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 Scorpio about 24 days later in the Vedic zodiac, and most people with a Western Scorpio Sun have a Vedic Libra Sun.
When the Sun is in Scorpio
Western Scorpio
23 Oct – 21 Nov
Vedic Scorpio
16 Nov – 14 Dec
Western Scorpio: your Vedic Sun
Born 23 Oct – 15 Nov
Vedic Sun in Libra
Born 16 Nov – 21 Nov
Scorpio 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 Scorpio
Vedic astrology also divides the sky into 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions. Vedic Scorpio 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.