Venus retrograde, 2020–2040
Every Venus retrograde window from 2020 through 2040 — the exact instant each station occurs (UTC), the sidereal sign it happens in (Lahiri ayanāṁśa, the reckoning used in Jyotiṣa), and how long it lasts. Sidereal signs sit ~24° behind Western tropical signs, so these sign placements will differ from tropical tables — the dates and times are identical.
2020
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 13 May 2020 · 06:43 UTC | 25 Jun 2020 · 06:50 UTC | Taurus | 43 days |
2021
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
|---|
| 19 Dec 2021 · 10:33 UTC | 29 Jan 2022 · 08:49 UTC | Capricorn → Sagittarius | 41 days |
2023
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 23 Jul 2023 · 01:32 UTC | 04 Sep 2023 · 01:20 UTC | Leo → Cancer | 43 days |
2025
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
|---|
| 02 Mar 2025 · 00:36 UTC | 13 Apr 2025 · 01:02 UTC | Pisces | 42 days |
2026
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 03 Oct 2026 · 07:13 UTC | 14 Nov 2026 · 00:29 UTC | Libra → Virgo | 42 days |
2028
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 10 May 2028 · 23:00 UTC | 22 Jun 2028 · 22:15 UTC | Taurus | 43 days |
2029
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 16 Dec 2029 · 23:45 UTC | 26 Jan 2030 · 21:34 UTC | Sagittarius | 41 days |
2031
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 20 Jul 2031 · 17:06 UTC | 01 Sep 2031 · 17:57 UTC | Leo → Cancer | 43 days |
2033
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 27 Feb 2033 · 15:39 UTC | 10 Apr 2033 · 15:27 UTC | Pisces → Aquarius | 42 days |
2034
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 30 Sep 2034 · 19:35 UTC | 11 Nov 2034 · 14:03 UTC | Libra → Virgo | 42 days |
2036
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 08 May 2036 · 15:57 UTC | 20 Jun 2036 · 14:13 UTC | Taurus | 43 days |
2037
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 14 Dec 2037 · 12:45 UTC | 24 Jan 2038 · 10:20 UTC | Sagittarius | 41 days |
2039
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Sidereal sign | Duration |
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| 18 Jul 2039 · 08:33 UTC | 30 Aug 2039 · 10:16 UTC | Cancer | 43 days |
Common questions
How long does Venus retrograde last?
In this table the windows run from 41 to 43 days, averaging about 42 days.
Why do these signs differ from Western retrograde tables?
The signs here are sidereal (Lahiri ayanāṁśa), the reckoning used in Jyotiṣa — about 24° behind the tropical zodiac Western sites use. The station dates and times are identical; only the sign labels shift.
How are these times computed?
Each station is the instant the planet's apparent speed crosses zero, root-found from Swiss Ephemeris positions. The method is stated below the table, so every value is reproducible — computed, not copied from an almanac.
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How this table was computed
Methodstation instants root-found on the speed-zero function (bisection, ~second precision); signs are SIDEREAL at the station instant
SourceSwiss Ephemeris sidereal positions; ingress/station epochs by bisection root-find on the sign-boundary and speed-zero functions
AyanāṁśaLahiri
Engineastroamrit seo-tables (Venus 2020–2040)
AstroAmrit is a glass box: every number on this page is reproducible from the
stated method. These are astronomical facts, not predictions. Times are instants of the event's
global maximum or exact crossing; your local civil date can differ by one day depending on timezone.