Karka rashi · कर्क · Daily horoscope
Cancer horoscope today
Today’s Cancer (Karka) horoscope by Moon sign: love, career and health, lucky number and colour, and the best time of the day, worked out from today’s planetary transits for your city. Read yesterday’s and tomorrow’s too.
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Cancer (Karka) facts
| Sanskrit name | Karka (कर्क) |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Crab |
| Element | Water |
| Quality | Movable (Chara) |
| Ruling planet | Moon |
| Nakshatras | Punarvasu (pada 4), Pushya (all 4), Ashlesha (all 4) |
| Vedic (sidereal) Sun dates | about 17 July to 16 August |
| Western (tropical) Sun dates | about 21 June to 22 July |
Karka is the Moon’s own sign and the sign where Jupiter is exalted. It is associated with home, mother, feelings, memory and care for others, with moods that change like the tides.
Is Cancer your Moon sign?
Vedic astrology reads the daily horoscope from the Moon sign, not from the birthday alone. Your Moon sign is Karka if you were born with the Moon in Punarvasu (pada 4), Pushya (all 4), Ashlesha (all 4). Make your free kundli to find yours; the horoscope then opens on your sign and is personalised with your birth star.
Questions
What are the Cancer dates?
In Western (tropical) astrology the Sun is in Cancer about 21 June to 22 July. In Vedic (sidereal) astrology the Sun is in Karka about 17 July to 16 August. For a Vedic daily horoscope, what matters is your Moon sign, which can be Karka whatever your birthday.
How do I know if my Moon sign is Karka (Cancer)?
Your Moon sign is Karka if the Moon was in Cancer when you were born, which means your birth star is one of: Punarvasu (pada 4), Pushya (all 4), Ashlesha (all 4). Make your free kundli with your date, time and place of birth to see it.
Who is the ruling planet of Cancer?
Moon rules Karka (Cancer). It is a water sign of the movable quality, and its symbol is the crab.
How is today’s Cancer horoscope made?
From today’s planetary transits counted from Karka as the first house, using the classical Gochar rules with Vedha. It is recalculated for each day and for your city, and you can also read yesterday’s and tomorrow’s.