Retrograde periods for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Rahu and Ketu are always retrograde by convention.
1 retrograde period in 1944
121 days in Karka
4 retrograde periods in 1944
20 days in Dhanu
24 days in Mesha
23 days in Simha
20 days in Dhanu
Rahu and Ketu are the lunar nodes and are always Vakri (retrograde). They move backwards through the zodiac at roughly 1.5° per month and change Rashi only once every ~18 months.
