Mercury Transit Dates and Time 2025
In 2025 Mercury changes sign 15 times, about once every 24 days. The first sign change of the year is its entry into Sagittarius on 4 January at 12:05; the last, into Sagittarius, comes on 29 December at 07:22. Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 15 September to 3 October 2025, in its own sign Gemini or Virgo from 6 June to 22 June 2025 and from 15 September to 3 October 2025, and debilitated in Pisces from 27 February to 7 May 2025. Times are in IST for New Delhi, in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri).
Mercury Transit 2025 (Sidereal)Times in IST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Scorpio | 66 days | ||
| Sagittarius | 20 days | ||
| Capricorn | 17 days | ||
| Aquarius | 16 days | ||
| PiscesDebil. | 68 days | ||
| Aries | 16 days | ||
| Taurus | 13 days | ||
| GeminiOwn | 16 days | ||
| Cancer | 68 days | ||
| Leo | 15 days | ||
| VirgoExalt. | 17 days | ||
| Libra | 21 days | ||
| Scorpio | 30 days | ||
| Libra R | 13 days | ||
| Scorpio | 22 days | ||
| Sagittarius | 19 days | ||
R Enters While Retrograde
Mercury Transit Own Sign (Gemini and Virgo)2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Gemini | 16 days | ||
| Virgo | 17 days | ||
Mercury Transit Exalted Sign (Virgo)2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Virgo | 17 days | ||
Mercury Transit Debility Sign (Pisces)2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Zodiac Sign | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Pisces | 68 days | ||
Mercury Nakshatra Transit 2025 (Sidereal)Times in IST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Lord | Entry Date | Exit Date | Duration |
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 11 days | ||
| Mula | Ketu | 9 days | ||
| Purva Ashadha | Venus | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Ashadha | Sun | 8 days | ||
| Shravana | Moon | 7 days | ||
| Dhanishtha | Mars | 7 days | ||
| Shatabhisha | Rahu | 7 days | ||
| Purva Bhadrapada | Jupiter | 7 days | ||
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Saturn | 32 days | ||
| Purva Bhadrapada | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Uttara Bhadrapada | Saturn | 15 days | ||
| Revati | Mercury | 9 days | ||
| Ashwini | Ketu | 7 days | ||
| Bharani | Venus | 6 days | ||
| Krittika | Sun | 6 days | ||
| Rohini | Moon | 6 days | ||
| Mrigashira | Mars | 6 days | ||
| Ardra | Rahu | 7 days | ||
| Punarvasu | Jupiter | 8 days | ||
| Pushya | Saturn | 12 days | ||
| Ashlesha | Mercury | 22 days | ||
| Pushya | Saturn | 23 days | ||
| Ashlesha | Mercury | 8 days | ||
| Magha | Ketu | 6 days | ||
| Purva Phalguni | Venus | 6 days | ||
| Uttara Phalguni | Sun | 7 days | ||
| Hasta | Moon | 7 days | ||
| Chitra | Mars | 8 days | ||
| Swati | Rahu | 9 days | ||
| Vishakha | Jupiter | 10 days | ||
| Anuradha | Saturn | 24 days | ||
| Vishakha | Jupiter | 18 days | ||
| Anuradha | Saturn | 10 days | ||
| Jyeshtha | Mercury | 9 days | ||
| Mula | Ketu | 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 2025: Common Questions
In 2025, Mercury enters Sagittarius on 4 January at 12:05, Capricorn on 24 January at 17:40, Aquarius on 11 February at 12:54, Pisces on 27 February at 23:42, Aries on 7 May at 04:08, Taurus on 23 May at 13:02, Gemini on 6 June at 09:26, Cancer on 22 June at 21:28, Leo on 30 August at 16:44, Virgo on 15 September at 11:06, Libra on 3 October at 03:42, Scorpio on 24 October at 12:32, Libra on 23 November at 20:08, Scorpio on 6 December at 20:43 and Sagittarius on 29 December at 07:22.
Mercury is exalted in Virgo from 15 September to 3 October 2025.
Mercury is debilitated in Pisces from 27 February to 7 May 2025.
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.
