Priyanka Chopra birth chart: three birth times

Birth data

Priyanka Chopra was born on July 18, 1982, in Jamshedpur, then in the state of Bihar and now in Jharkhand. Both her parents, Ashok and Madhu Chopra, were physicians in the Indian Army. Her birth time exists in three versions from different sources, so the chart is cast for noon. Its most visible features are the Sun in Cancer on the star Procyon and three planets in Libra.

What is known and what is not

Wikidata, Biography.com, Astro-Databank and Astrotheme agree on the date and city: July 18, 1982, Jamshedpur. The hospital is not known, so the coordinates are those of the city centre.

The time is another matter. There are three versions:

• 1:30 a.m.: Astro-Databank gives this time rated A, with the data source "from memory". The collector, the astrologer Ashish Seth, writes that a close friend of the actress shared the details with him by phone in 2010. Astrotheme repeats 1:30 a.m. and credits the same Seth, so this is one source, not two. Gemini Ascendant;
• 12:30 a.m.: AstroSage gives this time, citing the astrology book "Lagna Phal" (Garg), and rates it only as "Reference". Where the book's author took it from is unknown. Taurus Ascendant;
• 6:00 a.m.: GaneshaSpeaks gives this time and marks it "Unconfirmed", without a source. Leo Ascendant.

We found no quote from Chopra or her mother with an hour of birth, including in the coverage of her memoir "Unfinished". All three versions are second-hand, come from different sources and give different Ascendants. The chart therefore carries a Rodden rating of DD, and we take none of the versions as the main time.

The chart is cast for 12:00 Indian Standard Time (IST, UTC+5:30); India kept no daylight time in 1982. There are no houses, Ascendant or MC (see the section on charts without a time). The Moon's sign is known: the Moon was in Gemini all day, so all versions agree on it.

Sun in Cancer on Procyon

The Sun at 25°18′ Cancer sits 0°13′ from Procyon, the bright star of Canis Minor. Ptolemy gave Procyon the nature of Mercury and Mars, and tradition links it with a quick rise and restless activity. Cancer itself is read as a sign of memory, family and sensitivity to the people nearby.

The Sun makes a square to Pluto at 24°10′ Libra with an orb of 1°08′ and a sextile to Chiron at 26°40′ Taurus with an orb of 1°21′. Astrologers associate a Sun-Pluto square with a will that hardens under pressure and dislikes being controlled.

Three planets in Libra

Mars at 21°11′ Libra, Saturn at 16°13′ Libra and Pluto at 24°10′ Libra form a stellium. Mars and Pluto are conjunct with an orb of 2°58′, and Mars and Saturn form a wider conjunction with an orb of 4°58′. Classical astrology counts Saturn as exalted in Libra, while Mars is in its detriment there.

Tradition links Libra with balance, partnership and form. Saturn here is read as respect for rules and agreements, Mars as action through negotiation rather than force. Pluto beside them adds depth and persistence to the group.

Mercury square Saturn

Mercury at 17°04′ Cancer squares Saturn with an orb of 0°50′. Both signs are cardinal. Mercury is also conjunct the North Node at 13°20′ Cancer with an orb of 3°43′, and Saturn squares the North Node with an orb of 2°53′.

Astrologers read this square as careful, thorough thinking that checks a word before saying it. A North Node in Cancer, in the modern reading, points toward home and close people.

Venus in Gemini

Venus at 27°06′ Gemini stands in opposition to Neptune at 24°52′ Sagittarius with an orb of 2°13′ and trines Pluto with an orb of 2°56′. Tradition links Venus in Gemini with ease in conversation and a play of images, and the opposition to Neptune is read as a pull toward the ideal and toward transformation into someone else.

Neptune and Pluto are in sextile with an orb of 0°42′, the tightest major aspect in the noon chart (at the versions' times the Mercury-Saturn square is closer). These slow planets held the sextile for years, so it is shared by a whole generation.

Events often compared with the chart

• November 30, 2000: crowned Miss World 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, aged 18.
• January 23, 2010: named Best Actress at India's National Film Awards for "Fashion".
• September 27, 2015: "Quantico" premieres on ABC, making her the first South Asian woman to lead an American network drama.
• April 12, 2016: receives the Padma Shri from President Pranab Mukherjee.
• December 12, 2016: named a UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador.
• December 1, 2018: marries Nick Jonas in a Christian ceremony at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, with a Hindu ceremony the next day.
• February 9, 2021: publishes her memoir "Unfinished".

These dates are starting points for your own work with transits. We do not make predictions about the health, court cases or future careers of living people.

Planet positions

Calculation: Swiss Ephemeris core-2026.11.07.

Aspects

Priyanka Chopra in other systems

• Birth chart in the appInteractive chart with transits
• Human DesignBodygraph, type and strategy

Aspect patterns and fixed stars

Patterns are found from the aspects in the table above, stars by a conjunction within 1°.

• Stellium: Mars, Saturn and Pluto in Libra
• Procyon: Sun, orb 0°13′

Calculate your chart