Settled date · day 4 of 31 in the sign
26 August — Virgo
Virgo in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.
Where in Virgo this falls
Sun-ruled decan of Virgo
Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. Sitting in the first ten degrees, the sign shows in its rawest form — least mixed with the sign before it, and least worn down.
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Every year, computed
All 100 years for 26 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 | Virgo 2.52° | 2 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1931 | Virgo 2.28° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1932 | Virgo 3.01° | 22 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1933 | Virgo 2.78° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Saturn |
| 1934 | Virgo 2.55° | 6 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Saturn |
| 1935 | Virgo 2.31° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1936 | Virgo 3.05° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | Saturn |
| 1937 | Virgo 2.81° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1938 | Virgo 2.58° | 1 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1939 | Virgo 2.35° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1940 | Virgo 3.08° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1941 | Virgo 2.84° | 22 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 1942 | Virgo 2.61° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1943 | Virgo 2.38° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Venus |
| 1944 | Virgo 3.11° | 7 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury |
| 1945 | Virgo 2.88° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury |
| 1946 | Virgo 2.64° | 9 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1947 | Virgo 2.41° | 1 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1948 | Virgo 3.14° | 11 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1949 | Virgo 2.91° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1950 | Virgo 2.67° | 22 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1951 | Virgo 2.44° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1952 | Virgo 3.17° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 1953 | Virgo 2.94° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1954 | Virgo 2.71° | 8 | Leo | Pushya 4 | — |
| 1955 | Virgo 2.47° | 9 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1956 | Virgo 3.2° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mars |
| 1957 | Virgo 2.97° | 11 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1958 | Virgo 2.74° | 3 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1959 | Virgo 2.5° | 22 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1960 | Virgo 3.24° | 5 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Saturn |
| 1961 | Virgo 3° | 6 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1962 | Virgo 2.77° | 7 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1963 | Virgo 2.54° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1964 | Virgo 3.27° | 9 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1965 | Virgo 3.03° | 1 | Leo | Magha 2 | Saturn |
| 1966 | Virgo 2.8° | 11 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 1967 | Virgo 2.57° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1968 | Virgo 3.3° | 22 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Saturn |
| 1969 | Virgo 3.07° | 5 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1970 | Virgo 2.83° | 6 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1971 | Virgo 2.6° | 7 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1972 | Virgo 3.33° | 8 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1973 | Virgo 3.1° | 9 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1974 | Virgo 2.86° | 1 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1975 | Virgo 2.63° | 11 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1976 | Virgo 3.36° | 3 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1977 | Virgo 3.13° | 22 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1978 | Virgo 2.9° | 5 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury |
| 1979 | Virgo 2.66° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1980 | Virgo 3.39° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1981 | Virgo 3.16° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1982 | Virgo 2.93° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | — |
| 1983 | Virgo 2.69° | 1 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Venus |
| 1984 | Virgo 3.43° | 11 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1985 | Virgo 3.19° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1986 | Virgo 2.96° | 22 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1987 | Virgo 2.73° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1988 | Virgo 3.46° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Saturn |
| 1989 | Virgo 3.22° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 1990 | Virgo 2.99° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1991 | Virgo 2.76° | 9 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1992 | Virgo 3.49° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1993 | Virgo 3.26° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1994 | Virgo 3.02° | 3 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Saturn |
| 1995 | Virgo 2.79° | 22 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Saturn |
| 1996 | Virgo 3.52° | 5 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1997 | Virgo 3.29° | 6 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1998 | Virgo 3.05° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1999 | Virgo 2.82° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2000 | Virgo 3.55° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 2001 | Virgo 3.32° | 1 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2002 | Virgo 3.09° | 2 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2003 | Virgo 2.85° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mars |
| 2004 | Virgo 3.58° | 22 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 2005 | Virgo 3.35° | 5 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 2006 | Virgo 3.12° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 2007 | Virgo 2.88° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Venus |
| 2008 | Virgo 3.62° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter |
| 2009 | Virgo 3.38° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 2010 | Virgo 3.15° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2011 | Virgo 2.92° | 2 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury |
| 2012 | Virgo 3.65° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 2013 | Virgo 3.41° | 22 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 2014 | Virgo 3.18° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2015 | Virgo 2.95° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Venus |
| 2016 | Virgo 3.68° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 2017 | Virgo 3.45° | 8 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Virgo 3.21° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2019 | Virgo 2.98° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 2020 | Virgo 3.71° | 2 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2021 | Virgo 3.48° | 3 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2022 | Virgo 3.24° | 22 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2023 | Virgo 3.01° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 2024 | Virgo 3.74° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2025 | Virgo 3.51° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 2026 | Virgo 3.28° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Saturn |
| 2027 | Virgo 3.04° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 2028 | Virgo 3.77° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Saturn |
| 2029 | Virgo 3.54° | 2 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 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 26 August
Every figure here is specific to 26 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 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
26 August sits 3 days past the start of Virgo and reached 3.28° 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.