Solar Return Calculator — Your Birthday Chart

A solar return happens when the Sun reaches its exact birth position each year. It falls close to your birthday. Western astrology reads the chart at that moment for the year ahead.

The exact return time is the same everywhere. The rising sign and life areas change with the city. Sources disagree about which place to use. This tool uses your chosen city, or your birth place if blank.

Swiss Ephemeris finds when the Sun reaches its exact birth position in your chosen year. The time shifts each year and can fall on a different calendar day.

It shows planet signs, exact positions, life areas and four key chart points. Available source notes appear with the result. The tool calculates the chart, not a personal reading of the year.

The Sun returns to its birth position even in non-leap years. The search starts near 28 February. The return can fall on 28 February or 1 March, depending on the year.

Both use the Sun's return to its birth position. This tool uses season-based Western signs. A Vedic annual chart (Varshaphal) uses star-based signs and different reading methods.