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Daily ephemeris — April 2015

Planet positions for every day of the month, sampled at noon UT. Computed live from VSOP87D + ELP2000 ephemerides. Navigate any month forward or back; data is consistent with the free Birth Chart and Sky Map tools.

Day☉ Sun☽ Moon☿ Mer♀ Ven♂ Mar♃ Jup♄ Sat♅ Ura♆ Nep♇ Plu
111Ar 8Vi 2Ar18Ta 0Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
212Ar20Vi 4Ar19Ta 1Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
313Ar 2Li 6Ar20Ta 2Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
414Ar14Li 8Ar21Ta 2Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
515Ar26Li10Ar22Ta 3Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
616Ar 8Sc12Ar23Ta 4Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
717Ar21Sc14Ar25Ta 5Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
818Ar 3Sg16Ar26Ta 5Ta12Le℞ 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
919Ar16Sg18Ar27Ta 6Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1020Ar29Sg20Ar28Ta 7Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1121Ar12Cp22Ar29Ta 7Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1222Ar26Cp24Ar 1Ge 8Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1323Ar10Aq26Ar 2Ge 9Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1424Ar25Aq29Ar 3Ge10Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1525Ar 9Pi 1Ta 4Ge10Ta12Le 4Sg℞16Ar 8Pi15Cp
1626Ar24Pi 3Ta 5Ge11Ta12Le 4Sg℞17Ar 8Pi15Cp
1727Ar 9Ar 5Ta 6Ge12Ta12Le 4Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
1828Ar24Ar 7Ta 7Ge13Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
1929Ar 8Ta 9Ta 9Ge13Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
20 0Ta23Ta11Ta10Ge14Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
21 1Ta 7Ge13Ta11Ge15Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
22 2Ta20Ge15Ta12Ge15Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
23 3Ta 4Cn17Ta13Ge16Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
24 3Ta16Cn19Ta14Ge17Ta12Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
25 4Ta29Cn21Ta16Ge18Ta13Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
26 5Ta11Le22Ta17Ge18Ta13Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
27 6Ta23Le24Ta18Ge19Ta13Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
28 7Ta 5Vi26Ta19Ge20Ta13Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
29 8Ta17Vi27Ta20Ge21Ta13Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞
30 9Ta28Vi29Ta21Ge21Ta13Le 3Sg℞17Ar 9Pi15Cp℞

Reading the table

  • Format: degree + sign abbreviation. 15Le = 15° Leo.
  • ℞ = retrograde — the planet appears to move backwards through the zodiac that day.
  • highlighted = station day, the moment a planet stops and reverses direction (or vice versa). The most-watched single days in any month.

Common questions

About the ephemeris

What is an ephemeris?

A table of planetary positions over time. The classical paper ephemeris (Raphael's, Rosicrucian, Swiss Ephemeris) lists each planet's longitude on each day of the year — the working tool astrologers use to plan elections, time transits, and check past or future configurations. This page reproduces that data live from arcsecond-grade ephemerides.

Why noon UT?

The classical convention. The slow planets (Jupiter through Pluto) barely move in 12 hours, so noon-sampling captures their position for the whole day with negligible error. The Moon moves ~6.5° in 12 hours (about a quarter of a sign), so the Moon column is most accurate at noon UT specifically — for an exact Moon position at any moment in your local time, use the Sky Map tool.

How do I read each cell?

Each cell shows the planet's degree-in-sign and the sign abbreviation. "15Le" = 15° Leo. The ℞ marker means retrograde — the planet appears to move backwards through the zodiac on that day. Sign-changes (ingresses) appear as a transition between two adjacent cells; the exact ingress moment is in our Sky Now or Lunar Calendar pages.

Why are some cells highlighted?

We highlight the day each planet first appears retrograde or first turns direct in the displayed month — the stations. These are the most-watched days in any month: a planet's station is when it's stopped relative to the stars, and astrologers read the station as a focused activation of the planet's themes for the week or two surrounding it.

How accurate is this?

Arcsecond. We use VSOP87D for the planets and a truncated ELP2000 lunar model with deltaT correction. Same engine that computes the free Birth Chart, Sky Map, and Transit Forecast. Time-zone is UT (universal time); convert to your local time-zone if you need a same-day local read.

Can I use this to plan elections?

Yes — the daily ephemeris is the working table for Hellenistic and modern Western election work. Pair with the Muhurta tool (Vedic auspicious-time scoring), the Choghadiya page (Vedic time windows), and the Lunar Calendar (Moon phases + sign-ingresses) for a full election workflow.

Computation

Each cell is a live engine call cached for 24 hours: VSOP87D for Mercury–Neptune, an in-house DOPRI8 8(7) integrator for Pluto, and a truncated ELP2000 lunar model with deltaT correction for the Moon. Sub-arcsecond accurate. Sampled at 12:00 UT. Retrograde flags come from the engine’s direction-of-motion check, not a calendar approximation; station days are detected from adjacent-day flag flips.