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Retrograde periods in 2026: calendar

A calendar of retrograde planets in 2026. Check the initial motion, station dates and intervals between them for each of the eight planets.

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In this lesson
  1. Read the initial state too
  2. Dates and calculation
  3. Find the interval between stations
  4. What is not included

Read the initial state too

A period may have begun in the previous year. The reference therefore includes motion on 1 January and every subsequent station in 2026. “Retrograde” means decreasing geocentric zodiacal longitude, not a planet reversing its orbit.

Dates and calculation

Motion on 1 January 2026
PlanetMotion
Mercurydirect
Venusdirect
Marsdirect
Jupiterretrograde
Saturndirect
Uranusretrograde
Neptunedirect
Plutodirect
Stations during 2026
Date, Bulgarian timePlanetMotion after station
4 Feb 2026Uranusdirect
26 Feb 2026Mercuryretrograde
11 Mar 2026Jupiterdirect
20 Mar 2026Mercurydirect
6 May 2026Plutoretrograde
29 Jun 2026Mercuryretrograde
7 Jul 2026Neptuneretrograde
24 Jul 2026Mercurydirect
26 Jul 2026Saturnretrograde
10 Sept 2026Uranusretrograde
3 Oct 2026Venusretrograde
16 Oct 2026Plutodirect
24 Oct 2026Mercuryretrograde
13 Nov 2026Mercurydirect
14 Nov 2026Venusdirect
11 Dec 2026Saturndirect
13 Dec 2026Neptunedirect
13 Dec 2026Jupiterretrograde

Calculated on 7 September 2026, in the tropical zodiac. Dates are approximate and in Bulgarian time; eclipse dates use the global peak. This is not a local observing timetable.

Find the interval between stations

A change to “retrograde” and the following change to “direct” bound a retrograde interval. If the next station falls outside the year, the table does not invent an end on 31 December. No listed station means the direction did not change during this calendar year.

What is not included

The table does not add so-called shadow periods, which use a different definition: repeated passage through the degrees between stations. This calendar describes motion. It is not a list of forbidden dates for communication, travel or decisions.

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