Settled date · day 25 of 32 in the sign
16 August — Leo
Leo in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.
Where in Leo this falls
Mars-ruled decan of Leo
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. The last ten degrees carry the sign already turning toward the next one, which is why this third often reads as the most complicated.
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Every year, computed
All 100 years for 16 August. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Leo 22.88° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 22.65° | 2 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 23.38° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 23.15° | 22 | Gemini | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 22.91° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 22.68° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 23.41° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 23.18° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 22.95° | 9 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 22.71° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Leo 23.44° | 2 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 23.21° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 22.98° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 22.75° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Venus |
| 1944 | Leo 23.48° | 6 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 23.24° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 23.01° | 8 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1947 | Leo 22.78° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 23.51° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1949 | Leo 23.27° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 23.04° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 3 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 22.81° | 22 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 23.54° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 23.31° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 23.07° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 22.84° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 23.57° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mars |
| 1957 | Leo 23.34° | 1 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 23.11° | 2 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 22.87° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 23.6° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 23.37° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 23.14° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 22.91° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 23.63° | 8 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 23.4° | 9 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 23.17° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 22.94° | 2 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 23.67° | 3 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 23.43° | 22 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 23.2° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 22.97° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 23.7° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 23.47° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 23.23° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 23° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Leo 23.73° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 23.5° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 23.26° | 22 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 23.03° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1980 | Leo 23.76° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 23.53° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 23.3° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 23.06° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 23.79° | 1 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 23.56° | 2 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 23.33° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 23.1° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1988 | Leo 23.82° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 23.59° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 23.36° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 23.13° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 23.86° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 23.62° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 23.39° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 23.16° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 23.89° | 22 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 23.66° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 23.42° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Leo 23.19° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 23.92° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 23.69° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 23.46° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 23.22° | 2 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 23.95° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Leo 23.72° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | — |
| 2006 | Leo 23.49° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 23.25° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 23.98° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 23.75° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 23.52° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 23.29° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 24.02° | 2 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 23.78° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 23.55° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 23.32° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 24.05° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2017 | Leo 23.81° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 23.58° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 23.35° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 24.08° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 23.85° | 2 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 23.61° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 23.38° | 22 | Leo | Magha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 24.11° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 23.88° | 6 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 23.65° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 23.41° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Leo 24.14° | 9 | Cancer | Mrigashira 4 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 23.91° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | — |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of 16 August
Every figure here is specific to 16 August: the Moon returns to a given phase on the same calendar date only every 19 years or so, so the counts differ from one date to the next. Mercury’s retrograde periods drift by about 30° of the zodiac each year, which is why the share is near 20% but never identical. How that 20% is computed →
Year by year
The sign column never changes; only the number does.
Life path numbers this date produces
The most frequent is 1 with 12 years; the scarcest is 9 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 22 in 11 of those years. Master numbers are never reduced further, which is exactly why they are scarcer than single digits on any fixed day and month. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Why the answer holds
16 August sits 24 days past the start of Leo and reached 23.65° this year — far enough from either boundary that no birth year or hour changes it. The question worth asking on this date is where in the sign, not which sign.