The South West Monsoon season in India (June to September) has just ended with 8% surplus rains this year. The monsoon is yet to fully withdraw and there will be more rains in coming days in Bihar, Jharkand and Chhattisgarh as transiting Jupiter from Taurus is giving aspect to the Sun and Mercury in Virgo. Since the Virgo sign denote Southern Penninsular so this year the North West monsoon will bring a timely onset in the mid of October. The long stay of Mars in watery sign Cancer due to its retrogression will bring bounty full of rains in Tamil Nadu and some other coastal areas of South India in the month of November.
India received Surplus of 8% rains during South West Monsoon 2024
Now let’s study the planetary position in the horoscope of the Tula Samkranti so see the prospects of the onset of North East Monsoon.
Chart 1. Solar Ingress of Libra
17 October 2024, 07:42:49 hours at Delhi
In the horoscope of the Solar Ingress of Libra Mercury and Venus are ahead of the Sun. The mutual aspect between the watery planets Venus and Jupiter is a very good yoga for the rainfall. It is highly likely that on or around the 17th of October the North West Monsoon may give very good rainfall in the coastal areas of the Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The presence of the Moon in Pisces sign is also an indication of rainfall in coastal areas of Andhra Pradesha.
On the 19th of October the transit of Mars in watery sign Cancer brings a very good spell of rainfall in the coastal areas of Southern Peninsular.
Chart 2. New Moon Horoscope
1 November 2024, 18:16:58 at Delhi
At the time of the New Moon of the 1st of November the Moon will be in airy sign Libra and Navamsha of Airy sign Aquarius. This combination will bring a cyclone and heavy rainfall in the entire Tamil Nadu and some rains many other places of Southern Peninsular. The retrograde Jupiter in mutual aspect with two watery planets Mercury and Venus will bring heavy rainfall. This may also cause flood in the city of Chennai in the first fortnight of November this year. Also, many other parts of Southern Tamil Nadu will be affected by extremely heavy rainfall.
Chart 3. Solar Ingress of Scorpio
16 November 2024, 07:31:57 at Delhi
At the time of Sun’s entry into Scorpio sign the majority of planets are in fixed sign. This year Sun will enter into Scorpio (16th of November) on the day of the Full Moon. The mutual opposition of the Sun and the Moon in fixed sign and the Kendra position of Jupiter and Saturn is a yoga for a major earthquake. In the second fortnight of November 2024 there will be a major earthquake affecting North and Eastern parts of the country. In Southern Peninsular there will be very good rainfall in the second fortnight of November this year.
Notice the mutual aspect of watery planets Jupiter and Mercury in close degrees which is an excellent yoga for heavy rainfall.
New Moon on 1st December will bring more rain
On the New Moon (Amavasya) of the 1st of December there will be very heavy rainfall due to the conjunction of Mercury, the Sun and the Moon in watery sign Scorpio. This rainfall may continue in Southern Parts of India for 2-3 days as Venus will move into watery sign Capricorn on the 2nd of December and it will receive the aspect of Jupiter transiting from Taurus sign.
Chart 4. Sun enters into Sagittarius
15 December 2024, 22:11:00 at Delhi
This year almost entire season of North East Monsoon (October to December) the Mars will remain in watery sign Cancer only. Mars will enter into Cancer sign on the 20th of October. It will become retrograde there on the 6th of December. It will fall back to Gemini in retrograde motion on the 21st of January. This long stay of Mars in Cancer sign is also an indication of the late withdrawal of the North East Monsoon from the state of Tamil Nadu. This situation may bring very heavy rainfall during the last week of December 2024 and also in the first week of January 2025 in the interior Tamil Nadu. The mutual aspect between the retrograde Jupiter and retrograde Mercury is a yoga for more than normal rainfall.
Overall, the North East Monsoon will bring more than normal rainfall and will also remain active till January 2025. The excessive rainfall can bring situation of flood in the city of Chennai in the first fortnight of November and there will be excessive rainfall in the end of December also. The aspect of Jupiter on the Virgo sign will also give excess rainfall in the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh region during the North East Monsoon season this year.