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 Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign · Sunday 20 December 2026

Mesh Rashifal for 20 Dec: Work, Love and Health

Aaj ka Mesh rashifal, read from your Moon sign. Mesh (मेष) is the 1st rashi, 0° to 30° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Mars, and it holds all four padas of Ashwini, all four padas of Bharani and Krittika pada 1. In English it is called Aries, 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 Mesh and the classical verse behind it.

Mixed?

Sunday 20 December: the Moon is in Mesh, the 1st sign from Mesh, all day (until Monday 21 Dec, 8:06 AM). Classically, the Moon in your 1st is supportive (comfort and good food), but Mars and Jupiter in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back on 20 Dec.

Mixed. By our count for Mesh on 20 Dec, of the 9 grahas: supportive 1, mixed 3, asking for patience 5; the Moon leads the day.

Work, Love and Health

Work and Money?

Rahu in your 10th and Saturn in your 12th both ask for patience; the texts name no shared result of them for work and money.

Love and Family?

Classically, Venus in your 7th asks for care with relationships, but Tula is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you, so it is counted as eased.

Health?

Classically, the Moon in your 1st favours comfort and good food, but Mars and Jupiter in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back on 20 Dec.

Moon Strength for Mesh on 20 Dec

Chandrabala, Chandrashtama and Tarabala

All day (until Monday 21 Dec, 8:06 AM): the Moon in Mesh, your 1st; supportive.

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

Next Chandrashtama for Mesh: from 3 Jan 2027, 4:31 AM to 5 Jan 2027, 4:37 PM.

Tarabala for the nakshatras of Mesh

Ashwini (padas 1–4): Janma Tara until 4:26 AM; traditionally new work waits.

Ashwini (padas 1–4): Sampat Tara from 4:26 AM, good for new work.

Bharani (padas 1–4): Atimitra Tara until 4:26 AM, good for new work.

Bharani (padas 1–4): Janma Tara from 4:26 AM; traditionally new work waits.

Krittika (pada 1): Mitra Tara until 4:26 AM, good for new work.

Krittika (pada 1): Atimitra Tara from 4:26 AM, good for new work.

Your Supportive Hours in Columbus

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

From 12:00 AM to 12:29 AM: a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 5:52 AM to 6:51 AM: Brahma Muhurta, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 10:10 AM to 11:20 AM: a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 12:11 PM to 12:30 PM: Abhijit Muhurta, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 2:48 PM to 2:50 PM: a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 5:10 PM to 8:50 PM: a good choghadiya, inside your good Chandrabala.

From 10:12 PM to 11:41 PM: Amrit Kalam, inside your good Chandrabala.

What are supportive hours?

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

from 12:00 AM to 12:29 AM · from 5:52 AM to 6:51 AM · from 10:10 AM to 11:20 AM · from 12:11 PM to 12:30 PM · from 2:48 PM to 2:50 PM · from 5:10 PM to 8:50 PM · from 10:12 PM to 11:41 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 Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Sade Sati and Shani Dhaiya for Mesh: Exact Dates

Sade Sati, first phase for Mesh: Saturn is in Meen, your 12th, from 29 Mar 2025 to 2 Jun 2027. The whole Sade Sati runs from 29 Mar 2025 to 30 May 2032. Traditionally this passage rewards steady effort, discipline and looking after health.

  • Sade Sati 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 12th and the other eight grahas are in the table below.

The next dhaiya (kantaka, Saturn in the 4th) for Mesh 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 Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Why: Each Graha's House from Mesh

Each graha, with its rule · all day

  1. Sun? Dhanu · 9th house A time for patience?

    Classically, the Sun in your 9th asks for patience (obstacles and a tired mind): give plans extra time and keep the mind rested.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 14 Jan 2027, 10:40 AM

  2. Moon? Mesh · 1st house Held back (vedha)?

    Classically, the Moon in your 1st is supportive (comfort and good food), but Mars and Jupiter in your 5th hold it back (vedha), so its support is held back on 20 Dec.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Monday 21 Dec, 8:06 AM

  3. Mars? Singh · 5th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Mars in your 5th asks for patience (children's needs and health): give children time and keep a steady routine.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 9 Mar 2027, 1:43 PM

  4. Mercury? Vrishchik · 8th house Support muted?

    Classically, Mercury in your 8th is supportive (children and gains), but Mercury is close to the Sun (combust), so its support is muted.

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: Monday 21 Dec, 9:10 PM

  5. Jupiter? Singh · 5th house Supportive?

    Classically, Jupiter in your 5th is supportive (children, prosperity and goodwill).

    Classical: favourable · In this sign until: 24 Jan 2027, 3:01 PM

  6. Venus? Tula · 7th house Eased?

    Classically, Venus in your 7th asks for patience (strain in relationships), but Tula is its own sign, where the texts say it does not work against you, so it is counted as eased.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 1 Jan 2027, 12:53 PM

  7. Saturn? Meen · 12th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Saturn in your 12th asks for patience (low spirits): give yourself rest and keep routines simple.

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

  8. Rahu? Makar · 10th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Rahu in your 10th makes this a time for patience: take each step thoughtfully.

    Classical: patience by majority · In this sign until: 24 May 2028, 5:38 AM (EDT)

  9. Ketu? Kark · 4th house A time for patience?

    Classically, Ketu in your 4th asks for patience (unease): keep the home routine calm.

    Classical: asks for patience · In this sign until: 24 May 2028, 5:38 AM (EDT)

Slow grahas for Mesh (Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu): supportive 1, mixed 0, asking for patience 3.

Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Mesh in the Next 30 Days

The next 30 days, each with the house it brings

Monday 21 Dec, 9:10 PM: Mercury moves into Dhanu, your 9th. Classically, Mercury in your 9th asks for patience (slow progress in work): give work extra time.

1 Jan 2027, 12:53 PM: Venus moves into Vrishchik, your 8th. Classically, Venus in your 8th is supportive (money and comforts).

9 Jan 2027, 2:07 PM: Mercury moves into Makar, your 10th. Classically, Mercury in your 10th is supportive (comfort and gains), but Mercury is close to the Sun (combust), so its support is muted.

10 Jan 2027: Mars turns retrograde in Singh, your 5th.

14 Jan 2027, 10:40 AM: the Sun moves into Makar, your 10th. Classically, the Sun in your 10th is supportive (success in work), but the Sun is in Makar, whose lord Saturn is not its natural friend, so its support is muted.

Mesh Rashifal 2027: the whole year, month by month

Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

Mesh Rashifal for the Next Day, 21 Dec

Tomorrow (Monday 21 December): the Moon is in your 2nd from 8:06 AM, unfavourable on its own, but the texts count it supportive by reverse vedha; Mercury moves into Dhanu, your 9th, at 9:10 PM.

Open the full rashifal for 21 Dec

Aaj ka Mesh Rashifal · Aries Moon sign

About Mesh Rashi: Lord Mars, Nakshatras and Name Letters

Lord
MarsBrihat Jataka 1.6; Saravali 3.11; Phaladeepika 1.6
Symbol
A ramBrihat Jataka 1.5; Saravali 3.3–4
Kind
Chara (movable)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 headBrihat Jataka 1.4; Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.4; Saravali 3.5–6; Phaladeepika 1.4
Span (sidereal)
0° to 30°Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Nakshatra padas
Ashwini 1–4; Bharani 1–4; Krittika 1Brihat Jataka 1.4; Hora Sara 1.13
Name letters (naam akshar)
Chu Che Cho La Li Lu Le Lo AThe avakahada table, checked against two published tables
Exalted, debilitated, moolatrikona
The Sun is exalted (uchcha) in Mesh and Saturn debilitated (neecha); Mesh is also Mars's moolatrikona sign.Brihat Jataka 1.13–14; Saravali 3.34–36; Phaladeepika 1.6–7

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

Mesh Rashi Questions

Who is the lord (swami) of Mesh rashi?

Mars, the lord of Mesh, is in Singh on 20 Dec, the 5th house from Mesh, until 9 Mar 2027, 1:43 PM. Mars rules Mesh in every classical text we read: Brihat Jataka 1.6, Saravali 3.11 and Phaladeepika 1.6. Mars also rules Vrishchik.

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

On 20 Dec, the Moon is in Mesh, from Saturday 19 Dec, 5:28 AM to Monday 21 Dec, 8:06 AM: a child born in those hours has Mesh as janma rashi. Mesh's nine name syllables, one for each nakshatra pada, are Chu, Che, Cho, La (Ashwini 1–4); Li, Lu, Le, Lo (Bharani 1–4); A (Krittika 1). A name starting with one of them gives Mesh as the name rashi, which matches the janma rashi only when the name was chosen from the birth nakshatra.

Which nakshatras are in Mesh rashi?

On 20 Dec, the Moon is in Bharani, one of Mesh's nakshatras, and in its pada 1 until 10:03 AM. Mesh covers 0° to 30° of the sidereal zodiac: all four padas of Ashwini, all four padas of Bharani and Krittika pada 1, nine nakshatra padas in all, as every rashi has (Brihat Jataka 1.4, Hora Sara 1.13). If your rashi is Mesh, your birth nakshatra is one of these.

What are Mesh rashi people like?

They are described as courageous and self-respecting, with a quick, restless energy that likes to keep moving; friendly and well liked, light eaters, with round eyes. These are the points that at least two of Brihat Jataka 17.1, Saravali 23.1 and Hora Sara 29.1 share. Brihat Jataka 17.13 adds that this picture holds in full only when the Moon, Mesh and its lord Mars 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 Mesh rashi?

Sade Sati is running for Mesh on 20 Dec, in its first phase: Saturn is in Meen, the 12th house from Mesh. It began on 29 Mar 2025 and ends with Saturn's final exit on 30 May 2032. The next dhaiya (kantaka, Saturn in the 4th) for Mesh 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 Mesh rashi?

Jupiter moves into Kark on 24 Jan 2027, 3:01 PM, the 4th house from Mesh; Saturn moves into Mesh itself on 2 Jun 2027, 7:58 PM (EDT); Rahu moves into Dhanu and Ketu into Mithun on 24 May 2028, 5:38 AM (EDT), the 9th and 3rd houses from Mesh (true node; by the mean node many almanacs print, on 23 Jun 2028). Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu–Ketu stay in a sign for many months, so their changes set the background for Mesh, 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 Mesh rashi in English?

On 20 Dec, at 12:00 PM, the Sun is in Sagittarius 28°49′ by the tropical zodiac that birthday signs use, but in Dhanu 4°35′ by the sidereal zodiac of Vedic astrology. Mesh is called Aries 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 Aries need not have Mesh rashi.

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Rashifal for the Other 11 Rashis

All 12 rashis on one page

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.
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.
Eased
A transit in a house that asks for patience, eased because the graha is in its own or exaltation sign (Phaladeepika 26.31).
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).
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.
Sade Sati
Saturn's passage through the 12th, 1st and 2nd from your Moon sign, about seven and a half years; the name is later tradition, the houses are in Phaladeepika 26.22–23.
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.
Combust (asta)
Lost in the Sun's glare; in a favourable house its support is muted (Phaladeepika 26.32). Guru and Shukra: while not seen from India's reference latitude, 23°11′N (IAE); Mars, Mercury and Saturn by the books' degrees (Surya Siddhanta 9.6–9.8).
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.
Texts differ
The classical texts read this placement differently; we follow most of them and name the text that differs.
Supportive hours
The panchang's good windows for new work in your city, inside the hours when the Moon is supportive for your rashi.
Own sign (swarashi)
A sign the graha rules (BPHS ch. 3).
Unfriendly sign
A sign whose lord the graha naturally counts as hostile (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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