2027 Forecast

Pluto retrograde 2006

Pluto retrograde 2006: 1 period, 159 days inside the year — 43.7% of 2006. Pluto turned retrograde at 12:40 PM UTC on March 29 at 26°45′ Sagittarius and turned direct at 11:22 PM UTC on September 4 at 24°04′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Mar 29 12:40 PM UTC
Turns direct
Sep 4 11:22 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2006
159 days 43.7% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 2.68°
Pluto Retrograde 2006 Dates: Mar 29 – Sep 4

Pluto’s path through 2006, day by day

Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2006
Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2006. Pluto starts 2006 at 24°53′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°01′ Sagittarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.8° forward, 2.7° given back. The loop retraces 2.68° in 159 days, from 26°45′ Sagittarius on Mar 29 back to 24°04′ Sagittarius on Sep 4. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: May 20, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2006 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 10, 2005 – Mar 29, 2006Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 4, 2006 – Dec 24, 2006Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 12, 2006 – Mar 31, 2007Retrograde: Mar 29, 2006 – Sep 4, 200624° Sagittarius27° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 29, 2006, 12:40 PM UTC, 26°45′ SagittariusR Mar 29Stations direct Sep 4, 2006, 11:22 PM UTC, 24°04′ SagittariusD Sep 4JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Pluto against the zodiac, 2006. Pluto starts 2006 at 24°53′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°01′ Sagittarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.8° forward, 2.7° given back. The loop retraces 2.68° in 159 days, from 26°45′ Sagittarius on Mar 29 back to 24°04′ Sagittarius on Sep 4. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: May 20, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2006 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 10, 2005 – Mar 29, 2006Post-retrograde shadow: Sep 4, 2006 – Dec 24, 2006Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 12, 2006 – Mar 31, 2007Retrograde: Mar 29, 2006 – Sep 4, 200624° SagittariusStations retrograde Mar 29, 2006, 12:40 PM UTC, 26°45′ SagittariusR Mar 29Stations direct Sep 4, 2006, 11:22 PM UTC, 24°04′ SagittariusD Sep 4JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Pluto starts 2006 at 24°53′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°01′ Sagittarius — 2.1° of net progress: 4.8° forward, 2.7° given back. The loop retraces 2.68° in 159 days, from 26°45′ Sagittarius on Mar 29 back to 24°04′ Sagittarius on Sep 4. Fastest day: Jan 1, 0.04° forward; fastest backward: May 20, 0.03°. Counting the shadows, 365 days of 2006 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Pluto retrograde 2006: exact times in your city

Pluto turned retrograde at 12:40 PM UTC on March 29, 2006 at 26°45′ Sagittarius — 8:40 AM in Santiago, 7:40 AM in New York, 1:40 PM in London and 9:40 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Wed, Mar 29 · 26°45′ Sagittarius Mon, Sep 4 · 24°04′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 2:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−10 1:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 3:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−9 3:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 4:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−8 4:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 5:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−7 4:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−7
Denver United States 5:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−7 5:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 6:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−6 6:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 6:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−6 6:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−5
New York United States 7:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−5 7:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 7:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−5 7:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 7:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−5 6:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 7:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−5 6:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 8:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−4 7:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 8:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−4 7:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 9:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−3 8:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 9:40 AM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC−3 8:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 12:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC 11:22 PM Mon, Sep 4 · UTC
London United Kingdom 1:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+1 12:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 1:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+1 12:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+1
Paris France 2:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+2 1:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 2:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+2 1:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 2:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+2 1:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 2:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+2 2:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 3:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+3 2:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 3:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+3 2:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 4:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+4 3:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+4
Nairobi Kenya 3:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+3 2:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 4:10 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+3:30 2:52 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 4:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+4 3:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 5:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+5 4:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 6:10 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+5:30 4:52 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 6:25 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+5:45 5:07 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 6:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+6 5:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 7:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+7 6:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 7:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+7 6:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+7
Singapore 8:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+8 7:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Beijing China 8:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+8 7:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 8:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+8 7:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 8:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+8 7:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 9:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+9 8:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 9:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+9 8:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 11:10 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+10:30 8:52 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 10:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+10 9:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 11:40 PM Wed, Mar 29 · UTC+11 9:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 12:40 AM Thu, Mar 30 · UTC+12 11:22 AM Tue, Sep 5 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Pluto station 1900–2050: median 1.1 minutes, largest 16.1 minutes. Near a station Pluto barely moves, so almanacs differ by minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

159 days · retreats 2.68°

March 29 → September 4, 2006 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Mar 29, 2006, 12:40 PM UTC at 26°45′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Sep 4, 2006, 11:22 PM UTC at 24°04′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 10, 2005, 4:29 AM UTC (109 days before)
Shadow closes Dec 24, 2006, 2:29 PM UTC (111 days after)
Full window including shadows 379 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Virgo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Jupiter in Scorpio — Mar 29 to Jul 6, 2006 (99 days of overlap)
  • Saturn in Leo — Mar 29 to Apr 5, 2006 (7 days of overlap)
  • Neptune in Aquarius — May 22 to Sep 4, 2006 (105 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Pisces — Jun 19 to Sep 4, 2006 (78 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Leo — Jul 4 to Jul 29, 2006 (24 days of overlap)

For the sign itself, see Sagittarius and its daily horoscope.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Pluto retrogrades either side of 2006

Previous

2005 Ended September 2, 2005 after 159 days, moving back 2.69° through the zodiac.

Next

2007 Begins March 31, 2007 and runs 160 days.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.

Computed for 2006

Pluto through the zodiac in 2006

Every sign Pluto occupies during 2006, with the dates it enters and leaves. A sign that appears twice means the planet backed into the previous sign during a retrograde and crossed again.

Pluto in Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

The whole year is spent in one sign — a sign of how slowly Pluto moves.

2006 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2006

Saturn in Leo Nov 22, 2005 – Apr 5, 2006 · 134 days
Venus in Aquarius Dec 24, 2005 – Feb 3, 2006 · 41 days
Mercury in Pisces Mar 2, 2006 – Mar 25, 2006 · 23 days
Jupiter in Scorpio Mar 4, 2006 – Jul 6, 2006 · 124 days
Neptune in Aquarius May 22, 2006 – Oct 29, 2006 · 160 days
Uranus in Pisces Jun 19, 2006 – Nov 20, 2006 · 154 days
Mercury in Leo Jul 4, 2006 – Jul 29, 2006 · 24 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 28, 2006 – Nov 18, 2006 · 20 days
Saturn in Leo Dec 6, 2006 – Apr 19, 2007 · 135 days
← 2005 Pluto retrograde in 2005. All Pluto retrogrades Averages, shadow periods and the sign distribution over fifty years. 2007 → Pluto retrograde in 2007.

Cite this page

AstroHot. “Pluto Retrograde 2006 Dates: Mar 29 – Sep 4.” Accessed October 30, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/pluto/2006/

For Wikipedia {{cite web |title=Pluto Retrograde 2006 Dates: Mar 29 – Sep 4 |url=https://astrohot.com/retrograde/pluto/2006/ |website=AstroHot |access-date=2026-10-30}}