Grahanila(Planetary positions) as on 1st Dec 2016

As on 1st December 2016 Sun & Saturn in Scorpio, Venus & Mercury & Moon in Sagitarius, Mars in Capricorn, Ketu in Aquarius, Rahu in Leo and Jupiter in Virgo. The above planetary positions is having a distinctive feature. All planets are in between Rahu & Ketu leaving one side (180°) empty from 4th September 2016 to 28th December 2016 (except on dates when Moon moves to other side) and astrologers call it "KALA SARPA YOGA". "Yoga" means assembly. "Kala Sarpa" written in English is having two meanings in Malayalam since "la(ല)" and "la(ള)" are different. First meaning is "time serpent" and other "black or deadly serpent". In India, perpetual nature of time has been represented as a circle of two serpents having their tails in the mouth of the other(in China it is dragons instead of serpents). As Rahu and Ketu are considered head and tail, all Grahas(Sun, Moon & 5 planets) are now inside a serpent and hence the name. The second meaning is having ill effects and troubles including death. As there is imbalance in the solar system (all Grahas are in one side of Rahu-Ketu), high volatility and swift downward movement in the market is expected (it's said "as above, so below"). The last Kala Sarpa Yoga period was from 13-5-13 to 25-9-13. Mercury is in retrograde from 19th December 2016 to 8th January 2017 and usually a downward move of 250-300 points in Nifty is to take place. But, during the period when Venus and Mars in same rasi which is a positive factor may influence the market.

Planetary transits in December: 16th Sun -> Sagitarius, 2nd Venus -> Capricorn, 11th Mars -> Aquarius and 28th Venus -> Aquarius.

The planetary positions given above are at the time of Sunrise in India(Kerala) and Moon's conjunction effect on markets may be seen in countries (Asia / Europe / US) where trading take places at the time of conjunction(10° - 0°). When the angular difference between the Moon and the planet at Sunrise is more than 5 degrees and/or conjunction occurs in Rasis(constellations) other than the Sun's Rasi, there may be a delay up to 24 hours in the conjunction effect according to their positions {Note: expect only eighty percent accuracy in assumptions based on Moon's conjunction with Mars(-), Venus(-) and Jupiter(+) as some other astro factors may also influence the market}. Conjunction dates can be had from the table above.