Where will the Moon be on a specific date?

Set the date picker to any future day and this tool returns the Moon’s sidereal rashi, nakshatra, pada, and exact degree at that day’s local sunrise, plus every sign and nakshatra change occurring during the 24-hour window. Positions are computed with Swiss Ephemeris DE431 and Lahiri Ayanamsha, so they match classical panchang publications.

Where was the Moon on a past date?

Set the date picker to any historical day. The Swiss Ephemeris DE431 dataset covers 13,201 BCE onward, so ancestral birth dates, wedding dates, and historical events all resolve. The readout gives the Moon’s rashi, nakshatra, pada, and degree at local sunrise on that date.

What nakshatra is the Moon in on a given date?

Enter the date and the tool reports the nakshatra the Moon occupies at local sunrise, along with the pada (quarter). Because the Moon moves ~13° per day and a nakshatra spans 13°20′, it usually changes nakshatra once per day — the within-day transit table lists the exact crossing time so you can see which nakshatra applies at any hour, not just at sunrise.

Which rashi is the Moon in on a given date?

The readout shows the Moon Rashi (Chandra Rashi) at local sunrise for the date you pick. The Moon stays in one rashi for about 2.25 days, so most dates have a single answer; when a Rashi Sandhi (sign change) falls inside the day, the transit table gives its exact local time.

What is the difference between this page and Find Dates?

This page answers “where will the Moon be on a date I already know?” — you supply the date, it returns the position. Find Nakshatra / Rashi Dates answers the reverse: “when will the Moon be in a sign or nakshatra I already know?” — you supply the target, it returns every matching window in the next 180 days.

Can I look up the Moon on my birthday?

Yes. Set the date field to your birth date and the tool computes the Moon at local sunrise for that day, returning the sidereal sign (Rashi), nakshatra, pada, degree, sign lord, and every within-day transition. The nakshatra shown is the traditional janma-nakshatra used in Vedic naming and Dasha calculation.

How far back and forward can I look up the Moon?

The Swiss Ephemeris DE431 dataset covers 13,201 BCE through 17,191 CE. In practice this covers any historical or future date of interest. Lahiri Ayanamsha is applied consistently across the whole range.

Why does the day-transitions table have so many rows?

The Moon moves ~13 degrees per day and a nakshatra spans 13 degrees 20 minutes, so almost every day has at least one nakshatra transition. Sign transitions are rarer (every ~2.25 days). This is unlike the Sun date lookup, where within-day transitions are rare (~12 Sankranti days per year).

Why does Moon date-lookup use local sunrise, not birth time?

Panchang tradition anchors each day’s Moon nakshatra to sunrise, since janma-nakshatra is often defined by which Nakshatra the Moon occupies at that moment. The tool auto-detects your location so the sunrise reference matches your local horizon. The Moon’s sidereal longitude is location-invariant.

Which nakshatra is the Moon in on a specific date?

Set the date picker to the day you want and the tool returns the Moon’s nakshatra at local sunrise, plus every nakshatra transition happening during that 24-hour window. A typical day’s report shows one nakshatra active at sunrise, one nakshatra transition mid-day, and occasionally a sign (rashi) crossing as well.

How is this different from the Find Dates tool?

Date Lookup answers “what is the Moon doing on ONE specific date I already know?” (birthday, wedding, event). Find Dates answers the opposite question: “when will the Moon be in a specific nakshatra or rashi in the coming months?” If you want every upcoming Moon-in-Vishakha date, Moon-in-Rohini date, or Moon-in-Cancer date, use the Find Dates tool instead.

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Moon Date Lookup

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Where will the Moon be on a given date? Get its exact rashi, nakshatra, and pada at local sunrise for any past or future day — verify your janma-nakshatra or check a wedding, festival, or historical date.

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Note: All calculations use Lahiri Ayanamsa (sidereal) and Swiss Ephemeris for high precision. Moon moves ~13° per day so most dates show at least one within-day nakshatra change; sign changes happen every ~2.25 days. Sunrise is used as the reference moment per classical Vedic day-boundary convention.

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About Moon Date Lookup (Historical Chandra Gochar)

Moon at any date — how it works

Pick any past or future date; the tool computes the Moon's sidereal position at local sunrise for that day, plus every sign change and nakshatra change happening during the 24-hour window. Because the Moon moves fast (~13° per day), most days will have at least one within-day nakshatra transition — the day-transits table is the norm here, not the exception.

Why check the Moon on a specific date?

Verify janma-nakshatra — look up your birth date to confirm the exact nakshatra and pada the Moon occupied at sunrise. This is the traditional "birth nakshatra" used in Vedic naming, muhurta selection, and Dasha calculation.
Panchang verification — cross-check a published panchang's Moon nakshatra timing against Swiss Ephemeris data.
Historical dates — check the Moon's position on any ancestral date, wedding date, or historical event. The DE431 dataset covers 13,201 BCE onward.
Check one specific date's Moon position — e.g., confirm whether the Moon was in Rohini on a particular wedding date, or in Pushya on a specific festival date. (To find every upcoming date when the Moon is in Rohini, Vishakha, Pushya, or any other nakshatra, use the Find Dates tool.)

Reading the within-day transitions

Two tables appear below the position readout when applicable: Sign Transits (when the Moon crosses into the next rashi during that 24-hour period) and Nakshatra Transits (when the Moon crosses into the next lunar mansion). Sign transits happen every ~2.25 days so many days show none; nakshatra transits happen roughly daily so almost every day shows at least one row.

Common questions this page answers

This page answers one shape of question: you already know the date, and you want to know where the Moon was or will be on it. Typical phrasings:

Where will the Moon be on a future date? — set the date picker to any upcoming day (a wedding, a griha-pravesh, a planned journey) and get the Moon’s rashi, nakshatra, and pada at that day’s local sunrise.
Where was the Moon on a past date? — check any historical day. Swiss Ephemeris DE431 covers 13,201 BCE onward, so ancestral dates and historical events all resolve.
Which nakshatra was the Moon in when I was born? — enter your birth date to read the janma-nakshatra and pada used in Vedic naming, Dasha calculation, and muhurta selection.
What rashi is the Moon in on my birthday / anniversary? — the Moon Rashi (Chandra Rashi) at sunrise on that date, which is the sign most Vedic readings use as “your” sign.
Which nakshatra is the Moon in today? — leave the date on today. For a live, minute-by-minute reading instead of the sunrise anchor, use the Live Tracker.
Did the Moon change sign or nakshatra on that day? — the within-day transit tables list every rashi and nakshatra crossing in the 24-hour window with exact local times.

The reverse question — “when will the Moon next be in Rohini / Pushya / Cancer?” — is answered by the Find Nakshatra / Rashi Dates tool, which searches forward up to 185 days for a target you pick.

What the readout gives you

Moon at sunrise — sign (rashi), nakshatra, pada, and exact sidereal degree at your local horizon.
Every sign change that day — the exact local time the Moon crosses from one rashi to the next (a Rashi Sandhi moment).
Every nakshatra change that day — entry and exit times for each nakshatra the Moon occupies during the 24-hour window, along with duration.

Because the Moon covers ~13° per day and a nakshatra spans 13°20', most days show one nakshatra transition. A day can occasionally show two transitions if the Moon's speed is near maximum and the previous nakshatra was already near its end at sunrise.

How long does the Moon stay in one nakshatra?

The Moon completes one sidereal revolution in ~27.32 days, so on average it spends about 24 hours 20 minutes in a nakshatra. Because the Moon's orbital speed varies (faster near perigee, slower near apogee), the actual stay ranges from roughly 21 hours to 27 hours. When the Moon is near apogee, nakshatra stays run long; near perigee the same nakshatra can be traversed in under 22 hours.

Related tools

Live Tracker — the Moon's current sidereal longitude, sign (Rashi), Nakshatra, Pada, sign lord, nakshatra lord, deity, and current tithi (lunar day). Auto-updates as the Moon moves.
Find Nakshatra / Rashi Dates — reverse lookup. Pick a nakshatra (Rohini, Pushya, Vishakha, Anuradha…) or rashi and get every upcoming Moon window in the next 180 days.
Chandra Rashi Peyarchi (Year Timeline) — also called Chandra Peyarchi. Every Moon sign visit for a chosen year as a card, with nested nakshatra sub-events. Use the arrows to view any past or future year, from 13,201 BCE onward.
Nakshatra Peyarchi (Monthly Calendar) — every Moon-nakshatra entry across a whole month as a chronological card list with pada-level start / end times and classical Muhurta flags on each card: Gand Mool, Panchak window, Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga, and Yamaghantak Yoga. Best for month-at-a-glance muhurta planning.
Panchak Calendar — every Panchak window in a chosen year (13–14 windows / year, ~5 days each) with its window-wide sub-type — Rog, Raj, Agni, Chor, Mrityu, or Neutral — determined by the weekday Panchak starts on. Useful for avoiding the classical five prohibitions (roof laying, wood collection, cremation, bed-making, southward travel) during the ~60–70 Panchak days each year.