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Retrograde calendar 2025

Every retrograde of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — the dates each planet turns back and turns forward again, and the signs it moves through, in the sidereal (Vedic) zodiac.

The year at a glance

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
☿︎ Mercury
♀︎ Venus
♂︎ Mars
♃︎ Jupiter
♄︎ Saturn

Each bar runs from the day a planet turns retrograde to the day it turns direct.

Every retrograde in 2025

☿︎ Mercury retrograde 2025

  • 15 Mar – 7 Apr · 23 daysPisces 15°23′ back to 2°37′
  • 18 Jul – 11 Aug · 24 daysCancer 21°22′ back to 10°02′
  • 9 Nov – 29 Nov · 20 daysScorpio 12°38′ back into Libra 26°29′

♀︎ Venus retrograde 2025

  • 2 Mar – 13 Apr · 42 daysPisces 16°38′ back to 0°25′

♂︎ Mars retrograde 2025

  • 6 Dec 2024 – 24 Feb · 79 daysCancer 11°58′ back into Gemini 22°49′

♃︎ Jupiter retrograde 2025

  • 9 Oct 2024 – 4 Feb · 118 daysTaurus 27°08′ back to 17°04′
  • 11 Nov – 11 Mar 2026 · 119 daysCancer 0°56′ back into Gemini 20°52′

♄︎ Saturn retrograde 2025

  • 13 Jul – 28 Nov · 138 daysPisces 7°43′ back to 0°56′

Sidereal zodiac (lahiri ayanāṁśa), computed with the Swiss Ephemeris; stations to the minute in UT, so the local date can differ by a day. Periods that start in the year before or end in the year after are included. Rāhu and Ketu always move backwards.

Questions about retrogrades

When is Mercury retrograde in 2025?

3 times: 15 Mar – 7 Apr (in Pisces); 18 Jul – 11 Aug (in Cancer); 9 Nov – 29 Nov (in Scorpio back into Libra). Dates are UT.

Which planets go retrograde in 2025?

Mercury 3×, Venus 1×, Mars 1×, Jupiter 2×, Saturn 1×.

What does retrograde mean?

Seen from Earth, a planet sometimes appears to slow down, stop and move backwards through the zodiac for a while, then turn forward again. The two turning points are its stations. Classically, a retrograde planet's matters tend to come through review, delay or second attempts — tendencies, not verdicts.

Why are the signs different from Western retrograde calendars, but not the dates?

The stations are the same instants in any zodiac. Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac (here with the Lahiri ayanāṁśa), about 24° behind the tropical one, so the sign named is often the one before.

Do Rahu and Ketu go retrograde?

They always move backwards — that is their normal motion — so they have no retrograde periods to list.

How often does each planet go retrograde?

Mercury three or four times a year for about three weeks; Venus every 18 months for about six weeks; Mars every 26 months for two to three months; Jupiter and Saturn about once a year for four to five months.