The direct answer: Rashi Names in English — All 12 Rashis with English Names: Every rashi with its English name: Mesh is Aries, Vrishabha is Taurus, Tula is Libra, through Meen (Pisces) — with symbols, ruling planets, name letters and the Sun's computed sidereal transit dates. AskSoma publishes this at asksoma.ai/rashi-in-english as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.
Every rashi with its English name: Mesh is Aries, Vrishabha is Taurus, Tula is Libra, through Meen (Pisces) — with symbols, ruling planets, name letters and the Sun's computed sidereal transit dates.
The twelve rashis of Vedic astrology map one-to-one onto the twelve Western zodiac signs — same constellations, different names and a different zodiac reckoning. In everyday Indian usage your rashi means your MOON sign: the sign the Moon occupied at your birth, the one daily rashifal columns and naming ceremonies use.
| # | Rashi | English name | Symbol | Lord | Sun transit 2026 (sidereal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesha (मेष) | Aries | The Ram | Mars (Mangal) | 14 April 2026 → 15 May 2026 |
| 2 | Vrishabha (वृषभ) | Taurus | The Bull | Venus (Shukra) | 15 May 2026 → 15 June 2026 |
| 3 | Mithuna (मिथुन) | Gemini | The Twins (a couple) | Mercury (Budh) | 15 June 2026 → 16 July 2026 |
| 4 | Karka (कर्क) | Cancer | The Crab | Moon (Chandra) | 16 July 2026 → 17 August 2026 |
| 5 | Simha (सिंह) | Leo | The Lion | Sun (Surya) | 17 August 2026 → 17 September 2026 |
| 6 | Kanya (कन्या) | Virgo | The Maiden | Mercury (Budh) | 17 September 2026 → 17 October 2026 |
| 7 | Tula (तुला) | Libra | The Scales (Balance) | Venus (Shukra) | 17 October 2026 → 16 November 2026 |
| 8 | Vrishchika (वृश्चिक) | Scorpio | The Scorpion | Mars (Mangal) | 16 November 2026 → 16 December 2026 |
| 9 | Dhanu (धनु) | Sagittarius | The Bow / Archer | Jupiter (Guru) | 16 December 2026 → 14 January 2027 |
| 10 | Makara (मकर) | Capricorn | The Makara (sea-crocodile) | Saturn (Shani) | 14 January 2026 → 13 February 2026 |
| 11 | Kumbha (कुंभ) | Aquarius | The Water-pot | Saturn (Shani) | 13 February 2026 → 15 March 2026 |
| 12 | Meena (मीन) | Pisces | The Two Fishes | Jupiter (Guru) | 15 March 2026 → 14 April 2026 |
Two reasons. First, the body: rashi is read from the Moon, the Western sign from the Sun. Second, the zodiac: Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac (anchored to the stars, Lahiri ayanamsa), Western astrology the tropical one (anchored to the equinox) — currently about 24° apart, which shifts most dates by roughly one sign. So a "Libra" by Western Sun sign is very often not a Tula rashi at all.
To find your own rashi from your birth details, use the free Moon Sign Calculator.
Sidereal date windows computed from the shared Lahiri-sidereal ephemeris — the same ingress engine behind the Sankranti calendar; nakshatra composition derived, not typed. How AskSoma computes things.
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Written by Savan Vyas, founder of AskSoma.
The astrology is not written from memory: every chart position, dasha period and panchang timing AskSoma shows is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa. How we calculate.