Settled date · day 26 of 32 in the sign

17 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

Sun's degree on this date 24.61° of Leo
Day within the sign 26 of 32
Same sign in 100 of 100 years — settled

Mars-ruled decan of Leo

Decan 3 of 3 · 20°–30°
Sub-ruler Mars
Sign ruler Sun
Sun on this date 24.61°

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 17 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 23.84° 2 Taurus Krittika 2 Saturn
1931 Leo 23.61° 3 Libra Hasta 4 Saturn
1932 Leo 24.34° 22 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Mercury Saturn
1933 Leo 24.11° 5 Cancer Ardra 4 Saturn
1934 Leo 23.88° 6 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Saturn
1935 Leo 23.64° 7 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Saturn
1936 Leo 24.37° 8 Leo Magha 2 Saturn
1937 Leo 24.14° 9 Capricorn Mula 3 Jupiter Saturn
1938 Leo 23.91° 1 Taurus Bharani 1 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1939 Leo 23.68° 11 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 3 Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn
1940 Leo 24.41° 3 Aquarius Dhanishta 1
1941 Leo 24.17° 22 Gemini Mrigashira 2
1942 Leo 23.94° 5 Libra Chitra 4
1943 Leo 23.71° 6 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Venus
1944 Leo 24.44° 7 Leo Pushya 4
1945 Leo 24.2° 8 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Mercury
1946 Leo 23.97° 9 Aries Revati 4
1947 Leo 23.74° 1 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1
1948 Leo 24.47° 11 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 4
1949 Leo 24.24° 3 Gemini Krittika 4 Jupiter
1950 Leo 24° 22 Libra Hasta 3 Jupiter
1951 Leo 23.77° 5 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Venus Jupiter
1952 Leo 24.5° 6 Cancer Punarvasu 3 Mercury
1953 Leo 24.27° 7 Scorpio Vishakha 3
1954 Leo 24.04° 8 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3
1955 Leo 23.8° 9 Leo Ashlesha 3
1956 Leo 24.53° 1 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Mars
1957 Leo 24.3° 11 Taurus Bharani 2
1958 Leo 24.07° 3 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Mercury Saturn
1959 Leo 23.83° 22 Aquarius Shravana 3 Venus Saturn
1960 Leo 24.56° 5 Cancer Ardra 1 Jupiter Saturn
1961 Leo 24.33° 6 Scorpio Swati 1 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Leo 24.1° 7 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Leo 23.87° 8 Leo Pushya 2 Jupiter Saturn
1964 Leo 24.6° 9 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4 Saturn
1965 Leo 24.36° 1 Aries Revati 4 Mercury Saturn
1966 Leo 24.13° 11 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Saturn
1967 Leo 23.9° 3 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Venus Saturn
1968 Leo 24.63° 22 Gemini Rohini 2 Saturn
1969 Leo 24.39° 5 Libra Hasta 3
1970 Leo 24.16° 6 Aquarius Dhanishta 4
1971 Leo 23.93° 7 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Mercury Mars
1972 Leo 24.66° 8 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Mercury Jupiter
1973 Leo 24.43° 9 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Jupiter
1974 Leo 24.19° 1 Leo Ashlesha 3 Jupiter
1975 Leo 23.96° 11 Capricorn Mula 4 Venus Jupiter
1976 Leo 24.69° 3 Taurus Bharani 4
1977 Leo 24.46° 22 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2
1978 Leo 24.23° 5 Aquarius Shravana 3 Mercury
1979 Leo 23.99° 6 Gemini Mrigashira 3
1980 Leo 24.72° 7 Scorpio Swati 3
1981 Leo 24.49° 8 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2
1982 Leo 24.26° 9 Leo Pushya 2
1983 Leo 24.03° 1 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Venus
1984 Leo 24.75° 11 Aries Ashwini 2 Mercury Jupiter
1985 Leo 24.52° 3 Virgo Purva Phalguni 1 Mercury Jupiter
1986 Leo 24.29° 22 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Jupiter
1987 Leo 24.06° 5 Gemini Rohini 2 Saturn
1988 Leo 24.79° 6 Libra Chitra 1 Saturn
1989 Leo 24.55° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 4 Saturn
1990 Leo 24.32° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 1 Saturn
1991 Leo 24.09° 9 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Mercury Venus Saturn
1992 Leo 24.82° 1 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4 Saturn
1993 Leo 24.59° 11 Leo Ashlesha 3 Saturn
1994 Leo 24.35° 3 Capricorn Mula 4 Saturn
1995 Leo 24.12° 22 Taurus Bharani 4 Saturn
1996 Leo 24.85° 5 Libra Uttara Phalguni 3 Jupiter Saturn
1997 Leo 24.62° 6 Aquarius Shravana 3 Jupiter Saturn
1998 Leo 24.38° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1999 Leo 24.15° 8 Scorpio Swati 2 Venus
2000 Leo 24.88° 9 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 3
2001 Leo 24.65° 1 Leo Pushya 2
2002 Leo 24.42° 2 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4
2003 Leo 24.18° 3 Aries Ashwini 1 Mars
2004 Leo 24.91° 22 Virgo Purva Phalguni 2 Mercury
2005 Leo 24.68° 5 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1
2006 Leo 24.45° 6 Gemini Rohini 3
2007 Leo 24.22° 7 Libra Hasta 4 Venus
2008 Leo 24.95° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 1 Jupiter
2009 Leo 24.71° 9 Cancer Ardra 4 Jupiter
2010 Leo 24.48° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Jupiter
2011 Leo 24.25° 2 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Mercury
2012 Leo 24.98° 3 Leo Ashlesha 4
2013 Leo 24.74° 22 Capricorn Mula 4
2014 Leo 24.51° 5 Taurus Krittika 2
2015 Leo 24.28° 6 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Venus
2016 Leo 25.01° 7 Aquarius Shravana 3
2017 Leo 24.78° 8 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Mercury Saturn
2018 Leo 24.54° 9 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Mercury Mars Saturn
2019 Leo 24.31° 1 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
2020 Leo 25.04° 2 Leo Pushya 2 Jupiter Saturn
2021 Leo 24.81° 3 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 3 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Leo 24.58° 22 Taurus Ashwini 4 Jupiter Saturn
2023 Leo 24.34° 5 Virgo Magha 4 Venus Saturn
2024 Leo 25.07° 6 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 1 Mercury Saturn
2025 Leo 24.84° 7 Gemini Rohini 3 Saturn
2026 Leo 24.61° 8 Libra Chitra 3 Saturn
2027 Leo 24.37° 9 Aquarius Dhanishta 3 Saturn
2028 Leo 25.1° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 1
2029 Leo 24.87° 2 Sagittarius Anuradha 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 17 August

Day of the year 230 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in 7 years — 1970, 1989, 2008, 2016, 2027
Most frequent moon phase Waxing Gibbous · 19 years

Every figure here is specific to 17 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

2006 Leo life path 6
2007 Leo life path 7
2008 Leo life path 8
2009 Leo life path 9
2010 Leo life path 1
2011 Leo life path 2
2012 Leo life path 3
2013 Leo life path 22
2014 Leo life path 5
2015 Leo life path 6
2016 Leo life path 7
2017 Leo life path 8
2018 Leo life path 9
2019 Leo life path 1
2020 Leo life path 2
2021 Leo life path 3
2022 Leo life path 22
2023 Leo life path 5
2024 Leo life path 6
2025 Leo life path 7
2026 Leo life path 8
2027 Leo life path 9
2028 Leo life path 1
2029 Leo life path 2

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 3 with 11 years; the scarcest is 2 with just 5. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 7 of those years, 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

17 August sits 25 days past the start of Leo and reached 24.61° 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.