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 Libra about 24 days later in the Vedic zodiac, and most people with a Western Libra Sun have a Vedic Virgo Sun.
When the Sun is in Libra
Western Libra
23 Sep – 22 Oct
Vedic Libra
17 Oct – 15 Nov
Western Libra: your Vedic Sun
Born 23 Sep – 16 Oct
Vedic Sun in Virgo
Born 17 Oct – 22 Oct
Libra 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 Libra
Vedic astrology also divides the sky into 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions. Vedic Libra 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.