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Mercury Retrograde, 2024 to 2031: Every Window
Mercury orbits inside the Earth’s orbit. Its retrograde comes around inferior conjunction, when it passes between the Earth and the Sun and, seen from here, its motion against the stars reverses for a while. That is why a Mercury retrograde always happens with the Sun close to Mercury in the sky.
Between 2024 and 2031 the site computes 25 Mercury retrogrades. Each lasts 20 to 24 days between its two stations and retraces 8.6° to 16.3° of the zodiac, and one begins every 108 to 125 days.
| Turns retrograde | Turns direct | Days | Signs | Arc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2024 | 25 April 2024 | 24 | Aries → Pisces | 11.2° |
| 5 August 2024 | 29 August 2024 | 24 | Leo → Cancer | 12.7° |
| 26 November 2024 | 16 December 2024 | 20 | Scorpio | 16.3° |
| 15 March 2025 | 7 April 2025 | 23 | Pisces | 12.8° |
| 18 July 2025 | 11 August 2025 | 24 | Cancer | 11.3° |
| 10 November 2025 | 29 November 2025 | 20 | Scorpio → Libra | 16.1° |
| 26 February 2026 | 21 March 2026 | 23 | Aquarius | 14.1° |
| 29 June 2026 | 24 July 2026 | 24 | Cancer → Gemini | 9.9° |
| 24 October 2026 | 13 November 2026 | 20 | Libra | 15.9° |
| 9 February 2027 | 3 March 2027 | 22 | Aquarius → Capricorn | 15.1° |
| 10 June 2027 | 5 July 2027 | 24 | Gemini | 8.9° |
| 7 October 2027 | 28 October 2027 | 21 | Libra → Virgo | 15.6° |
| 24 January 2028 | 14 February 2028 | 21 | Capricorn | 15.7° |
| 21 May 2028 | 14 June 2028 | 24 | Taurus | 8.6° |
| 19 September 2028 | 11 October 2028 | 22 | Virgo | 15.1° |
| 7 January 2029 | 28 January 2029 | 20 | Capricorn → Sagittarius | 16.1° |
| 2 May 2029 | 26 May 2029 | 24 | Taurus → Aries | 9.1° |
| 2 September 2029 | 25 September 2029 | 23 | Virgo → Leo | 14.4° |
| 22 December 2029 | 11 January 2030 | 20 | Sagittarius | 16.3° |
| 13 April 2030 | 7 May 2030 | 24 | Aries | 10.4° |
| 16 August 2030 | 8 September 2030 | 23 | Leo | 13.4° |
| 6 December 2030 | 26 December 2030 | 20 | Sagittarius → Scorpio | 16.3° |
| 26 March 2031 | 18 April 2031 | 23 | Pisces | 11.9° |
| 29 July 2031 | 22 August 2031 | 24 | Leo → Cancer | 12.1° |
| 20 November 2031 | 9 December 2031 | 20 | Scorpio | 16.2° |
The dates are days, not times. Stations from 2026 and 2027 are taken from the JPL DE421 table where the two disagree; outside those years the site’s own series stands, and a station falling near midnight can be dated a day apart by another source.
Mercury Retrograde by Year
For Mercury’s dignities, friendships and the signs it rules, see the Mercury (Budh) page. The other planets’ windows are on the retrograde index, and the retrograde checker answers for a single day. In Hindi: बुध वक्री.