Sagittarius dates in 2027: Monday, November 22, to Tuesday, December 21, Eastern Time. The Sun enters Sagittarius at 8:16 a.m. EST on November 22 and Capricorn at the December solstice, 9:42 p.m. EST on December 21.
The Sagittarius zodiac sign covers the ninth 30 degrees of the ecliptic, from 240° to 270° of celestial longitude, and it always ends at the December solstice.
In 2027, the solstice falls at 02:42 UTC on Wednesday, December 22. That is the evening of Tuesday, December 21, everywhere in the United States, so nearly all of December 21 is still Sagittarius for US births.
In the UK, India, and Australia, Sagittarius ends on December 22. Sagittarius is also one of the shortest signs, lasting about 29 days and 13.5 hours. For most of its season, the Sun is not in front of the Sagittarius constellation at all, but in front of Ophiuchus.
This page gives the exact 2027 start and end times in every US time zone and the dates for 2024 through 2030. It also compares the Western sign with Vedic Dhanu, the Sagittarius constellation, and Ophiuchus.
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When is Sagittarius season 2027?
Sagittarius season 2027 runs from Monday, November 22, at 13:16 UTC to Wednesday, December 22, at 02:42 UTC, a span of 29 days, 13 hours, and 26 minutes.
The table below converts both moments to US and international time zones.
| Time zone | Sagittarius begins (Sun enters Sagittarius) | Sagittarius ends (Sun enters Capricorn) |
|---|---|---|
| UTC | Monday, November 22, 1:16 p.m. | Wednesday, December 22, 2:42 a.m. |
| US Eastern | Monday, November 22, 8:16 a.m. EST | Tuesday, December 21, 9:42 p.m. EST |
| US Central | Monday, November 22, 7:16 a.m. CST | Tuesday, December 21, 8:42 p.m. CST |
| US Mountain | Monday, November 22, 6:16 a.m. MST | Tuesday, December 21, 7:42 p.m. MST |
| US Pacific | Monday, November 22, 5:16 a.m. PST | Tuesday, December 21, 6:42 p.m. PST |
| Alaska | Monday, November 22, 4:16 a.m. AKST | Tuesday, December 21, 5:42 p.m. AKST |
| Hawaii | Monday, November 22, 3:16 a.m. HST | Tuesday, December 21, 4:42 p.m. HST |
| London | Monday, November 22, 1:16 p.m. GMT | Wednesday, December 22, 2:42 a.m. GMT |
| India | Monday, November 22, 6:46 p.m. IST | Wednesday, December 22, 8:12 a.m. IST |
| Sydney | Tuesday, November 23, 12:16 a.m. AEDT | Wednesday, December 22, 1:42 p.m. AEDT |
In every US time zone, the first full calendar day of Sagittarius 2027 is Tuesday, November 23, and the last full day is Monday, December 20.
Most of Tuesday, December 21, is also Sagittarius in the United States, because Capricorn does not begin until that evening.
Sagittarius zodiac sign dates that differ by location
Sagittarius 2027 ends in the evening in the Americas but on the next calendar day in Europe, Asia, and Australia. These are the boundaries that matter for births in 2027:
- Monday, November 22: a birth before 8:16 a.m. EST (5:16 a.m. PST) is a Scorpio; a birth at or after that moment is a Sagittarius.
- Tuesday, December 21: in Eastern Time, a birth before 9:42 p.m. EST is a Sagittarius and a birth at or after it is a Capricorn. The cutoff is 6:42 p.m. PST in Pacific Time and 4:42 p.m. HST in Hawaii.
- Wednesday, December 22: all of December 22 is Capricorn in the United States. In London, a birth before 2:42 a.m. GMT is still a Sagittarius.
In Sydney, Sagittarius begins on Tuesday, November 23, so all of November 22, 2027, is Scorpio there. The neighbouring signs are covered on Scorpio Zodiac Sign Dates 2027 and Capricorn Zodiac Sign Dates 2027.
Sagittarius dates by year, 2024 to 2030
Sagittarius always ends at the December solstice, and both boundaries shift by roughly six hours each year. The table below lists each year’s start and end, drawn from these sources:
- Start times: Cafe Astrology’s Sagittarius ingress pages for 2024, 2025, and 2026, and Moontracks for 2027 and 2028. Start dates for 2029 and 2030 come from Augurine’s ingress calendars for 2029 and 2030, which list dates without times.
- End times: the December solstice times in Wikipedia’s solstice table and on Winter Solstice 2026, which cites the U.S. Naval Observatory. The two agree to within 1 minute.
| Year | Sagittarius begins (Eastern Time) | Sagittarius ends at the December solstice (Eastern Time) | Length of Sagittarius season |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Thursday, November 21, 2:56 p.m. EST | Saturday, December 21, 4:20 a.m. EST | 29 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes |
| 2025 | Friday, November 21, 8:35 p.m. EST | Sunday, December 21, 10:03 a.m. EST | 29 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes |
| 2026 | Sunday, November 22, 2:23 a.m. EST | Monday, December 21, 3:50 p.m. EST | 29 days, 13 hours, 27 minutes |
| 2027 | Monday, November 22, 8:16 a.m. EST | Tuesday, December 21, 9:42 p.m. EST | 29 days, 13 hours, 26 minutes |
| 2028 | Tuesday, November 21, 1:54 p.m. EST | Thursday, December 21, 3:19 a.m. EST | 29 days, 13 hours, 25 minutes |
| 2029 | Thursday, November 22 (UTC date) | Friday, December 21, 9:14 a.m. EST | Not yet confirmed to the minute |
| 2030 | Friday, November 22 (UTC date) | Saturday, December 21, 3:09 p.m. EST | Not yet confirmed to the minute |
Why Sagittarius is one of the shortest signs
Sagittarius is one of the shortest tropical signs because Earth moves fastest in its orbit near perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, in early January. Sagittarius season lasts about 29 days and 13.5 hours every year.
That is roughly 8 hours less than Scorpio and almost two days less than Cancer, the longest sign. Only Capricorn, which spans perihelion, is shorter. The Zodiac Signs and Dates hub compares the lengths of all 12 signs.
In Eastern Time, the December solstice falls on December 21 in every year from 2024 to 2030. In the United States, the last day of Sagittarius is therefore always December 21; only the hour changes from year to year.
How to check whether a birthday is Sagittarius
Use this method for a birth date of November 21, 22, or 23, or December 21 or 22:
- Find that year’s Sagittarius start or end time in the tables above and convert it to UTC.
- Convert the birth time to UTC, using standard time for any US birth in this period.
- A birth at or after the start time and before the end time is Sagittarius.
Holidays and observances during Sagittarius season 2027
Sagittarius season 2027 contains one federal holiday, Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and ends at the December solstice.
| Date | Observance | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 25, 2027 | Thanksgiving Day | Federal holiday, fourth Thursday in November |
| Thursday, December 16, 2027 | Dhanu Sankranti, 6:12 a.m. EST | Sun enters sidereal Sagittarius in the Hindu calendar |
| Tuesday, December 21, 2027 | December solstice, 9:42 p.m. EST | First day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and end of Sagittarius |
Christmas Day 2027 falls on Saturday, December 25, during Capricorn season, and OPM lists the federal holiday as observed on Friday, December 24.
What is the Sagittarius zodiac sign?
The Sagittarius zodiac sign is the segment of the ecliptic from 240° to 270° of celestial longitude, the ninth of 12 equal sectors measured from the March equinox. Its end point, 270°, is the December solstice, where the Sun reaches its farthest point south of the celestial equator.
Western astrology assigns Sagittarius the attributes below, according to the reference entry on Wikipedia.
| Attribute | Sagittarius |
|---|---|
| Position | 9th of 12 signs; ecliptic longitude 240°–270° |
| Symbol | ♐ the archer |
| Element | Fire, shared with Aries and Leo |
| Modality | Mutable, shared with Gemini, Virgo and Pisces |
| Ruling planet | Jupiter |
| Exaltation | South Node in some traditions |
| Detriment | Mercury |
| Fall | North Node in some traditions |
| Opposite sign | Gemini |
| Sanskrit name | Dhanu |
The archer is drawn either as a centaur or as a human archer. Classical writers sometimes identified the figure with the satyr Crotus, who was credited with inventing archery. Wikipedia notes that in astrological tradition, the archer’s sure aim was read as a sign of prophecy.
The same tradition associates Sagittarius with optimism, independence, and a taste for travel and ideas. These are astrological attributions, not findings of psychological research.
Sagittarius in Vedic astrology: Dhanu
Vedic (Jyotish) astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, so its Sagittarius, called Dhanu, starts about 24 days after the Western sign. In 2027, the Sun enters sidereal Sagittarius on Thursday, December 16, at 6:12 a.m. EST (4:42 p.m. IST), according to the Sankranti table published by Drik Panchang.
AAPS gives 4:38 p.m. IST for the same event. The 4-minute gap comes from different ayanamsa values; the ayanamsa is the offset each system uses between the tropical and sidereal zodiacs.
This moment is called Dhanu Sankranti. Sidereal Sagittarius ends at Makar Sankranti, which Hindusphere and Lagna360 both list on Saturday, January 15, 2028.
As a result, a person born in Eastern Time between Monday, November 22, and the early hours of Thursday, December 16, 2027, is a Sagittarius in Western astrology but a Scorpio (Vrishchika) in Vedic astrology. Only births from 6:12 a.m. EST on December 16 to 9:42 p.m. EST on Tuesday, December 21, are Sagittarius in both systems.
The Sagittarius constellation
The Sagittarius constellation is separate from the Sagittarius sign. It ranks 15th of the 88 constellations by area, covering 867 square degrees, according to Wikipedia’s constellation entry. These are its best-known features:
- Kaus Australis (Epsilon Sagittarii): the brightest star, magnitude 1.79, about 143 light-years away.
- The Teapot: an asterism formed by the constellation’s brighter stars, easy to recognise from the Northern Hemisphere.
- The centre of the Milky Way: lies beyond the western part of Sagittarius. Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy, has about 2.6 million times the mass of the Sun, according to Wikipedia.
- Nebulae: the Lagoon Nebula (M8), about 5,000 light-years away, plus the Trifid Nebula (M20) and the Omega Nebula (M17).
The Sun passes in front of the Sagittarius constellation from about December 18 to January 19, for 32 days, based on EarthSky’s table of constellation entry dates. That window begins just before Western Sagittarius ends and runs through almost all of Capricorn season.
Sagittarius season and Ophiuchus
For most of Western Sagittarius season, the Sun stands in front of Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, from about November 30 to December 18, according to EarthSky.
Add about a week in Scorpius from November 23, and the Sun spends roughly the first 26 days of Sagittarius season in front of other constellations. No major astrological tradition counts Ophiuchus among the 12 signs. NASA has noted that the Babylonians chose 12 signs to match a 12-month calendar, as reported by KVIA.
What Sagittarius is not
Three different things share the name Sagittarius, and their 2027 dates do not match. The table below compares them.
| Feature | Sagittarius zodiac sign (tropical) | Dhanu (sidereal Sagittarius) | Sagittarius constellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Used by | Western astrology | Vedic astrology, Hindu calendars | Astronomy |
| Defined by | 240° to 270° from the March equinox | Fixed stars, with an ayanamsa | IAU constellation boundaries |
| Length | About 29 days, 13.5 hours | About 30 days | About 32 days |
| 2027 start (Eastern Time) | Monday, November 22 | Thursday, December 16 | About December 18 |
| 2027 end (Eastern Time) | Tuesday, December 21 | Saturday, January 15, 2028 (date) | About January 19, 2028 |
Sagittarius is also not a late-autumn sign everywhere. In the Southern Hemisphere, the December solstice marks the start of summer, so Sagittarius season there is the last month of spring.
Frequently asked questions
What are the Sagittarius dates?
The Sagittarius dates in 2027 are Monday, November 22, to Tuesday, December 21, in US Eastern Time. Sagittarius begins at 8:16 a.m. EST on November 22 and ends at the December solstice, 9:42 p.m. EST on December 21, when the Sun enters Capricorn. In the UK and Australia, Sagittarius 2027 ends on December 22.
Is November 22 Scorpio or Sagittarius?
November 22, 2027, is split between Scorpio and Sagittarius in the United States. The Sun enters Sagittarius at 8:16 a.m. EST (5:16 a.m. PST) on Monday, November 22, 2027, so births before that time are Scorpio and births at or after it are Sagittarius. In Sydney, all of November 22, 2027, is Scorpio.
Is December 21 Sagittarius or Capricorn?
December 21, 2027, is mostly Sagittarius in the United States. Capricorn begins at the December solstice, 9:42 p.m. EST (6:42 p.m. PST) on Tuesday, December 21, 2027, so births before that time are Sagittarius. In 2024 and 2025, the solstice fell in the morning of December 21 in Eastern Time, so most of that day was Capricorn.
Is the Sun in Ophiuchus during Sagittarius season?
Yes. The Sun stands in front of the Ophiuchus constellation from about November 30 to December 18, according to EarthSky, which covers most of Western Sagittarius season. Ophiuchus is a constellation, not a zodiac sign, so it does not change anyone’s sign. The Sun reaches the Sagittarius constellation itself around December 18.
What is the Sagittarius symbol?
The Sagittarius symbol is the archer, written with the glyph ♐, an arrow pointing up and to the right with a short crossbar. The archer is drawn as a centaur or a human bowman, sometimes identified with the satyr Crotus. Sagittarius is a fire sign with mutable modality, and its ruling planet is Jupiter, according to standard Western astrological references.
When is Dhanu Sankranti in 2027?
Dhanu Sankranti 2027 falls on Thursday, December 16, 2027, at 4:42 p.m. IST, which is 6:12 a.m. EST, according to Drik Panchang. It marks the Sun’s entry into sidereal Sagittarius in the Hindu calendar. AAPS lists the same event at 4:38 p.m. IST. Sidereal Sagittarius lasts until Makar Sankranti on Saturday, January 15, 2028.
