Mercury Transit Dates and Time 2021
In 2021 Mercury changes sign 19 times, about once every 19 days. The first sign change of the year is its entry into Capricorn on 5 January at 03:59; the last, into Capricorn, comes on 29 December at 11:34. Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 26 August to 22 September 2021 and from 2 October to 2 November 2021, in its own sign Gemini or Virgo from 26 May to 3 June 2021 and from 7 July to 25 July 2021 and from 26 August to 22 September 2021 and from 2 October to 2 November 2021, and debilitated in Pisces from 1 April to 16 April 2021. Times are in IST for New Delhi, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri).
Mercury Transit 2021 (Sidereal)Times in IST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Sagittarius | 18 days | ||
| Capricorn | 20 days | ||
| Aquarius | 10 days | ||
| Capricorn R | 34 days | ||
| Aquarius | 20 days | ||
| PiscesDebil. | 15 days | ||
| Aries | 14 days | ||
| Taurus | 25 days | ||
| GeminiOwn | 7 days | ||
| Taurus R | 34 days | ||
| GeminiOwn | 18 days | ||
| Cancer | 14 days | ||
| Leo | 17 days | ||
| VirgoExalt. | 26 days | ||
| Libra | 9 days | ||
| Virgo RExalt. | 31 days | ||
| Libra | 18 days | ||
| Scorpio | 19 days | ||
| Sagittarius | 19 days | ||
| Capricorn | 66 days | ||
R Enters While Retrograde
Mercury Transit Own Sign (Gemini and Virgo)2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Gemini | 7 days | ||
| Gemini | 18 days | ||
| Virgo | 26 days | ||
| Virgo | 31 days | ||
Mercury Transit Exalted Sign (Virgo)2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Virgo | 26 days | ||
| Virgo | 31 days | ||
Mercury Transit Debility Sign (Pisces)2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Pisces | 15 days | ||
Mercury Nakshatra Transit 2021 (Sidereal)Times in IST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Lord | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 8 days | ||
| Shravana | Moon | 8 days | ||
| Dhanishtha | Mars | 22 days | ||
| Shravana | Moon | 22 days | ||
| Dhanishtha | Mars | 11 days | ||
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 9 days | ||
| Purva Bhadrapada | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Saturn | 7 days | ||
| Revati | Mercury | 6 days | ||
| Ashwini | Ketu | 6 days | ||
| Bharani | Venus | 6 days | ||
| Krittika | Sun | 7 days | ||
| Rohini | Moon | 9 days | ||
| Mrigashira | Mars | 31 days | ||
| Rohini | Moon | 12 days | ||
| Mrigashira | Mars | 13 days | ||
| Ardra | Rahu | 7 days | ||
| Punarvasu | Jupiter | 6 days | ||
| Pushya | Saturn | 6 days | ||
| Ashlesha | Mercury | 6 days | ||
| Magha | Ketu | 7 days | ||
| Purva Phalguni | Venus | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Phalguni | Sun | 9 days | ||
| Hasta | Moon | 11 days | ||
| Chitra | Mars | 25 days | ||
| Hasta | Moon | 19 days | ||
| Chitra | Mars | 8 days | ||
| Swati | Rahu | 8 days | ||
| Vishakha | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Anuradha | Saturn | 8 days | ||
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 8 days | ||
| Mula | Ketu | 8 days | ||
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 9 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 2021: Common Questions
In 2021, Mercury enters Capricorn on 5 January at 03:59, Aquarius on 25 January at 16:35, Capricorn on 4 February at 22:57, Aquarius on 11 March at 12:39, Pisces on 1 April at 00:47, Aries on 16 April at 21:01, Taurus on 1 May at 05:45, Gemini on 26 May at 08:54, Taurus on 3 June at 02:09, Gemini on 7 July at 11:18, Cancer on 25 July at 11:44, Leo on 9 August at 01:35, Virgo on 26 August at 11:22, Libra on 22 September at 08:23, Virgo on 2 October at 02:50, Libra on 2 November at 09:58, Scorpio on 21 November at 04:54, Sagittarius on 10 December at 06:09 and Capricorn on 29 December at 11:34.
Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 26 August to 22 September 2021 and from 2 October to 2 November 2021.
Mercury is debilitated in Pisces from 1 April to 16 April 2021.
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.
