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