Sky on 29 January 2027

Sidereal positions of the nine grahas at 12:00 UTC on 29 January 2027: sign and degree, nakshatra with pada, direction of motion, the tithi of the day and the nearest planetary events.

Friday. Sun in Capricorn. Moon in Libra, nakshatra Swati. Tithi: Krishna Ashtami (8).

Planet	Sidereal sign	Degree	Nakshatra	Motion
Sun	Capricorn	15°06′	Shravana, pada 2	direct
Moon	Libra	15°37′	Swati, pada 3	direct
Mercury	Aquarius	2°19′	Dhanishta, pada 3	direct
Venus	Scorpio	29°56′	Jyeshtha, pada 4	direct
Mars	Leo	13°50′	Purva Phalguni, pada 1	retrograde
Jupiter	Cancer	29°25′	Ashlesha, pada 4	retrograde
Saturn	Pisces	15°49′	Uttara Bhadrapada, pada 4	direct
Rahu	Capricorn	27°05′	Dhanishta, pada 2	retrograde
Ketu	Cancer	27°05′	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

No sign changes, stations, lunations or eclipses on this day.

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.