vakri Mangal 2029
Mars Retrograde 2029: Dates, Signs and Stations
One window opening in 2029 · 80 days between stations · Virgo
Mars turns retrograde once in 2029, on 14 February 2029, and turns direct again on 5 May 2029. Counting only the calendar days of 2029, Mars is retrograde on 81 of them.
14 February to 5 May, in Virgo
Mars stations retrograde on 14 February 2029 at 19°38′ Virgo, in Hasta, and stations direct on 5 May 2029 at 0°39′ Virgo, in Uttara Phalguni. Between the two stations it travels back 19.0° of the zodiac over 80 days.
19°38′ Virgo, the 14 February station, is in Hasta pada 3, the Gemini navamsa. 0°39′ Virgo, the 5 May station, is in Uttara Phalguni pada 2, the Capricorn navamsa. The arc between them spans 6 padas, from Uttara Phalguni pada 2 up to Hasta pada 3, and Mars crosses every degree of it three times: forward before 14 February, backward until 5 May, and forward again afterwards. Mars is in an enemy's sign in Virgo.
The whole 19.0° lies inside Virgo, so for the 14 February retrograde of 2029 there is no sign change to date: Mars in Virgo covers all 80 days.
The site’s ingress, nakshatra and conjunction tables run from 2026 to 2028, so for the 2029 window they have nothing to add, and this page adds nothing in their place.
One caution on the direct station of this window: it falls close to midnight IST, so another ephemeris, or a listing kept in another time zone, can put 5 May 2029 on the neighbouring day without either being wrong.
It begins 766 days after the previous Mars retrograde began on 10 January 2027, and 685 days after that one ended.
How 2029 Compares With Mars’s Other Windows
Across the 4 Mars retrogrades the site computes from 2024 to 2031, a window lasts 76 to 81 days between stations and retraces 17.2° to 19.5°. The 2029 window, at 80 days and 19.0°, is inside that range by length.
Every date here is a day, never a time. A planet at a station is barely moving, so the minute it turns is the least stable figure in the table; for Mars in 2029 the day is what two careful sources will agree on.
More on Mars’s Retrogrades
Every Mars window from 2024 to 2031 is tabulated on the Mars retrograde page. To see whether Mars is retrograde on a given day, use the retrograde checker; for how a retrograde graha is read in a birth chart, see retrograde planets explained and astrology for beginners. In Hindi: मंगल वक्री 2029.