Settled date · day 28 of 30 in the sign
18 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 18 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 27.69° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 27.44° | 6 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 27.19° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Capricorn 27.97° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter |
| 1934 | Capricorn 27.72° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Venus |
| 1935 | Capricorn 27.47° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 27.22° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 28° | 3 | Aries | Revati 1 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 27.75° | 4 | Leo | Magha 2 | — |
| 1939 | Capricorn 27.5° | 5 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 27.25° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1941 | Capricorn 28.02° | 7 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1942 | Capricorn 27.78° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 1 | Venus Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 27.53° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 27.28° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 28.05° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 27.81° | 3 | Leo | Pushya 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 27.56° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 27.31° | 5 | Aries | Revati 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 28.08° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Capricorn 27.84° | 7 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1951 | Capricorn 27.59° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Capricorn 27.34° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 1953 | Capricorn 28.11° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | — |
| 1954 | Capricorn 27.87° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 27.62° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 27.37° | 4 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1957 | Capricorn 28.14° | 5 | Leo | Magha 2 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1958 | Capricorn 27.9° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Venus |
| 1959 | Capricorn 27.65° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 27.4° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1961 | Capricorn 28.17° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mars |
| 1962 | Capricorn 27.93° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 27.68° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Mercury Mars |
| 1964 | Capricorn 27.43° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1965 | Capricorn 28.2° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1966 | Capricorn 27.96° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 27.71° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 27.46° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Capricorn 28.23° | 8 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1970 | Capricorn 27.99° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Mercury |
| 1971 | Capricorn 27.74° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 4 | — |
| 1972 | Capricorn 27.49° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 28.26° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 28.01° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 27.77° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 27.52° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Mercury Mars Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 28.29° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 28.04° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 27.8° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Capricorn 27.55° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Capricorn 28.32° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 28.07° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Venus |
| 1983 | Capricorn 27.83° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 1984 | Capricorn 27.58° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1985 | Capricorn 28.35° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 28.1° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 27.86° | 8 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 27.61° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1989 | Capricorn 28.38° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 28.13° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 27.89° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Capricorn 27.64° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Capricorn 28.41° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mars |
| 1994 | Capricorn 28.16° | 6 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 27.92° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mars |
| 1996 | Capricorn 27.67° | 8 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1997 | Capricorn 28.44° | 9 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | — |
| 1998 | Capricorn 28.19° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Venus |
| 1999 | Capricorn 27.95° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 2000 | Capricorn 27.7° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2001 | Capricorn 28.47° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 28.22° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 27.97° | 6 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 27.73° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 28.5° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 28.25° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | Venus Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 28° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 27.76° | 11 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2009 | Capricorn 28.53° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2010 | Capricorn 28.28° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2011 | Capricorn 28.03° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 27.79° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 2013 | Capricorn 28.56° | 7 | Aries | Revati 4 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 28.31° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 28.06° | 9 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Capricorn 27.82° | 1 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2017 | Capricorn 28.59° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2018 | Capricorn 28.34° | 3 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 28.09° | 4 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 27.85° | 5 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 28.62° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | — |
| 2022 | Capricorn 28.37° | 7 | Leo | Pushya 2 | Mercury Venus |
| 2023 | Capricorn 28.12° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury |
| 2024 | Capricorn 27.88° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2025 | Capricorn 28.65° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 28.4° | 11 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 28.15° | 3 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Capricorn 27.91° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Jupiter |
| 2029 | Capricorn 28.68° | 5 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 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 18 January
Every figure here is specific to 18 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 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
18 January sits 27 days past the start of Capricorn and reached 28.4° 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.