Sky on 16 December 2026
Sidereal positions of the nine grahas at 12:00 UTC on 16 December 2026: sign and degree, nakshatra with pada, direction of motion, the tithi of the day and the nearest planetary events.
Wednesday. Sun in Sagittarius. Moon in Aquarius, nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada. Tithi: Shukla Saptami (7).
| Planet | Sidereal sign | Degree | Nakshatra | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 0°18′ | Mula, pada 1 | direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 21°47′ | Purva Bhadrapada, pada 1 | direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 21°18′ | Jyeshtha, pada 2 | direct |
| Venus | Libra | 14°51′ | Swati, pada 3 | direct |
| Mars | Leo | 12°39′ | Magha, pada 4 | direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 2°46′ | Magha, pada 1 | direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 13°43′ | Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 4 | direct |
| Rahu | Capricorn | 29°25′ | Dhanishta, pada 2 | retrograde |
| Ketu | Cancer | 29°25′ | Ashlesha, pada 4 | retrograde |
Positions at 12:00 UTC; motion is the change between this noon and the previous one. Rahu and Ketu are the mean nodes and always move backwards.
Events on this day
Upcoming events
- — Mercury enters Sagittarius
- — Full Moon (Purnima) · Gemini
- — Venus enters Scorpio
- — New Moon (Amavasya) · Sagittarius
- — Mercury enters Capricorn
All times are UTC. Signs are sidereal (Lahiri ayanamsa), as used in Vedic astrology; they differ from Western tropical signs by about 24°. Day-level dates come from noon positions, so an ingress very close to midnight may fall on the neighbouring day in your time zone.
See how these transits touch your own birth chart
Astrolytix builds your Vedic birth chart, dashas and a personal transit timeline, and explains every period in plain language — in 16 languages.
Computed: 2026-10-12