Exact ephemeris dates for every sign Sun occupies in 2026, with entry and exit times, retrograde stations and combustion windows. Sun stays about one month per sign.
•Sun is in Sagittarius from 16 December 2025 to 14 January 2026 (29 days). Sun entered Sagittarius before this year and stays until 14 January 2026.
•Sun is in Capricorn from 14 January 2026 to 13 February 2026 (29 days). Sun enters and leaves Capricorn within this year.
•Sun is in Aquarius from 13 February 2026 to 15 March 2026 (29 days). Sun enters and leaves Aquarius within this year.
•Sun is in Pisces from 15 March 2026 to 14 April 2026 (30 days). Sun enters and leaves Pisces within this year.
•Sun is in Aries from 14 April 2026 to 15 May 2026 (30 days). Sun enters and leaves Aries within this year.
•Sun is in Taurus from 15 May 2026 to 15 June 2026 (1 month). Sun enters and leaves Taurus within this year.
•Sun is in Gemini from 15 June 2026 to 16 July 2026 (1 month). Sun enters and leaves Gemini within this year.
•Sun is in Cancer from 16 July 2026 to 17 August 2026 (1 month). Sun enters and leaves Cancer within this year.
•Sun is in Leo from 17 August 2026 to 17 September 2026 (30 days). Sun enters and leaves Leo within this year.
•Sun is in Virgo from 17 September 2026 to 17 October 2026 (30 days). Sun enters and leaves Virgo within this year.
•Sun is in Libra from 17 October 2026 to 16 November 2026 (29 days). Sun enters and leaves Libra within this year.
•Sun is in Scorpio from 16 November 2026 to 16 December 2026 (29 days). Sun enters and leaves Scorpio within this year.
•Sun is in Sagittarius from 16 December 2026 to 14 January 2027 (29 days). Sun enters Sagittarius and remains there into 2027.
Dates are calculated once from the ephemeris and displayed in your local time zone. A sign listed twice is a retrograde step back into the earlier sign, not a second separate transit.
Sun sign changes in 2026
Each row is one continuous period in a single sign. Sun slows down and appears to reverse direction partway through, so a sign can appear twice.
Sun transit sign changes with entry and exit dates in 2026
Sign
Enters
Leaves
Duration
Notes
Sagittarius
29 days
Began in 2025
Capricorn
29 days
Direct
Aquarius
29 days
Direct
Pisces
30 days
Direct
Aries
30 days
Direct
Taurus
1 month
Direct
Gemini
1 month
Direct
Cancer
1 month
Direct
Leo
30 days
Direct
Virgo
30 days
Direct
Libra
29 days
Direct
Scorpio
29 days
Direct
Sagittarius
29 days
Ends in 2027
Sun sign, month by month in 2026
A quick month-by-month view. Highlighted rows are the months in which Sun changes sign.
Sun zodiac sign in each month of 2026
Month
Sun in
Sign change
Station
Combust
Jan
SagittariusCapricorn
to Capricorn on
No
No
Feb
CapricornAquarius
to Aquarius on
No
No
Mar
AquariusPisces
to Pisces on
No
No
Apr
PiscesAries
to Aries on
No
No
May
AriesTaurus
to Taurus on
No
No
Jun
TaurusGemini
to Gemini on
No
No
Jul
GeminiCancer
to Cancer on
No
No
Aug
CancerLeo
to Leo on
No
No
Sep
LeoVirgo
to Virgo on
No
No
Oct
VirgoLibra
to Libra on
No
No
Nov
LibraScorpio
to Scorpio on
No
No
Dec
ScorpioSagittarius
to Sagittarius on
No
No
Which house Sun sits in, from your Moon sign
Find your birth Moon sign on the left. Read across to see which house Sun occupies
that year. In 2026 Sun moves through Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
House occupied by Sun from each birth Moon sign during 2026
Your birth Moon sign
Sun in Aries
Sun in Taurus
Sun in Gemini
Sun in Cancer
Sun in Leo
Sun in Virgo
Sun in Libra
Sun in Scorpio
Sun in Sagittarius
Sun in Capricorn
Sun in Aquarius
Sun in Pisces
Aries
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
Taurus
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
Gemini
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
Cancer
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
Leo
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
Virgo
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
Libra
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
Scorpio
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
Sagittarius
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
Capricorn
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
3rd house
Aquarius
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
2nd house
Pisces
2nd house
3rd house
4th house
5th house
6th house
7th house
8th house
9th house
10th house
11th house
12th house
1st house
Read it as: “if my Moon sign is Aries, then when Sun is in
Aries it sits in my 1st house.”
The 1st house is your Moon sign itself, the 7th is the opposite sign, and the 10th is the sign
three places after it.
The Sun moves on a near-perfect schedule
The Sun takes roughly one month to travel through each zodiac sign, so it changes sign twelve times a year on a schedule that barely shifts from year to year. The Sun also never turns retrograde. That makes solar transit dates the easiest planetary dates in the calendar to plan around.
Surya Sankranti and the solar month
Each Sun sign change begins a new solar month, counted from the Sankranti moment rather than from the first of a calendar month. Makara Sankranti, the Sun entering Capricorn on 14 January, starts the solar year used in the Indian lunisolar calendar. Mesha Sankranti, when the Sun enters Aries, marks the new year in several regional calendars.
How the Sun is read in a chart
The Sun represents the self, authority, father and vitality. Placed in the tenth house from the ascendant it is strong and gives public standing; placed in the sixth or twelfth it struggles. Solar transits are read against the natal Sun sign and house, so use these dates as a calendar and the birth chart for meaning.
Sun transit questions
When does the Sun change sign?
The Sun changes zodiac sign roughly every 30 days, on the Sankranti moment, computed to the minute from the astronomical ephemeris. The table on this page lists the exact entry and exit instant for every sign the Sun occupies during the selected year.
What is Makara Sankranti?
Makara Sankranti is the moment the Sun enters Capricorn, normally on 14 January. It marks the start of the solar year and is also known as Pongal, Sankranti, Uttarayan or Baisakhi depending on region and tradition.
Does the Sun ever go retrograde?
No. Apparent backward motion of the Sun is only an optical effect of Earth moving faster in its own orbit, and traditional astrology never treats the Sun as retrograde.
Are these transit dates the same for every city?
Yes. The instant a body changes sign is an astronomical fact, not a local one, so the underlying UTC date is identical everywhere on Earth. This page converts those instants to your selected city for display, so changing your location changes the clock time you see but never the date, and never triggers a new calculation.
Enter your birth date, time and place to see Sun’s sign, house and Nakshatra, the running Dasha period, and every transit currently affecting your chart.