Career
When should I change my job?
Job-switch timing from transits and dashas
Job changes are timed with even more precision than promotions because they involve two separate events — leaving the current role and joining the new one — both of which should align with favourable transits. The best time for a switch is during the mahadasha or antardasha of your 10th or 11th lord, when Jupiter transits your 10th house from natal Moon, and avoiding Sade Sati Phase 2 (Saturn transiting over natal Moon) and Rahu-Ketu transit over your 10th house (12-18 month periods of unusual career volatility). When you hit a good window, applications convert faster and negotiations tilt in your favour.
When NOT to change jobs
Avoid Sade Sati Phase 2 (Saturn over natal Moon — health and identity focus, not career leaps). Avoid Rahu-Ketu transit through your 10th house (18-month period of career volatility). Avoid the antardasha of the 6th, 8th, or 12th lord (period focused on service, transition, or loss, not elevation). Avoid Mercury and Venus retrograde when signing offer letters (contract details often need renegotiation).
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Compare the muhurat of your joining date against your natal chart. The Moon and 10th lord should be favourable, and the 10th house on the joining day should be free of malefics. Our chart-picker tools let you plot this.
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