Settled date · day 16 of 30 in the sign
6 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 6 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 15.46° | 11 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Jupiter |
| 1931 | Capricorn 15.22° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Mercury Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Capricorn 14.97° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Capricorn 15.74° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | — |
| 1934 | Capricorn 15.49° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | — |
| 1935 | Capricorn 15.25° | 7 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1936 | Capricorn 15° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | — |
| 1937 | Capricorn 15.77° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mercury |
| 1938 | Capricorn 15.52° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 3 | Mercury |
| 1939 | Capricorn 15.28° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1940 | Capricorn 15.03° | 3 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1941 | Capricorn 15.8° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Saturn |
| 1942 | Capricorn 15.55° | 5 | Leo | Magha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1943 | Capricorn 15.31° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Capricorn 15.06° | 7 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mercury Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Capricorn 15.83° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Saturn |
| 1946 | Capricorn 15.58° | 9 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Capricorn 15.34° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Capricorn 15.09° | 11 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 1949 | Capricorn 15.86° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 3 | Saturn |
| 1950 | Capricorn 15.61° | 4 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | Saturn |
| 1951 | Capricorn 15.36° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Mercury |
| 1952 | Capricorn 15.12° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | — |
| 1953 | Capricorn 15.89° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 2 | — |
| 1954 | Capricorn 15.64° | 8 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Capricorn 15.39° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Jupiter |
| 1956 | Capricorn 15.15° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 1957 | Capricorn 15.92° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 1 | Mercury |
| 1958 | Capricorn 15.67° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | — |
| 1959 | Capricorn 15.42° | 4 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1960 | Capricorn 15.18° | 5 | Aries | Revati 4 | — |
| 1961 | Capricorn 15.95° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 4 | Mars |
| 1962 | Capricorn 15.7° | 7 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1963 | Capricorn 15.45° | 8 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Mars |
| 1964 | Capricorn 15.21° | 9 | Libra | Hasta 4 | Mercury |
| 1965 | Capricorn 15.98° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter |
| 1966 | Capricorn 15.73° | 11 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1967 | Capricorn 15.48° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Capricorn 15.24° | 4 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Capricorn 16.01° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1970 | Capricorn 15.76° | 6 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mercury |
| 1971 | Capricorn 15.51° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1972 | Capricorn 15.27° | 8 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 1973 | Capricorn 16.04° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Capricorn 15.79° | 1 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Capricorn 15.54° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Saturn |
| 1976 | Capricorn 15.29° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 1977 | Capricorn 16.07° | 4 | Cancer | Pushya 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1978 | Capricorn 15.82° | 5 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Capricorn 15.57° | 6 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Capricorn 15.32° | 7 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Jupiter |
| 1981 | Capricorn 16.1° | 8 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1982 | Capricorn 15.85° | 9 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | Venus |
| 1983 | Capricorn 15.6° | 1 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 1984 | Capricorn 15.35° | 11 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1985 | Capricorn 16.13° | 3 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | — |
| 1986 | Capricorn 15.88° | 4 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | — |
| 1987 | Capricorn 15.63° | 5 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 1988 | Capricorn 15.38° | 6 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 1989 | Capricorn 16.16° | 7 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1990 | Capricorn 15.91° | 8 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Mercury Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Capricorn 15.66° | 9 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Capricorn 15.41° | 1 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Capricorn 16.18° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mars |
| 1994 | Capricorn 15.94° | 3 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | — |
| 1995 | Capricorn 15.69° | 4 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 3 | Mars |
| 1996 | Capricorn 15.44° | 5 | Cancer | Punarvasu 3 | — |
| 1997 | Capricorn 16.21° | 6 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | Mercury |
| 1998 | Capricorn 15.97° | 7 | Aries | Ashwini 2 | Venus |
| 1999 | Capricorn 15.72° | 8 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 2 | — |
| 2000 | Capricorn 15.47° | 9 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 2 | Saturn |
| 2001 | Capricorn 16.24° | 1 | Gemini | Krittika 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2002 | Capricorn 16° | 11 | Libra | Chitra 1 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Capricorn 15.75° | 3 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Capricorn 15.5° | 4 | Cancer | Ardra 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Capricorn 16.27° | 5 | Scorpio | Vishakha 3 | Saturn |
| 2006 | Capricorn 16.03° | 6 | Aries | Revati 1 | Venus Saturn |
| 2007 | Capricorn 15.78° | 7 | Leo | Ashlesha 3 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Capricorn 15.53° | 8 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 4 | Mars Saturn |
| 2009 | Capricorn 16.3° | 9 | Taurus | Bharani 2 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Capricorn 16.06° | 1 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Mercury Mars |
| 2011 | Capricorn 15.81° | 11 | Aquarius | Shravana 2 | — |
| 2012 | Capricorn 15.56° | 3 | Gemini | Rohini 3 | — |
| 2013 | Capricorn 16.33° | 4 | Scorpio | Swati 1 | Jupiter |
| 2014 | Capricorn 16.09° | 5 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | Venus Jupiter |
| 2015 | Capricorn 15.84° | 6 | Leo | Pushya 1 | Jupiter |
| 2016 | Capricorn 15.59° | 7 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 2 | Mercury |
| 2017 | Capricorn 16.36° | 8 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury |
| 2018 | Capricorn 16.11° | 9 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | — |
| 2019 | Capricorn 15.87° | 1 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 2020 | Capricorn 15.62° | 11 | Taurus | Krittika 1 | — |
| 2021 | Capricorn 16.39° | 3 | Libra | Chitra 1 | — |
| 2022 | Capricorn 16.14° | 4 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Venus |
| 2023 | Capricorn 15.9° | 5 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury Mars |
| 2024 | Capricorn 15.65° | 6 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
| 2025 | Capricorn 16.42° | 7 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2026 | Capricorn 16.17° | 8 | Leo | Magha 1 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Capricorn 15.93° | 9 | Capricorn | Mula 3 | Jupiter |
| 2028 | Capricorn 15.68° | 1 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 2029 | Capricorn 16.45° | 11 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | — |
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 6 January
Every figure here is specific to 6 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 11 with 12 years; the scarcest is 1 with just 11. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 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
6 January sits 15 days past the start of Capricorn and reached 16.17° 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.