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Saturn retrograde 2046

Saturn retrograde 2046: 1 period, 141 days inside the year — 38.7% of 2046. Saturn turns retrograde at 2:46 PM UTC on April 1 at 23°13′ Sagittarius and turns direct at 7:12 PM UTC on August 20 at 16°36′ Sagittarius.

Turns retrograde
Apr 1 2:46 PM UTC
Turns direct
Aug 20 7:12 PM UTC
Retrograde in 2046
141 days 38.7% of the year
Sign
Sagittarius retreats 6.63°
Saturn Retrograde 2046 Dates: Apr 1 – Aug 20

Saturn’s path through 2046, day by day

Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2046
Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2046. Saturn starts 2046 at 17°17′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°22′ Sagittarius — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 23°13′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 16°36′ Sagittarius on Aug 20. Fastest day: Dec 2, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 1, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 330 days of 2046 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 25, 2045 – Apr 1, 2046Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 20, 2046 – Nov 26, 2046Retrograde: Apr 1, 2046 – Aug 20, 204616° Sagittarius18° Sagittarius20° Sagittarius24° Sagittarius26° Sagittarius28° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 1, 2046, 2:46 PM UTC, 23°13′ SagittariusR Apr 1Stations direct Aug 20, 2046, 7:12 PM UTC, 16°36′ SagittariusD Aug 20JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com Apparent position of Saturn against the zodiac, 2046. Saturn starts 2046 at 17°17′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°22′ Sagittarius — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 23°13′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 16°36′ Sagittarius on Aug 20. Fastest day: Dec 2, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 1, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 330 days of 2046 sit inside a retrograde window. Pre-retrograde shadow: Dec 25, 2045 – Apr 1, 2046Post-retrograde shadow: Aug 20, 2046 – Nov 26, 2046Retrograde: Apr 1, 2046 – Aug 20, 204616° Sagittarius26° Sagittarius28° SagittariusStations retrograde Apr 1, 2046, 2:46 PM UTC, 23°13′ SagittariusR Apr 1Stations direct Aug 20, 2046, 7:12 PM UTC, 16°36′ SagittariusD Aug 20JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSource: NASA JPL DE440 ephemerisastrohot.com
Retrograde Shadow R — stations retrograde · D — stations direct

Saturn starts 2046 at 17°17′ Sagittarius and ends it at 27°22′ Sagittarius — 10.1° of net progress: 16.7° forward, 6.6° given back. The loop retraces 6.63° in 141 days, from 23°13′ Sagittarius on Apr 1 back to 16°36′ Sagittarius on Aug 20. Fastest day: Dec 2, 0.12° forward; fastest backward: Jun 1, 0.08°. Counting the shadows, 330 days of 2046 sit inside a retrograde window.

Exact times

Saturn retrograde 2046: exact times in your city

Saturn turns retrograde at 2:46 PM UTC on April 1, 2046 at 23°13′ Sagittarius — 11:46 AM in Santiago, 10:46 AM in New York, 3:46 PM in London and 11:46 PM in Tokyo.

City Turns retrograde Turns direct
UTC Sun, Apr 1 · 23°13′ Sagittarius Mon, Aug 20 · 16°36′ Sagittarius
Honolulu United States 4:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−10 9:12 AM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−10
Anchorage United States 6:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−8 11:12 AM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−8
Los Angeles United States 7:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−7 12:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−7
Phoenix United States 7:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−7 12:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−7
Denver United States 8:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−6 1:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−6
Chicago United States 9:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−5 2:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−5
Mexico City Mexico 8:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−6 1:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−6
New York United States 10:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−4 3:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Toronto Canada 10:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−4 3:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Bogotá Colombia 9:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−5 2:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−5
Lima Peru 9:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−5 2:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−5
Caracas Venezuela 10:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−4 3:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Santiago Chile 11:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−3 3:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−4
Buenos Aires Argentina 11:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−3 4:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil 11:46 AM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC−3 4:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC−3
Reykjavík Iceland 2:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC 7:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC
London United Kingdom 3:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+1 8:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+1
Lagos Nigeria 3:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+1 8:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+1
Paris France 4:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+2 9:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+2
Berlin Germany 4:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+2 9:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+2
Johannesburg South Africa 4:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+2 9:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+2
Cairo Egypt 4:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+2 10:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+3
Athens Greece 5:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+3 10:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+3
Istanbul Turkey 5:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+3 10:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+3
Moscow Russia 5:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+3 10:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+3
Nairobi Kenya 5:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+3 10:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+3
Tehran Iran 6:16 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+3:30 10:42 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+3:30
Dubai United Arab Emirates 6:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+4 11:12 PM Mon, Aug 20 · UTC+4
Karachi Pakistan 7:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+5 12:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+5
New Delhi India 8:16 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+5:30 12:42 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+5:30
Kathmandu Nepal 8:31 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+5:45 12:57 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+5:45
Dhaka Bangladesh 8:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+6 1:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+6
Bangkok Thailand 9:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+7 2:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+7
Jakarta Indonesia 9:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+7 2:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+7
Singapore 10:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+8 3:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Beijing China 10:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+8 3:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Manila Philippines 10:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+8 3:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Perth Australia 10:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+8 3:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+8
Seoul South Korea 11:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+9 4:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+9
Tokyo Japan 11:46 PM Sun, Apr 1 · UTC+9 4:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+9
Adelaide Australia 12:16 AM Mon, Apr 2 · UTC+9:30 4:42 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+9:30
Brisbane Australia 12:46 AM Mon, Apr 2 · UTC+10 5:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+10
Sydney Australia 12:46 AM Mon, Apr 2 · UTC+10 5:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+10
Auckland New Zealand 2:46 AM Mon, Apr 2 · UTC+12 7:12 AM Tue, Aug 21 · UTC+12

Stations from the NASA JPL DE440 ephemeris. Swiss Ephemeris agrees on every Saturn station 1900–2050: median under a minute, largest 1.2 minutes. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.

141 days · retreats 6.63°

April 1 → August 20, 2046 in Sagittarius

Stations retrograde Apr 1, 2046, 2:46 PM UTC at 23°13′ Sagittarius
Stations direct Aug 20, 2046, 7:12 PM UTC at 16°36′ Sagittarius
Shadow opens Dec 25, 2045, 8:40 PM UTC (97 days before)
Shadow closes Nov 26, 2046, 4:31 PM UTC (98 days after)
Full window including shadows 336 days

It begins in Aries season and ends in Leo season.

Also retrograde at the same time

  • Mars in Scorpio — Apr 1 to May 28, 2046 (57 days of overlap)
  • Uranus in Virgo — Apr 1 to May 4, 2046 (33 days of overlap)
  • Pluto in Pisces — Jun 5 to Aug 20, 2046 (76 days of overlap)
  • Mercury in Cancer — Jun 24 to Jul 18, 2046 (24 days of overlap)
  • Jupiter in Aries — Aug 8 to Aug 20, 2046 (13 days of overlap)

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

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Saturn retrogrades either side of 2046

Previous

2045 Ended August 8, 2045 after 141 days, moving back 6.64° through the zodiac.

Next

2047 Begins April 13, 2047 and runs 141 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 2046

Saturn through the zodiac in 2046

Every sign Saturn occupies during 2046, 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.

Saturn in Sagittarius From Jan 1 – Dec 31 and beyond

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

2046 at a glance

Every other retrograde in 2046

Neptune in Taurus Aug 20, 2045 – Jan 24, 2046 · 157 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 6, 2045 – May 4, 2046 · 149 days
Venus in Capricorn Dec 12, 2045 – Jan 21, 2046 · 41 days
Mercury in Pisces Feb 21, 2046 – Mar 16, 2046 · 22 days
Mars in Scorpio Mar 11, 2046 – May 28, 2046 · 79 days
Pluto in Pisces Jun 5, 2046 – Nov 16, 2046 · 164 days
Mercury in Cancer Jun 24, 2046 – Jul 18, 2046 · 24 days
Jupiter in Aries Aug 8, 2046 – Dec 4, 2046 · 118 days
Neptune in Taurus Aug 22, 2046 – Jan 26, 2047 · 157 days
Mercury in Scorpio Oct 19, 2046 – Nov 9, 2046 · 21 days
Uranus in Virgo Dec 11, 2046 – May 9, 2047 · 149 days
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AstroHot. “Saturn Retrograde 2046 Dates: Apr 1 – Aug 20.” Accessed October 29, 2026. https://astrohot.com/retrograde/saturn/2046/

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