What is the difference between transits and Dasha?

Transits overlay current planetary positions on the chart; Dasha divides life into planetary periods from the natal Moon. Jyotish combines both.

When is the Saturn return?

Saturn's cycle is about 29.5 years, so the first return comes around ages 29–30 and the second around 58–59.

Astrology transits: reading timing from current planetary positions

A transit places the planets of today, or of a chosen date, over your birth chart and reads which natal planets and houses they touch. The birth chart shows what you were born with; transits show when an area of life is active.

GenesisCore Premium Jyotish result screen (example from a public figure's birth data)

Slower planets mark longer periods

Planet	Zodiac cycle	Time in one sign (approx.)
Moon	About 27.3 days	About 2.5 days
Sun	About 1 year	About 1 month
Jupiter	About 12 years	About 1 year
Saturn	About 29.5 years	About 2.5 years

Western transits

Western astrology reads the aspects transiting planets make to natal planets and the houses they cross. The Saturn return, around ages 29–30, is known as a time to rebuild life's structure. Secondary progressions and solar returns are often combined.

Gochara in Jyotish

Jyotish counts transits (Gochara) from the Lagna and from the natal Moon sign. Sade Sati is Saturn's roughly seven-and-a-half-year passage through the signs before, of and after the natal Moon, read as a period of added responsibility.

Combining transits with Dasha

Jyotish sets the large chapters of life by Dasha and narrows timing with Gochara; when both point to the same area, that area is read strongly. GenesisCore calculates Western transits and Jyotish Dasha and Gochara and shows both timing readings side by side.

FAQ

What is the difference between transits and Dasha?: Transits overlay current planetary positions on the chart; Dasha divides life into planetary periods from the natal Moon. Jyotish combines both.
When is the Saturn return?: Saturn's cycle is about 29.5 years, so the first return comes around ages 29–30 and the second around 58–59.

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