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 Sagittarius about 24 days later in the Vedic zodiac, and most people with a Western Sagittarius Sun have a Vedic Scorpio Sun.
When the Sun is in Sagittarius
Western Sagittarius
22 Nov – 21 Dec
Vedic Sagittarius
15 Dec – 13 Jan
Western Sagittarius: your Vedic Sun
Born 22 Nov – 14 Dec
Vedic Sun in Scorpio
Born 15 Dec – 21 Dec
Sagittarius 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 Sagittarius
Vedic astrology also divides the sky into 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions. Vedic Sagittarius 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.