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 Taurus about 24 days later in the Vedic zodiac, and most people with a Western Taurus Sun have a Vedic Aries Sun.
When the Sun is in Taurus
Western Taurus
20 Apr – 20 May
Vedic Taurus
14 May – 14 Jun
Western Taurus: your Vedic Sun
Born 20 Apr – 13 May
Vedic Sun in Aries
Born 14 May – 20 May
Taurus 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 Taurus
Vedic astrology also divides the sky into 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions. Vedic Taurus 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.