Mars Live Tracker

Where is Mars right now?

The Live Tracker shows Mars's current sidereal position — computed from the Swiss Ephemeris DE431 planetary dataset at the exact moment you load this page. The readout uses Lahiri Ayanamsha to convert tropical longitude to sidereal, matching what Vedic panchang publications and traditional Muhurta software report. Because Mars takes 38–45 days to cross one sign when direct, the position card updates slowly — refreshing the page a few minutes later will not shift the sign, only the degree.

What each field means

• Sign (Rashi) — the sidereal zodiac sign Mars currently occupies, out of 12.
• Nakshatra & Pada — the specific lunar mansion and quarter (out of 27 nakshatras × 4 padas each). Determines the daily "flavor" of Mars energy in traditional readings.
• Degree — exact sidereal longitude within the sign, displayed as degrees ° minutes' seconds".
• Retrograde flag — whether Mars's sidereal speed is currently negative (moving backward). Mars is retrograde roughly once every 26 months, for 60 to 80 days at a time.
• Combust flag — whether Mars is within 17° of the Sun, in both directions, the Surya Siddhanta combustion thresholds. Distance to Sun also shown.
• Dignity — which of these states Mars is in right now:
  • Exalted — all of Capricorn
  • Moolatrikona — Aries 0°00'00"–12°00'00"
  • Own sign — Aries 12°00'01" onward, and all of Scorpio
  • Debilitated — all of Cancer
  • Neutral — any other sign
  • Peak exaltation — exactly 28°00'00" Capricorn, an instant rather than a window
  • Peak debilitation — exactly 28°00'00" Cancer, an instant rather than a window
• Sign entry / exit times — the exact moments Mars entered its current sign and will exit into the next one, in your local timezone.

Live vs Date Lookup — which do I use?

Live Tracker is for "where is Mars at this exact moment" — useful when checking today's transit before starting a Mars-signified activity, or seeing whether a real-time event coincides with a retrograde or combust window. For a historical or future date — e.g. checking Mars at your birth moment, or planning a property or surgery Muhurta months ahead — use the Date Lookup tool, which computes Mars at local sunrise for any date. Both use the same Swiss Ephemeris engine.

Common questions this page answers

This page answers “right now” questions — no date to enter, no target to pick. Typical phrasings:

• Where is Mars right now? — the readout gives Mars’s exact sidereal longitude, rashi, nakshatra, and pada at this moment, recomputed each time you load the page.
• Is Mars retrograde right now? — the card shows a Direct / Retrograde (Vakri) flag. Mars is retrograde roughly once every 26 months for 60 to 80 days — about one day in eleven overall — so most of the time this reads Direct.
• Is Mars combust today? — the Combust (Mangal Asta) flag plus the live angular distance to the Sun, measured against the classical 17° threshold.
• What rashi is Mars in today? — the current Mangal Rashi. Mars stays 38–45 days per sign when direct, longer if a retrograde loop keeps it in the same sign region.
• Which nakshatra is Mars in today? — the current nakshatra plus its ruling planet and deity.
• Is Mars exalted or debilitated right now? — the dignity readout flags Capricorn (exalted), Aries and Scorpio (own signs), and Cancer (debilitated) placements.
• Is today good for property, surgery or competition by Mars criteria? — check three flags at once: Direct (not retrograde), uncombust, and a favourable sign. All three appear on the same card.

For a different date rather than right now, use the Date Lookup tool. To find when Mars will next be in a specific nakshatra or rashi, use Find Dates.

Related tools

• Date Lookup — Mars's complete readout at local sunrise for any past or future date. Useful for verifying a specific date rather than scrolling the timeline.
• Find Mars Transit Dates — reverse lookup. Pick a nakshatra or rashi and get every Mars window in the next 730 days — wide enough to span a Mars retrograde and the visits around it, including retrograde re-entries as separate rows.
• Mangal Rashi Peyarchi (Year Timeline) — also called Mangal Peyarchi. Every Mars sign visit for a chosen year as a card, with retrograde loops shown as connected multi-visit chains, combust windows, and peak-dignity moments called out.
• Mangal Nakshatra Peyarchi (Nakshatra Year Timeline) — every Mars Nakshatra visit for a chosen year as a card, with pada-level entry / exit times. Retrograde re-entries as separate cards; Mars-owned Nakshatras (Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishtha) highlighted; combust overlap badges on affected cards.
• 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.