Western astrology starts the zodiac at the March equinox, Vedic astrology at the stars, and the two sit about 24° apart. So the Sun reaches Capricorn about 24 days later in the Vedic zodiac, and most people with a Western Capricorn Sun have a Vedic Sagittarius Sun.
When the Sun is in Capricorn
Western Capricorn
22 Dec – 19 Jan
Vedic Capricorn
14 Jan – 11 Feb
Western Capricorn: your Vedic Sun
Born 22 Dec – 13 Jan
Vedic Sun in Sagittarius
Born 14 Jan – 19 Jan
Capricorn in both zodiacs
Dates for someone born around 1990, in UTC. They move a day either way with the birth year and time; a chart in Unseen Signs is exact to the minute.
The nakshatras of Vedic Capricorn
Vedic astrology also divides the sky into 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions. Vedic Capricorn holds:
The same 24° shift applies to every planet and to the rising sign, so most charts change in several places at once. Your birth date, time and place show your Sun, Moon and rising sign in both zodiacs.