Mercury Transit Dates and Time 2023
In 2023 Mercury changes sign 13 times, about once every 28 days. The first sign change of the year is its entry into Capricorn on 7 February at 07:31; the last, into Scorpio, comes on 28 December at 10:52. Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 1 October to 19 October 2023, in its own sign Gemini or Virgo from 24 June to 8 July 2023 and from 1 October to 19 October 2023, and debilitated in Pisces from 16 March to 31 March 2023. Times are in IST for New Delhi, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri).
Mercury Transit 2023 (Sidereal)Times in IST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Sagittarius R | 38 days | ||
| Capricorn | 20 days | ||
| Aquarius | 16 days | ||
| PiscesDebil. | 15 days | ||
| Aries | 68 days | ||
| Taurus | 16 days | ||
| GeminiOwn | 13 days | ||
| Cancer | 16 days | ||
| Leo | 68 days | ||
| VirgoExalt. | 17 days | ||
| Libra | 18 days | ||
| Scorpio | 20 days | ||
| Sagittarius | 31 days | ||
| Scorpio R | 10 days | ||
R Enters While Retrograde
Mercury Transit Own Sign (Gemini and Virgo)2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Gemini | 13 days | ||
| Virgo | 17 days | ||
Mercury Transit Exalted Sign (Virgo)2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Virgo | 17 days | ||
Mercury Transit Debility Sign (Pisces)2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Pisces | 15 days | ||
Mercury Nakshatra Transit 2023 (Sidereal)Times in IST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Lord | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 12 days | ||
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 30 days | ||
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 10 days | ||
| Shravana | Moon | 8 days | ||
| Dhanishtha | Mars | 8 days | ||
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 7 days | ||
| Purva Bhadrapada | Jupiter | 6 days | ||
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Saturn | 6 days | ||
| Revati | Mercury | 6 days | ||
| Ashwini | Ketu | 8 days | ||
| Bharani | Venus | 29 days | ||
| Ashwini | Ketu | 13 days | ||
| Bharani | Venus | 14 days | ||
| Krittika | Sun | 8 days | ||
| Rohini | Moon | 7 days | ||
| Mrigashira | Mars | 6 days | ||
| Ardra | Rahu | 6 days | ||
| Punarvasu | Jupiter | 6 days | ||
| Pushya | Saturn | 7 days | ||
| Ashlesha | Mercury | 8 days | ||
| Magha | Ketu | 9 days | ||
| Purva Phalguni | Venus | 15 days | ||
| Uttara Phalguni | Sun | 9 days | ||
| Purva Phalguni | Venus | 32 days | ||
| Uttara Phalguni | Sun | 7 days | ||
| Hasta | Moon | 7 days | ||
| Chitra | Mars | 7 days | ||
| Swati | Rahu | 8 days | ||
| Vishakha | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Anuradha | Saturn | 8 days | ||
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 9 days | ||
| Mula | Ketu | 12 days | ||
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 6 days | ||
| Mula | Ketu | 11 days | ||
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 10 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 2023: Common Questions
In 2023, Mercury enters Capricorn on 7 February at 07:31, Aquarius on 27 February at 16:50, Pisces on 16 March at 10:50, Aries on 31 March at 14:57, Taurus on 7 June at 19:52, Gemini on 24 June at 12:44, Cancer on 8 July at 12:15, Leo on 25 July at 04:33, Virgo on 1 October at 20:41, Libra on 19 October at 01:18, Scorpio on 6 November at 16:27, Sagittarius on 27 November at 05:55 and Scorpio on 28 December at 10:52.
Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 1 October to 19 October 2023.
Mercury is debilitated in Pisces from 16 March to 31 March 2023.
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.
