शनि 2026 Shani (Saturn): vakri, udaya and asta, 2026
When Shani (Saturn) 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)
| Turns vakri | Turns margi |
|---|---|
| Mon 27 Jul 2026 00:24 IST at Meena 20°31′ See the sky | Fri 11 Dec 2026 05:57 IST at Meena 13°42′ See the sky |
Udaya and asta, by the Surya Siddhanta
Seen from Ujjain, by the Siddhanta's degrees of time (ch. ix).
| Udaya or asta | Moment (IST) |
|---|---|
| Asta: lost in the Sun's rays in the west | Tue 10 Mar 2026 19:10 IST See the sky |
| Udaya: first seen in the east before sunrise | Mon 20 Apr 2026 05:22 IST See the sky |
Asta by longitude
Within 16° of the Sun, as the graha's card in the app shows it.
| Asta from | Until |
|---|---|
| Sat 7 Mar 2026 06:11 IST See the sky | Mon 13 Apr 2026 03:57 IST See the sky |
How these are found
Vakri runs from the station where Shani'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 Shani is within 16° 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: Shani now, its trail and stations on the band
- TODAY: every graha's state now, vakri and asta
- MY CHART: Shani over your own chart (gochara)