What is graha gochara?
In this calendar, a gochara is a modeled planet crossing into the next sidereal 30° rashi. The five selected planets move at very different rates. Mercury may cross a boundary, return to the prior rashi while retrograde, and cross forward again. Saturn may stay in a single rashi for the whole year; that gives an empty entry table but a meaningful opening-rashi line.
The Positional Astronomy Centre’s national panchang overview includes nirayana planetary positions. Drik Panchang’s Budha list shows a July 2026 retrograde return; its Shukra list shows a November return. This calculator computes its own entries and labels, with method and comparison details in the guide →