When was Mars in a specific sign or nakshatra?

The same search works backwards — set the From date to any past day and the To date up to 730 days later. Swiss Ephemeris DE431 covers 13,201 BCE onward, so historical ranges resolve exactly. This is useful for verifying which Mars window a past contract fell in, or confirming a natal Mars placement against a birth date.

How do I search for the next Mars sign entry or retrograde re-entry?

Choose “Sign (Rashi)” as the search type, pick the target sign from the dropdown, set a date range (up to 730 days) starting today or later, and submit. The tool returns every window in the range during which Mars occupies that sign, including retrograde re-entries as separate rows.

How much shorter is a Mars nakshatra visit compared to a sign?

About 17-20 days when Mars is direct, versus 38-45 days for a full sign — a nakshatra spans 13°20′, roughly 44 percent of a sign. Switch the search type to Nakshatra and pick from all 27. Retrograde windows can extend a single nakshatra visit if Mars re-enters it during the reverse pass.

Why does the same sign show up twice for one search?

Mars goes retrograde roughly once every 26 months and can cross a sign boundary backwards, re-entering the previous sign for a second visit. When this happens in your search range, both the initial forward visit and the retrograde re-entry are listed as separate rows, each with its own entry, exit, and duration.

Why is Mars search capped at 730 days?

730 days (two years) is wide enough to hold a Mars retrograde and the sign visits around it, though not a whole ~26-month synodic cycle. Two years covers roughly one full Mars circuit of the zodiac, which takes about 687 days. For a purely temporal overview by year, use the Mangal Peyarchi Year Timeline instead.

Can I find Mars retrograde windows with this tool?

The Find Dates tool searches by sign or nakshatra, not by planetary condition — retrograde status is shown as a badge on each returned row. To directly see all Mars retrograde windows, use the Year Timeline: it lists every retrograde as a nested sub-event under the sign visit it happens in.

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Pick a Rashi or Nakshatra + date range (up to 730 days) — get every Mars visit window with entry, exit, and duration.

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Note: All calculations use Lahiri Ayanamsa (sidereal) and Swiss Ephemeris for high precision. Times are displayed in your local timezone. Mars stays in each sign for ~38–45 days when direct, up to ~130 days total when a retrograde loop happens in one sign region. Mars goes retrograde roughly once every 26 months for ~60–80 days each, and is combust within 17° of the Sun (in both directions). Search range is capped at 730 days, which captures the full ~26-month retrograde cycle in a single query.

Also try:

Mars Transit Hub Live Tracker Date Lookup Mangal Rashi Peyarchi 2026 Mangal Nakshatra Peyarchi 2026

About Finding Mars Transit Dates

Reverse lookup — the “when” question

The Live Tracker and Date Lookup tools tell you where Mars is at a given moment. Find Dates flips the question to “when will Mars be in a specific sign or nakshatra?” — or its past-tense twin “when was it?” You specify the target (a zodiac sign or a nakshatra) plus a date range up to 730 days wide — the range can sit anywhere in the past or future — and get back every window in it during which Mars occupies that target. Windows are returned as separate rows with entry time, exit time, and duration in your local timezone, including retrograde re-entries as their own rows.

Common Mars transit searches

Typical questions this reverse lookup answers — use it to check when Mars was in a target sign or nakshatra in the past, or when it will be in one over the next 730 days:

"When will Mars be in Capricorn?" / "When was Mars in Makara last year?" — the exaltation sign, exalted throughout, with peak exaltation at exactly 28°00'00". The strongest Mars window in any cycle — classically favoured for property, construction, disciplined effort, and surgical or engineering work.
"When will Mars be in Aries?" / "When was Mars in Mesha?" — Mars's own sign, which also holds its mooltrikona (0°00'00"–12°00'00", with plain own sign from 12°00'01"). Strong for initiative, competition, athletics and bold new starts.
"When will Mars be in Scorpio?" / "When was Mars in Vrishchika?" — Mars's second own sign. Strong for research, investigation, surgery and anything requiring sustained intensity.
"When is Mars in Cancer?" / "When was Mars in Karka last year?" — the debilitation window, where Mars's drive turns inward and reactive. Classically avoided for property purchase, litigation, surgery and confrontation.
"When will Mars be in Taurus / Gemini / Leo / Virgo / Libra / Sagittarius / Aquarius / Pisces?" — the eight neutral-dignity rashis. Each returns entry and exit windows over the search range.
"When will Mars retrograde next?" / "When was the last Mars retrograde?" — Mars goes retrograde roughly once every 26 months, so use the full 730-day range to be sure of catching a cycle; many single years contain none at all.
"When was Mars combust (Mangal Asta)?" — also called Mangal Moudhya or Mangal Lope. Run a search near the sign the Sun occupied, then check the Combust flag on each result. Because Mars is an outer planet it can sit anywhere relative to the Sun, so combust windows occur roughly once every two years.
"When was Mars in Mrigashira / Chitra / Dhanishtha?" — the three Mars-owned nakshatras. Ideal for personal-nakshatra readings and Mars-strength muhurta.
Historical natal verification — search a wide past range for your birth sign or nakshatra to verify natal Mars placement (Vedic almanacs sometimes differ by a few hours from Swiss Ephemeris on boundary days).
Planning ranges — check the whole next year for every sign visit at once, useful for annual muhurta scheduling.

Mars in 2026 — searching a whole year

Year-qualified searches such as "Mars in Mrigashira 2026 dates" or "when is Mars in Chitra this year" are best answered in two steps. Set the From and To fields above to the stretch of 2026 you care about and the results list every entry and exit window inside it. A single search covers up to 730 days, so a full calendar year — or two — fits in one pass.

For a whole year in one view, the Mars Peyarchi 2026 timeline lays out every sign and nakshatra visit for 2026 on a single page, with entry and exit times and dignity windows marked. Use this Find tool when you know which nakshatra or rashi you want; use the year timeline when you want the full sequence.

Retrograde re-entries — why the same sign can appear twice

Mars goes retrograde roughly once every 26 months and can cross a sign boundary backwards, re-entering the previous sign for a second visit before turning direct and exiting for good. When this happens inside your search range, the tool returns two separate rows for the same sign — the initial forward visit and the retrograde re-entry — each with its own entry and exit time. This mirrors how Vedic almanacs table Peyarchi events.

Related tools

Live Tracker — Mars's current sidereal longitude, sign (Rashi), Nakshatra, Pada, sign lord, and current motion state (Direct / Retrograde / Combust). Auto-updates through the day.
Date Lookup — Mars's complete readout at local sunrise for any past or future date. Useful for verifying a specific event date rather than searching over a range.
Mangal Rashi Peyarchi (Year Timeline) — also called Mangal Peyarchi. The complete annual sequence of Mars sign visits with every retrograde loop, combust window, and peak-dignity event nested inside each visit. Cards paginate any year from 13,201 BCE onward.
Mangal Nakshatra Peyarchi (Nakshatra Year Timeline) — the same year but at the finer Nakshatra layer — 14–18 cards with pada-level entry / exit times. Retrograde re-entries as separate cards; Mars-owned Nakshatras highlighted.
Manglik / Mangal Dosha Check — a different question from transit: Manglik status depends on where Mars sat in your birth chart, not where it is today. Use this if you want your natal Mangal Dosha verdict rather than Mars's current position.