मङ्गल 2026 Mangala (Mars): vakri, udaya and asta, 2026
When Mangala (Mars) turns back (vakri) and forward (margi) in 2026, when it is first seen and lost beside the Sun, and when it is within the Sun's combustion distance, in Indian Standard Time.
Vakri (retrograde)
No vakri in 2026. It next turns vakri on Sun 10 Jan 2027 at 18:26 IST.
Udaya and asta, by the Surya Siddhanta
Seen from Ujjain, by the Siddhanta's degrees of time (ch. ix).
| Udaya or asta | Moment (IST) |
|---|---|
| Udaya: first seen in the east before sunrise | Fri 24 Apr 2026 05:14 IST See the sky |
Asta by longitude
Within 17° (8° while vakri) of the Sun, as the graha's card in the app shows it.
| Asta from | Until |
|---|---|
| Thu 6 Nov 2025 23:52 IST See the sky | Thu 26 Mar 2026 14:05 IST See the sky |
How these are found
Vakri runs from the station where Mangala's daily motion turns backward to the station where it turns forward again, each found to the minute from the app's own positions. Udaya and asta are by the Surya Siddhanta's rule (ch. ix, Burgess and Whitney 1860): the degrees of time between the Sun's and the graha's crossing of the horizon against the graha's own limit (Guru 11, Shani 15, Mangala 17, Shukra 8 or 10, Budha 12 or 14), read at Ujjain; the moment given is the twilight in which it is first seen or first lost, as the app's time-by-events steps to it. Asta by longitude is while Mangala is within 17° (8° while vakri) of the Sun (the combustion table of BOB-Nakshatra, decision 37), as the graha's card in the app shows it. Longitudes are sidereal (Lahiri) in the app's frame. What a vakri or asta graha means for a chart is not given here.
In the app
- SKY: Mangala now, its trail and stations on the band
- TODAY: every graha's state now, vakri and asta
- MY CHART: Mangala over your own chart (gochara)