Jyotish forecast for March-April 2026

Author forecast. First published on March 16, 2026.

The agenda for March 2026.

I will begin by quoting my own forecast about the planet parade and Iran: in the February forecast, the sequence of events was laid out chronologically and matched reality. But what is happening now does not yet feel as critical as it will around March 13, plus or minus two days. Mars will then be in an exact conjunction with Rahu, multiplying the action of Mars. We should expect not just a continuation of the US-Iran war, but wars in the plural.

How this manifested:

• The United States and Israel against Iran - February 28, 2026.
• Pakistan against Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities - open war from February 27, 2026.
• Israel against Hezbollah in Lebanon - a new phase from March 2, 2026.
• Iraq - attacks on US bases and exchanges of strikes on Iraqi territory after February 28.
• Persian Gulf / Hormuz - maritime war and attacks on commercial vessels after February 28.
• Azerbaijan-Iran border crisis - a dangerous episode on March 5, but not a separate war.

Specialists are not yet calling these events a Third World War; they describe them more as its prologue.

For Ukraine, March 2026 worsened the foreign-policy situation through a redistribution of attention. The United States partly shifted toward Iran and slowed the negotiation process; Europe maintained support, but internal EU tensions grew. Ukraine’s partnerships were not destroyed, but they became more nervous, uneven and dependent on the Middle Eastern crisis.

From April 3 to April 30, three malefics gather in Ukraine’s eighth house: first the Sun, Saturn and Mars, then the Sun leaves and Mercury takes its place. This is the spring peak for Ukraine and the world. In the global context, these planets are in Pisces, symbolically the twelfth house for the world.

At the same time Jupiter enters transition from April 26 to June 26, and the world will feel deprived of happiness. Mars will pass through Aries and regain strength around June 27. This is the first date when the “new wars” may stop. For Ukraine this may be a signal not of immediate peace in June 2026, but of understanding how the war can be stopped by observing the end of other wars.

Ukraine: March and Early April

• 03.15.2026 - The Sun is weak; popularity, public activity and politics are not in good order.
• 03.17.2026 - Venus connects with natal Ketu; cruelty toward civilians and living beings can intensify.
• 03.19.2026 - The Sun leaves transition and regains strength.
• 03.21.2026 - Venus enters transition and Mercury stops being retrograde.
• 03.25.2026 - Mars enters transition, while the Sun connects with Saturn in Ukraine’s eighth house.
• 03.27.2026 - Mercury leaves conjunction with Rahu; information and transport may go into the shadows.
• 03.28.2026 - A socially significant event linked to power, restrictions or new rules.
• 03.31.2026 - Saturn return: the closing of one of Ukraine’s thirty-year cycles.
• 04.03.2026 - The first event of a new cycle; it will show the path Ukraine will follow for the next thirty years.

Most planets are now concentrated in the eighth house of Ukraine’s chart. Situations will be harsh, but manageable and limited in scope. This is a more dangerous period than usual, yet Saturn has a restraining effect.