Western: ೨೧ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ – ೧೯ ಜನವರಿ
If you are a ಮಕರ in Western astrology, you are most likely ಧನು in Vedic astrology — about 80% of ಮಕರs are. ಮಕರs born ೨೧ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ – ೧೩ ಜನವರಿ are ಧನು; those born ೧೪ ಜನವರಿ – ೧೯ ಜನವರಿ stay ಮಕರ. The two zodiacs are measured from different starting points and sit about 24 degrees apart.
Boundary dates shift by about a day depending on the year, so use the calculator above if you were born within a day or two of one.
Enter your date of birth. Add a time if you were born near a sign boundary — a few hours can change the answer.
ಧನು ಗುರುವಿನ ಪುರುಷ (ಧನ) ರಾಶಿ — ದ್ವಿಸ್ವಭಾವ ಅಗ್ನಿ, ಕಾಲಪುರುಷನ ಸೊಂಟ. 9ನೇ ರಾಶಿಯಾಗಿ ಇದು ಅನುಗ್ರಹ, ಪರೋಪಕಾರ, ಪೂರ್ಣತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಸಾಮರಸ್ಯವನ್ನು (3 × 3), ಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಕಿನ್ನರ (ಅರ್ಧ ಮನುಷ್ಯ, ಅರ್ಧ ಕುದುರೆ) ಸಂಕೇತ ಪಶುಸಹಜ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ ಆಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆಯ ಕಡೆಗಿನ ಆತ್ಮದ ಪಯಣವನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬಿಸುತ್ತದೆ: ಬಿಲ್ಲುಗಾರನ ಬಾಣ ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹೊರಕ್ಕೆ ಗುರಿಯಿಟ್ಟಂತೆ, ಸದಾ ಉನ್ನತ ಉದ್ದೇಶದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಚಾಚುವುದು.
Less than you might expect. Vedic astrology leads with the Moon sign (rashi) and the rising sign (lagna) rather than the Sun, and both of those need your birth time as well as your date.
Most ಮಕರs — about 80% — are ಧನು in Vedic astrology, because the sidereal zodiac runs roughly 24 degrees behind the tropical one used in the West.
ಮಕರs born ೨೧ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ – ೧೩ ಜನವರಿ are ಧನು in Vedic astrology, and those born ೧೪ ಜನವರಿ – ೧೯ ಜನವರಿ are ಮಕರ. The boundary moves by about a day depending on the birth year.
Western astrology measures the zodiac from the March equinox; Vedic astrology measures it from the fixed stars. The equinox drifts against the stars by about a degree every 72 years, and the gap now stands at roughly 24.2 degrees — most of a sign.
Neither is a mistake. They are two different measuring conventions, each internally consistent and each with its own body of interpretation. The signs disagree because the starting points disagree, not because one has miscalculated.
Less than you might expect. Vedic astrology leads with the Moon sign (rashi) and the rising sign (lagna) rather than the Sun, and both of those need your birth time as well as your date.