Zodiak+Star+Calendar

Zodiak Star Calendar

Table of dates The following table compares the [|Gregorian] dates on which the Sun enters The theoretical beginning of Aries is the moment of [|vernal equinox], and all other dates shift accordingly. The precise Gregorian times and dates vary slightly from year to year as the Gregorian calendar shifts relative to the [|tropical year].[|[][|23][|]] These variations remain within less than two days' difference in the recent past and the near-future, vernal equinox in [|UT] always falling either on 20 or 21 of March in the period of 1797 to 2043, falling on 19 March in 1796 the last time and in 2044 the next.[|[][|24][|]] (2011) ||~ [|Sidereal zodiac] (2011) ||~ Name ||~ [|IAU] boundaries[|[][|26][|]] ||~ Solar stay[|[][|26][|]] ||~ Brightest star || 20 April || 15 April - 15 May || [|Aries] || 19 April – 13 May || 25 days || [|Hamal] || 21 May || 16 May - 15 June || [|Taurus] || 14 May – 19 June || 37 days || [|Aldebaran] || 21 June || 16 June - 15 July || [|Gemini] || 20 June – 20 July || 31 days || [|Pollux] || 22 July || 16 July - 15 August || [|Cancer] || 21 July – 9 August || 20 days || [|Al Tarf] || 22 August || 16 August - 15 September || [|Leo] || 10 August – 15 September || 37 days || [|Regulus] || 23 September || 16 September - 15 October || [|Virgo] || 16 September – 30 October || 45 days || [|Spica] || 23 October || 16 October - 16 November || [|Libra] || 31 October – 22 November || 23 days || [|Zubeneschamali] || 22 November || 16 November - 15 December || [|Scorpius] || 23 November – 29 November || 7 days || [|Antares] || 21 December || 16 December - 14 January || [|Sagittarius] || 18 December – 18 January || 32 days || [|Kaus Australis] || 20 January || 15 January – 14 February || [|Capricornus] || 19 January – 15 February || 28 days || [|Deneb Algedi] || 19 February || 15 February - 14 March || [|Aquarius] || 16 February – 11 March || 24 days || [|Sadalsuud] || 20 March || 15 March - 14 April || [|Pisces] || 12 March – 18 April || 38 days || [|Eta Piscium] || Because the Earth's axis is at an angle, some signs take longer to rise than others, and the farther away from the [|equator] the observer is situated, the greater the difference. Thus, signs are spoken of as "long" or "short" ascension.
 * a sign in the Ptolemaic [|tropical] zodiac
 * a sign in the [|Hindu] [|sidereal] system
 * the astronomical constellation of the same name as the sign, with constellation boundaries as defined in 1930 by the [|International Astronomical Union].
 * ~ [|Sign][|[][|25][|]] ||||||||~ [|Constellation] ||
 * ~ Name ||~ Symbol ||~ Tropical zodiac
 * [|Aries] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Aries.svg/20px-Aries.svg.png width="20" height="19" caption="Aries" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aries.svg"]] || 21 March –
 * [|Taurus] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Taurus.svg/20px-Taurus.svg.png width="20" height="21" caption="Taurus" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Taurus.svg"]] || 21 April –
 * [|Gemini] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gemini.svg/20px-Gemini.svg.png width="20" height="21" caption="Gemini" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gemini.svg"]] || 22 May –
 * [|Cancer] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Cancer.svg/20px-Cancer.svg.png width="20" height="16" caption="Cancer" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cancer.svg"]] || 22 June –
 * [|Leo] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Leo.svg/20px-Leo.svg.png width="20" height="26" caption="Leo" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leo.svg"]] || 23 July –
 * [|Virgo] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Virgo.svg/20px-Virgo.svg.png width="20" height="24" caption="Virgo" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virgo.svg"]] || 23 August –
 * [|Libra] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Libra.svg/20px-Libra.svg.png width="20" height="17" caption="Libra" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libra.svg"]] || 24 September –
 * [|Scorpio] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Scorpio.svg/20px-Scorpio.svg.png width="20" height="22" caption="Scorpio" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpio.svg"]] || 24 October –
 * [|Ophiuchus] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ophiuchus_zodiac.svg/20px-Ophiuchus_zodiac.svg.png width="20" height="20" caption="Ophiuchus zodiac.svg" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiuchus_zodiac.svg"]] |||| //n/a// || [|Ophiuchus] || 30 November – 17 December || 18 days || [|Rasalhague] ||
 * [|Sagittarius] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Sagittarius.svg/20px-Sagittarius.svg.png width="20" height="20" caption="Sagittarius" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sagittarius.svg"]] || 23 November –
 * [|Capricorn] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Capricorn.svg/20px-Capricorn.svg.png width="20" height="19" caption="Capricornus" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Capricorn.svg"]] || 22 December –
 * [|Aquarius] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Aquarius.svg/20px-Aquarius.svg.png width="20" height="13" caption="Aquarius" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aquarius.svg"]] || 21 January –
 * [|Pisces] ||= [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pisces.svg/20px-Pisces.svg.png width="20" height="25" caption="Pisces" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pisces.svg"]] || 20 February –