The moon: The full moon occurs on 08th at 12.42 p.m. IST and the new moon occurs on 23rd at 01-51 p.m. IST.

    The moon passes about two degrees south of the Saturn on the 2nd and about three degrees south of the Jupiter on the 3rd, about two and a half degrees north of the Mars on the 15th, about two degrees south of the Neptune and about five and a half degrees south of the Mercury on the 21st, about two and a half degrees south of the Uranus on the 22nd and about eleven and a half degrees south of the Venus on the 26th.

    Mercury (Budha): It will be visible in the evening in the western sky and will set about an hour after sunset during the first quarter of the month. Thereafter it will be too near the sun to be visible. It will reappear in early morning on the eastern sky at around the third quarter of the month and will rise about an hour before sunrise till the end of the month. The planet will be nearest to the sun on the 1st. It will be in retrograde motion on the 4th. The planet will be about four and a half degrees north of the Uranus on the 14th. Its motion becomes direct on the 25th. The planet moves from Aquarius ( Kumbha) to Capricorn ( Makara) on the 13th and its visual magnitude will vary from 0 to +2.9 during the month.

    Venus (Sukra): It will be visible in the evening on the western sky and set about three hours after sunset throughout the month. The planet will be nearest to the sun on the 22nd and attain its greatest brilliancy the same day.

    Mars (Mangala): It will be visible in the sky from about local midnight to morning throughout the month and rise about half an hour after local midnight during the first half and at about local midnight during the second half of the month. The planet moves from Libra (Tula ) to Scorpio ( Vrischika) throughout the month. Its visual magnitude is about + 0.8 during the month.

    Jupiter (Brihaspati): It will remain visible in the sky from evening to about local midnight throughout the month. The planet sets about one hour to half an hour after local midnight during the first half and less than half-an-hour after it during the second half of the month .

    Saturn (Sani): It will be visible in the sky from the evening to about local midnight throughout the month. The planet sets about half an hour after local midnight during the first quarter of the month, at about local midnight during the middle of the month and about half-an-hour to one hour before it during the last quarter of the month. It will be in Taurus (Vrisha) throughout the month.

    Uranus : It will be too near the sun to be visible upto the third quarter of the month. During the last quarter of the month it will be visible in early morning on the eastern sky and will rise about one hour before sunrise. The planet will be in Capricorn (Makara) throughout the month.

    Neptune : It will be visible in the early morning on the eastern sky and rise about one hour to one-and-a-half hours before it during the second half of the month. The planet will be in Capricorn (Makara) throughout the month.