Sky on 28 January 2027

Sidereal positions of the nine grahas at 12:00 UTC on 28 January 2027: sign and degree, nakshatra with pada, direction of motion, the tithi of the day and the nearest planetary events.

Thursday. Sun in Capricorn. Moon in Libra, nakshatra Chitra. Tithi: Krishna Saptami (7).

Planet	Sidereal sign	Degree	Nakshatra	Motion
Sun	Capricorn	14°05′	Shravana, pada 2	direct
Moon	Libra	2°53′	Chitra, pada 3	direct
Mercury	Aquarius	0°52′	Dhanishta, pada 3	direct
Venus	Scorpio	28°48′	Jyeshtha, pada 4	direct
Mars	Leo	14°04′	Purva Phalguni, pada 1	retrograde
Jupiter	Cancer	29°33′	Ashlesha, pada 4	retrograde
Saturn	Pisces	15°44′	Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 4	direct
Rahu	Capricorn	27°08′	Dhanishta, pada 2	retrograde
Ketu	Cancer	27°08′	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

• Mercury enters Aquarius

Upcoming events

• 30 January 2027 — Venus enters Sagittarius
• 6 February 2027 — New Moon (Amavasya) · Capricorn
• 6 February 2027 — Solar eclipse · Capricorn
• 9 February 2027 — Mercury turns retrograde
• 13 February 2027 — Sun enters Aquarius

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.