Settled date · day 29 of 32 in the sign
20 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 20 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 26.73° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Leo 26.5° | 6 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Saturn |
| 1932 | Leo 27.23° | 7 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Leo 27° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Leo 26.76° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Leo 26.53° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Leo 27.26° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Leo 27.03° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Leo 26.8° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Leo 26.56° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Leo 27.29° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1941 | Leo 27.06° | 7 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | — |
| 1942 | Leo 26.83° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1943 | Leo 26.59° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Venus |
| 1944 | Leo 27.32° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1945 | Leo 27.09° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Leo 26.86° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1947 | Leo 26.63° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1948 | Leo 27.36° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | — |
| 1949 | Leo 27.12° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Leo 26.89° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Leo 26.66° | 8 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Leo 27.39° | 9 | Leo | Magha 1 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Leo 27.15° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1954 | Leo 26.92° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1955 | Leo 26.69° | 3 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1956 | Leo 27.42° | 4 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mars |
| 1957 | Leo 27.19° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1958 | Leo 26.95° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1959 | Leo 26.72° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Leo 27.45° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1961 | Leo 27.22° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Leo 26.99° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Leo 26.75° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Leo 27.48° | 3 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Leo 27.25° | 4 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1966 | Leo 27.02° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Leo 26.78° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Leo 27.51° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Leo 27.28° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1970 | Leo 27.05° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1971 | Leo 26.82° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Leo 27.55° | 11 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 1973 | Leo 27.31° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Leo 27.08° | 4 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Leo 26.85° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Leo 27.58° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 1977 | Leo 27.35° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1978 | Leo 27.11° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Leo 26.88° | 9 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 1980 | Leo 27.61° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1981 | Leo 27.38° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 1982 | Leo 27.14° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 1983 | Leo 26.91° | 4 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Venus |
| 1984 | Leo 27.64° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Leo 27.41° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1986 | Leo 27.18° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Leo 26.94° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Leo 27.67° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Leo 27.44° | 1 | Aries | Revati 1 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Leo 27.21° | 11 | Leo | Magha 1 | Saturn |
| 1991 | Leo 26.97° | 3 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Leo 27.7° | 4 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Leo 27.47° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Leo 27.24° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Leo 27.01° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Leo 27.74° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Leo 27.5° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Leo 27.27° | 1 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Leo 27.04° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Venus |
| 2000 | Leo 27.77° | 3 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | — |
| 2001 | Leo 27.54° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2002 | Leo 27.3° | 5 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 3 | — |
| 2003 | Leo 27.07° | 6 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars |
| 2004 | Leo 27.8° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Leo 27.57° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 2006 | Leo 27.33° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 2 | — |
| 2007 | Leo 27.1° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Venus |
| 2008 | Leo 27.83° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Leo 27.6° | 3 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Leo 27.37° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2011 | Leo 27.13° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Leo 27.86° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2013 | Leo 27.63° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | — |
| 2014 | Leo 27.4° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 2015 | Leo 27.17° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Venus |
| 2016 | Leo 27.9° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2017 | Leo 27.66° | 11 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2018 | Leo 27.43° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Leo 27.2° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Leo 27.93° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Leo 27.69° | 6 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Leo 27.46° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Leo 27.23° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Leo 27.96° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Leo 27.73° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Leo 27.49° | 11 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Leo 27.26° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Leo 27.99° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 2029 | Leo 27.76° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 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 20 August
Every figure here is specific to 20 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 5 with 12 years; the scarcest is 4 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 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
20 August sits 28 days past the start of Leo and reached 27.49° 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.