Settled date · day 27 of 30 in the sign
17 January — Capricorn
Capricorn in every year from 1930 to 2029 — no ambiguity, no dependence on the hour. Here is what else this specific date produces.
Where in Capricorn this falls
Sun-ruled decan of Capricorn
Sun lends visibility and self-assertion, so this stretch reads more openly ambitious than the rest. 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 January. 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 | Capricorn 26.67° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 26.42° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 26.18° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Capricorn 26.95° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Capricorn 26.7° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Venus |
| 1935 | Capricorn 26.45° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 26.21° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 26.98° | 11 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 26.73° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1939 | Capricorn 26.48° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 26.24° | 5 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | — |
| 1941 | Capricorn 27.01° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1942 | Capricorn 26.76° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 26.51° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 26.27° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 27.04° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 26.79° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 26.54° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 26.3° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 27.07° | 5 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Capricorn 26.82° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1951 | Capricorn 26.57° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Capricorn 26.32° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1953 | Capricorn 27.1° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | — |
| 1954 | Capricorn 26.85° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 26.6° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 26.35° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1957 | Capricorn 27.13° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1958 | Capricorn 26.88° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Venus |
| 1959 | Capricorn 26.63° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 26.38° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1961 | Capricorn 27.15° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars |
| 1962 | Capricorn 26.91° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 26.66° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1964 | Capricorn 26.41° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1965 | Capricorn 27.18° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1966 | Capricorn 26.94° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 26.69° | 5 | Aries | Revati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 26.44° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Capricorn 27.21° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1970 | Capricorn 26.97° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury |
| 1971 | Capricorn 26.72° | 9 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 26.47° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 27.24° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 27° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 26.75° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 26.5° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 27.27° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 27.03° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 26.78° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Capricorn 26.53° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Capricorn 27.3° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 27.06° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Venus |
| 1983 | Capricorn 26.81° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 26.56° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | — |
| 1985 | Capricorn 27.33° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 27.09° | 6 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 26.84° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 26.59° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 1989 | Capricorn 27.36° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 27.11° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 26.87° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Capricorn 26.62° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Capricorn 27.39° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mars |
| 1994 | Capricorn 27.14° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 26.9° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Mars |
| 1996 | Capricorn 26.65° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Mercury |
| 1997 | Capricorn 27.42° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1998 | Capricorn 27.17° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Venus |
| 1999 | Capricorn 26.93° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | — |
| 2000 | Capricorn 26.68° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2001 | Capricorn 27.45° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 27.2° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 26.96° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 26.71° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 27.48° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 27.23° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 26.99° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 26.74° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2009 | Capricorn 27.51° | 2 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Capricorn 27.26° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 2011 | Capricorn 27.02° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 26.77° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2013 | Capricorn 27.54° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 27.29° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 27.05° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Capricorn 26.8° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2017 | Capricorn 27.57° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2018 | Capricorn 27.32° | 2 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 27.07° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 26.83° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 27.6° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2022 | Capricorn 27.35° | 6 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Mercury Venus |
| 2023 | Capricorn 27.1° | 7 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Capricorn 26.86° | 8 | Aries | Revati 3 | — |
| 2025 | Capricorn 27.63° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 27.38° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 27.13° | 2 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Capricorn 26.89° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Capricorn 27.66° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mercury |
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 January
Every figure here is specific to 17 January: 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 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
17 January sits 26 days past the start of Capricorn and reached 27.38° 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.