Makara rashi · मकर · Daily horoscope
Capricorn horoscope today
Today’s Capricorn (Makara) 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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Capricorn (Makara) facts
| Sanskrit name | Makara (मकर) |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Makara (sea creature) |
| Element | Earth |
| Quality | Movable (Chara) |
| Ruling planet | Saturn |
| Nakshatras | Uttara Ashadha (padas 2 to 4), Shravana (all 4), Dhanishta (padas 1 and 2) |
| Vedic (sidereal) Sun dates | about 14 January to 12 February |
| Western (tropical) Sun dates | about 22 December to 19 January |
Makara is ruled by Saturn and is where Mars is exalted. It is associated with work, discipline, duty, ambition and slow, steady results.
Is Capricorn your Moon sign?
Vedic astrology reads the daily horoscope from the Moon sign, not from the birthday alone. Your Moon sign is Makara if you were born with the Moon in Uttara Ashadha (padas 2 to 4), Shravana (all 4), Dhanishta (padas 1 and 2). 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 Capricorn dates?
In Western (tropical) astrology the Sun is in Capricorn about 22 December to 19 January. In Vedic (sidereal) astrology the Sun is in Makara about 14 January to 12 February. For a Vedic daily horoscope, what matters is your Moon sign, which can be Makara whatever your birthday.
How do I know if my Moon sign is Makara (Capricorn)?
Your Moon sign is Makara if the Moon was in Capricorn when you were born, which means your birth star is one of: Uttara Ashadha (padas 2 to 4), Shravana (all 4), Dhanishta (padas 1 and 2). Make your free kundli with your date, time and place of birth to see it.
Who is the ruling planet of Capricorn?
Saturn rules Makara (Capricorn). It is a earth sign of the movable quality, and its symbol is the makara (sea creature).
How is today’s Capricorn horoscope made?
From today’s planetary transits counted from Makara 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.