July 21 zodiac sign: Cancer or Leo?
July 21 can be Cancer or Leo. The Sun enters Leo around this date at a different moment every year, so the answer depends on the year you were born, the time and the time zone.
Times in Eastern Time (ET)
In Eastern Time (ET), from 1925 to 2030, the Sun entered Leo on July 21 in 0 of the 106 years. July 21 was Cancer all day in 106 years and Leo all day in no year.
Your birth year
In 2026, July 21 was Cancer all day in Eastern Time (ET). The Sun entered Leo later, on Jul 22, 2026, 3:13 PM.
Years when the Sun changed sign on July 21
In Eastern Time (ET), the Sun did not change sign on July 21 in any year from 1925 to 2030.
Cancer all day on July 21: 1925–2030.
Where the Sun stands on July 21
At any hour of July 21 in Eastern Time (ET), in any year from 1925 to 2030, the Sun stood between 27°24′ Cancer and 29°53′ Cancer.
- 27°24′ Cancer to 29°53′ Cancer: the third decan of Cancer, in the term of Saturn.
Decans are the three 10° thirds of a sign. Terms, also called bounds, divide each sign unequally among the five planets; these are the Egyptian terms as Ptolemy tabulates them (Tetrabiblos I.20).
In other time zones
In how many years from 1925 to 2030 the change fell on July 21 in local time, with each place's daylight-saving rules as they were then.
| Time zone | Change on July 21 | Cancer all day | Leo all day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 1 | 105 | 0 |
| Denver | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| Chicago | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| London | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| Berlin | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| India (Kolkata) | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| Tokyo | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| Auckland | 0 | 106 | 0 |
What the two signs mean
Know your birth time and place? Your birth chart gives the exact answer.
How this is computed
Each time is the moment the Sun's ecliptic longitude crosses the boundary between the two signs. Our engine computes it, and for every year from 1920 to 2035 it agrees with Swiss Ephemeris outputs within a minute, and with the U.S. Naval Observatory's published equinoxes and solstices within their printed minute. A birth within a minute or two of the time shown needs a more exact recorded time than most birth records give.
A date is a calendar date in one time zone. Each zone's rules are used as they were at the time, daylight saving included, from the IANA time-zone database. The page is written in Eastern Time (ET); your browser can show your own zone.
Astrology is a symbolic language, not a science. This page is about where the Sun was, which is astronomy. What each sign means is on the pages linked above.