Settled date · day 28 of 32 in the sign

19 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 26.53° of Leo
Day within the sign 28 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 26.53°

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 19 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 25.77° 4 Gemini Mrigashira 2 Saturn
1931 Leo 25.54° 5 Scorpio Vishakha 1 Saturn
1932 Leo 26.27° 6 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 3 Mercury Saturn
1933 Leo 26.03° 7 Leo Pushya 3 Saturn
1934 Leo 25.8° 8 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 1 Saturn
1935 Leo 25.57° 9 Taurus Ashwini 4 Venus Saturn
1936 Leo 26.3° 1 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 2 Saturn
1937 Leo 26.07° 11 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1938 Leo 25.83° 3 Gemini Rohini 1 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1939 Leo 25.6° 4 Libra Chitra 3 Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn
1940 Leo 26.33° 5 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 1
1941 Leo 26.1° 6 Cancer Punarvasu 1
1942 Leo 25.86° 7 Scorpio Vishakha 4
1943 Leo 25.63° 8 Aries Revati 2 Venus
1944 Leo 26.36° 9 Virgo Magha 4
1945 Leo 26.13° 1 Capricorn Mula 4 Mercury
1946 Leo 25.9° 11 Taurus Bharani 4
1947 Leo 25.66° 3 Libra Hasta 2
1948 Leo 26.39° 4 Aquarius Dhanishta 3
1949 Leo 26.16° 5 Gemini Mrigashira 3 Jupiter
1950 Leo 25.93° 6 Scorpio Swati 4 Jupiter
1951 Leo 25.69° 7 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Mercury Venus Jupiter
1952 Leo 26.42° 8 Leo Ashlesha 2 Mercury
1953 Leo 26.19° 9 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 2
1954 Leo 25.96° 1 Taurus Ashwini 4
1955 Leo 25.73° 11 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4
1956 Leo 26.46° 3 Aquarius Shravana 1 Mars
1957 Leo 26.22° 4 Gemini Rohini 1
1958 Leo 25.99° 5 Libra Chitra 3 Mercury Saturn
1959 Leo 25.76° 6 Pisces Shatabhisha 3 Venus Saturn
1960 Leo 26.49° 7 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Jupiter Saturn
1961 Leo 26.26° 8 Scorpio Anuradha 1 Jupiter Saturn
1962 Leo 26.02° 9 Aries Revati 3 Jupiter Saturn
1963 Leo 25.79° 1 Leo Magha 2 Jupiter Saturn
1964 Leo 26.52° 11 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3 Saturn
1965 Leo 26.29° 3 Taurus Bharani 4 Mercury Saturn
1966 Leo 26.05° 4 Libra Hasta 2 Saturn
1967 Leo 25.82° 5 Aquarius Dhanishta 1 Venus Saturn
1968 Leo 26.55° 6 Cancer Ardra 2 Saturn
1969 Leo 26.32° 7 Scorpio Swati 3
1970 Leo 26.09° 8 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1
1971 Leo 25.85° 9 Leo Pushya 4 Mercury Mars
1972 Leo 26.58° 1 Sagittarius Mula 1 Jupiter
1973 Leo 26.35° 11 Taurus Ashwini 3 Jupiter
1974 Leo 26.12° 3 Virgo Uttara Phalguni 1 Jupiter
1975 Leo 25.89° 4 Capricorn Uttara Ashadha 3 Venus Jupiter
1976 Leo 26.62° 5 Gemini Rohini 3
1977 Leo 26.38° 6 Libra Chitra 2
1978 Leo 26.15° 7 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Mercury
1979 Leo 25.92° 8 Cancer Punarvasu 3
1980 Leo 26.65° 9 Sagittarius Anuradha 2
1981 Leo 26.41° 1 Aries Revati 2
1982 Leo 26.18° 11 Virgo Magha 3
1983 Leo 25.95° 3 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 2 Venus
1984 Leo 26.68° 4 Taurus Krittika 1 Mercury Jupiter
1985 Leo 26.45° 5 Libra Hasta 2 Mercury Jupiter
1986 Leo 26.21° 6 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Jupiter
1987 Leo 25.98° 7 Cancer Ardra 1
1988 Leo 26.71° 8 Scorpio Swati 4 Saturn
1989 Leo 26.48° 9 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Saturn
1990 Leo 26.25° 1 Leo Ashlesha 1 Saturn
1991 Leo 26.01° 11 Sagittarius Jyeshtha 4 Mercury Venus Saturn
1992 Leo 26.74° 3 Taurus Ashwini 4 Saturn
1993 Leo 26.51° 4 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4 Saturn
1994 Leo 26.28° 5 Aquarius Shravana 1 Saturn
1995 Leo 26.04° 6 Gemini Rohini 3 Saturn
1996 Leo 26.77° 7 Libra Chitra 3 Jupiter Saturn
1997 Leo 26.54° 8 Pisces Shatabhisha 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1998 Leo 26.31° 9 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Mercury Jupiter Saturn
1999 Leo 26.08° 1 Sagittarius Anuradha 2 Venus
2000 Leo 26.81° 11 Aries Revati 2
2001 Leo 26.57° 3 Virgo Magha 3
2002 Leo 26.34° 4 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 3
2003 Leo 26.11° 5 Taurus Bharani 4 Mars
2004 Leo 26.84° 6 Libra Hasta 2 Mercury
2005 Leo 26.6° 7 Aquarius Dhanishta 2
2006 Leo 26.37° 8 Cancer Ardra 3
2007 Leo 26.14° 9 Scorpio Swati 3 Venus
2008 Leo 26.87° 1 Pisces Uttara Bhadrapada 1 Jupiter
2009 Leo 26.64° 2 Leo Ashlesha 1 Jupiter
2010 Leo 26.4° 3 Sagittarius Mula 2 Jupiter
2011 Leo 26.17° 4 Aries Ashwini 2 Mercury
2012 Leo 26.9° 5 Virgo Purva Phalguni 4
2013 Leo 26.67° 6 Aquarius Shravana 1
2014 Leo 26.44° 7 Gemini Mrigashira 1
2015 Leo 26.2° 8 Libra Chitra 1 Venus
2016 Leo 26.93° 9 Pisces Shatabhisha 4
2017 Leo 26.7° 1 Cancer Punarvasu 4 Mercury Saturn
2018 Leo 26.47° 2 Sagittarius Anuradha 4 Mars Saturn
2019 Leo 26.23° 3 Aries Uttara Bhadrapada 4 Saturn
2020 Leo 26.96° 4 Virgo Magha 3 Jupiter Saturn
2021 Leo 26.73° 5 Capricorn Purva Ashadha 4 Jupiter Saturn
2022 Leo 26.5° 6 Gemini Krittika 3 Jupiter Saturn
2023 Leo 26.27° 7 Libra Uttara Phalguni 3 Venus Saturn
2024 Leo 27° 8 Aquarius Dhanishta 2 Mercury Saturn
2025 Leo 26.76° 9 Cancer Ardra 3 Saturn
2026 Leo 26.53° 1 Scorpio Vishakha 2 Saturn
2027 Leo 26.3° 2 Pisces Purva Bhadrapada 2 Saturn
2028 Leo 27.03° 3 Leo Ashlesha 1
2029 Leo 26.8° 4 Capricorn Mula 3

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 19 August

Day of the year 232 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in 19 of 100 years (19%)
Most recent of those 1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2024
Full moon fell on this date in 8 years — 1978, 1986, 1997, 2005, 2024
Most frequent moon phase Waning Crescent · 20 years

Every figure here is specific to 19 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 8
2007 Leo life path 9
2008 Leo life path 1
2009 Leo life path 2
2010 Leo life path 3
2011 Leo life path 4
2012 Leo life path 5
2013 Leo life path 6
2014 Leo life path 7
2015 Leo life path 8
2016 Leo life path 9
2017 Leo life path 1
2018 Leo life path 2
2019 Leo life path 3
2020 Leo life path 4
2021 Leo life path 5
2022 Leo life path 6
2023 Leo life path 7
2024 Leo life path 8
2025 Leo life path 9
2026 Leo life path 1
2027 Leo life path 2
2028 Leo life path 3
2029 Leo life path 4

The sign column never changes; only the number does.

Life path numbers this date produces

The most frequent is 4 with 12 years; the scarcest is 2 with just 3. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 8 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

19 August sits 27 days past the start of Leo and reached 26.53° 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.