Guru Gochar, Jupiter transit, Guru transit prediction, Brihaspati gochar
Guru Gochar (Jupiter transit), the yearly benefic cycle
If Saturn is the teacher who tests, Jupiter is the one who expands. Guru Gochar marks roughly yearly shifts that open growth, learning and opportunity.
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What Guru Gochar is
Guru Gochar is the transit of Jupiter, also called Brihaspati, the great benefic. Jupiter spends about one year in each sign and completes its cycle in roughly twelve years. Where it transits, it tends to bring expansion, optimism, learning, and support.
Because the cycle is about twelve years, Jupiter's return and its yearly sign change are natural milestones in a chart.
Favourable positions from the Moon
Counted from the natal Moon, Jupiter's transit over the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th houses is classically considered especially supportive, touching wealth, creativity and children, partnership, fortune and gains. Other positions are read more cautiously and, as always, Vedha can modify the result.
The same Jupiter year therefore reads differently depending on which house it occupies from your Moon.
Why it matters for timing
Jupiter transits are often used to time growth: education, marriage, children, expansion of work, and renewed faith or direction. They are strongest when they reinforce what the running dasha is already promising, which is why transit and dasha are read together rather than separately.
A supportive Guru Gochar during a supportive dasha is a classic window for forward moves.
How Eternal Evals computes Guru Gochar
Eternal Evals computes Jupiter's live position and the house it occupies from your natal Moon, so you can see whether the current Jupiter transit is sitting in a supportive house for you. Combined with your dasha and the sign's bindu support, the AI can discuss the window in grounded terms.
Every claim about your Jupiter transit traces back to the computed position rather than a generic yearly forecast.
Every Jupiter sign change, 2024–2040
Guru Gochar in exact dates. Jupiter spends roughly a year per sign, with retrograde re-entries where it stations near a boundary.
| Date (UT) | Enters | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-01 | Vrishabha (Taurus) | Direct |
| 2025-05-14 | Mithuna (Gemini) | Direct |
| 2025-10-18 | Karka (Cancer) | Direct |
| 2025-12-05 | Mithuna (Gemini) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2026-06-01 | Karka (Cancer) | Direct |
| 2026-10-31 | Simha (Leo) | Direct |
| 2027-01-24 | Karka (Cancer) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2027-06-25 | Simha (Leo) | Direct |
| 2027-11-26 | Kanya (Virgo) | Direct |
| 2028-02-28 | Simha (Leo) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2028-07-24 | Kanya (Virgo) | Direct |
| 2028-12-26 | Tula (Libra) | Direct |
| 2029-03-29 | Kanya (Virgo) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2029-08-24 | Tula (Libra) | Direct |
| 2030-01-24 | Vrischika (Scorpio) | Direct |
| 2030-05-01 | Tula (Libra) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2030-09-22 | Vrischika (Scorpio) | Direct |
| 2031-02-17 | Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Direct |
| 2031-06-13 | Vrischika (Scorpio) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2031-10-15 | Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Direct |
| 2032-03-05 | Makara (Capricorn) | Direct |
| 2032-08-12 | Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2032-10-23 | Makara (Capricorn) | Direct |
| 2033-03-17 | Kumbha (Aquarius) | Direct |
| 2034-03-28 | Meena (Pisces) | Direct |
| 2035-04-06 | Mesha (Aries) | Direct |
| 2036-04-14 | Vrishabha (Taurus) | Direct |
| 2036-09-09 | Mithuna (Gemini) | Direct |
| 2036-11-17 | Vrishabha (Taurus) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2037-04-26 | Mithuna (Gemini) | Direct |
| 2037-09-16 | Karka (Cancer) | Direct |
| 2038-01-17 | Mithuna (Gemini) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2038-05-11 | Karka (Cancer) | Direct |
| 2038-10-07 | Simha (Leo) | Direct |
| 2039-03-03 | Karka (Cancer) | Retrograde re-entry |
| 2039-06-02 | Simha (Leo) | Direct |
| 2039-11-04 | Kanya (Virgo) | Direct |
Computed from the Swiss Ephemeris. Retrograde re-entries are listed as separate rows — most transit calendars omit them and show only the first crossing.