Mercury Transit Dates and Time 2020
In 2020 Mercury enters all twelve signs. The first sign change of the year is its entry into Capricorn on 13 January at 11:38; the last, into Sagittarius, comes on 17 December at 11:42. Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 2 September to 22 September 2020, in its own sign Gemini or Virgo from 24 May to 2 August 2020 and from 2 September to 22 September 2020, and debilitated in Pisces from 7 April to 25 April 2020. Times are in IST for New Delhi, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri).
Mercury Transit 2020 (Sidereal)Times in IST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Sagittarius | 18 days | ||
| Capricorn | 17 days | ||
| Aquarius | 67 days | ||
| PiscesDebil. | 17 days | ||
| Aries | 14 days | ||
| Taurus | 15 days | ||
| GeminiOwn | 69 days | ||
| Cancer | 15 days | ||
| Leo | 16 days | ||
| VirgoExalt. | 20 days | ||
| Libra | 66 days | ||
| Scorpio | 19 days | ||
| Sagittarius | 18 days | ||
Mercury Transit Own Sign (Gemini and Virgo)2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Gemini | 69 days | ||
| Virgo | 20 days | ||
Mercury Transit Exalted Sign (Virgo)2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Virgo | 20 days | ||
Mercury Transit Debility Sign (Pisces)2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Pisces | 17 days | ||
Mercury Nakshatra Transit 2020 (Sidereal)Times in IST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Lord | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Mula | Ketu | 8 days | ||
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 7 days | ||
| Shravana | Moon | 7 days | ||
| Dhanishtha | Mars | 8 days | ||
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 28 days | ||
| Dhanishtha | Mars | 14 days | ||
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 13 days | ||
| Purva Bhadrapada | Jupiter | 9 days | ||
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Saturn | 8 days | ||
| Revati | Mercury | 7 days | ||
| Ashwini | Ketu | 6 days | ||
| Bharani | Venus | 6 days | ||
| Krittika | Sun | 6 days | ||
| Rohini | Moon | 6 days | ||
| Mrigashira | Mars | 8 days | ||
| Ardra | Rahu | 15 days | ||
| Punarvasu | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Ardra | Rahu | 33 days | ||
| Punarvasu | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Pushya | Saturn | 6 days | ||
| Ashlesha | Mercury | 6 days | ||
| Magha | Ketu | 6 days | ||
| Purva Phalguni | Venus | 7 days | ||
| Uttara Phalguni | Sun | 8 days | ||
| Hasta | Moon | 9 days | ||
| Chitra | Mars | 10 days | ||
| Swati | Rahu | 29 days | ||
| Chitra | Mars | 15 days | ||
| Swati | Rahu | 9 days | ||
| Vishakha | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Anuradha | Saturn | 8 days | ||
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 8 days | ||
| Mula | Ketu | 8 days | ||
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 8 days | ||
Mercury Transit in Each Sign: Predictions
What Mercury's transit of each sign brings for every Moon sign.
What the Mercury Transit Means
Mercury spends two to four weeks in each sign, longer when it turns retrograde. How its transits fall on your own Moon sign, what its retrograde and combust periods mean and how to use these dates are explained on the main Mercury transit dates page, and what the present transit means for each sign in the Mercury transit predictions.
Other Planetary Transits
Predictions, the year's calendar and the timeline.
Mercury Transit 2020: Common Questions
In 2020, Mercury enters Capricorn on 13 January at 11:38, Aquarius on 31 January at 02:56, Pisces on 7 April at 14:28, Aries on 25 April at 02:38, Taurus on 9 May at 09:50, Gemini on 24 May at 23:58, Cancer on 2 August at 03:36, Leo on 17 August at 08:31, Virgo on 2 September at 12:06, Libra on 22 September at 16:57, Scorpio on 28 November at 07:08 and Sagittarius on 17 December at 11:42.
Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 2 September to 22 September 2020.
Mercury is debilitated in Pisces from 7 April to 25 April 2020.
Your Own Transits
See Mercury's Transit From Your Own Moon and Lagna
Make your kundli once and the transit section counts Mercury's sign from your Lagna and Moon sign, house by house, for today or any date you choose.
