Settled date · day 13 of 30 in the sign
3 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
Mars-ruled decan of Capricorn
Mars pushes the sign toward friction and initiative — the part of it that acts before it checks. The middle ten degrees are the sign at full strength: past the entry, not yet leaning toward what follows.
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Every year, computed
All 100 years for 3 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 12.41° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 12.16° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 11.91° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Capricorn 12.68° | 11 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1934 | Capricorn 12.44° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1935 | Capricorn 12.19° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 3 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 11.94° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 12.71° | 6 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1938 | Capricorn 12.47° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Capricorn 12.22° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 2 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 11.97° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 4 | — |
| 1941 | Capricorn 12.74° | 1 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1942 | Capricorn 12.5° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 12.25° | 3 | Scorpio | Anuradha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 12° | 4 | Aries | Revati 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 12.77° | 5 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 12.52° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 12.28° | 7 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 12.03° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 12.8° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Capricorn 12.55° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Saturn |
| 1951 | Capricorn 12.31° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Capricorn 12.06° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | — |
| 1953 | Capricorn 12.83° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1954 | Capricorn 12.58° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 12.34° | 6 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 12.09° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Jupiter |
| 1957 | Capricorn 12.86° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 12.61° | 9 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | Mercury |
| 1959 | Capricorn 12.37° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 12.12° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | — |
| 1961 | Capricorn 12.89° | 3 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mars |
| 1962 | Capricorn 12.64° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 12.4° | 5 | Aries | Revati 3 | Mars |
| 1964 | Capricorn 12.15° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Capricorn 12.92° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Capricorn 12.67° | 8 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 12.43° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 12.18° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Capricorn 12.95° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1970 | Capricorn 12.7° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | Saturn |
| 1971 | Capricorn 12.45° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 12.21° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 12.98° | 6 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 12.73° | 7 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 12.48° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 12.24° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 13.01° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 12.76° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 12.51° | 3 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Capricorn 12.27° | 4 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Jupiter |
| 1981 | Capricorn 13.04° | 5 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 12.79° | 6 | Aries | Revati 2 | Venus |
| 1983 | Capricorn 12.54° | 7 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1984 | Capricorn 12.3° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Capricorn 13.07° | 9 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 12.82° | 1 | Libra | Hasta 2 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 12.57° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 12.33° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | — |
| 1989 | Capricorn 13.1° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 12.85° | 5 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 12.6° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1992 | Capricorn 12.36° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Capricorn 13.13° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mars |
| 1994 | Capricorn 12.88° | 9 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 12.63° | 1 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Mars |
| 1996 | Capricorn 12.38° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | — |
| 1997 | Capricorn 13.16° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Capricorn 12.91° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Venus |
| 1999 | Capricorn 12.66° | 5 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2000 | Capricorn 12.41° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Capricorn 13.19° | 7 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 12.94° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 12.69° | 9 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 12.44° | 1 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 13.22° | 11 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 12.97° | 3 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 12.72° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 4 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 12.47° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 2009 | Capricorn 13.25° | 6 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Capricorn 13° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 2011 | Capricorn 12.75° | 8 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 12.5° | 9 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | — |
| 2013 | Capricorn 13.27° | 1 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 13.03° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 3 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 12.78° | 3 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Capricorn 12.53° | 4 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 2017 | Capricorn 13.3° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Capricorn 13.06° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 2 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 12.81° | 7 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 12.56° | 8 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 13.33° | 9 | Virgo | Magha 4 | — |
| 2022 | Capricorn 13.09° | 1 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 1 | Venus |
| 2023 | Capricorn 12.84° | 11 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 2024 | Capricorn 12.59° | 3 | Libra | Hasta 1 | — |
| 2025 | Capricorn 13.36° | 4 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 13.12° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 12.87° | 6 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Jupiter |
| 2028 | Capricorn 12.62° | 7 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 2029 | Capricorn 13.39° | 8 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
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 3 January
Every figure here is specific to 3 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 8 with 12 years; the scarcest is 7 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
3 January sits 12 days past the start of Capricorn and reached 13.12° 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.