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Sade Sati Calculator
Where Saturn is now relative to your natal Moon, and which of the three phases you are in.
In short
What is Sade Sati?
Sade Sati is the period when Saturn transits the 12th, 1st and 2nd rashis counted from your natal Moon. Saturn spends about two and a half years in each, so the whole passage lasts roughly seven and a half years — which is what the name means. It recurs about every thirty years.
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Where Saturn is now relative to your natal Moon, and which of the three phases you are in.
The three phases
With Saturn in the 12th from the Moon, the tradition describes expenditure, disturbed sleep and the loosening of settled things. With Saturn over the Moon itself — the peak — it describes the greatest pressure on the mind and on health. With Saturn in the 2nd, the emphasis moves to finances, family and speech, and the pressure usually resolves into something more concrete.
What you need
Your date, time and place of birth. Only the Moon's rashi is actually required, so an imprecise birth time rarely changes the answer — the Moon stays in one rashi for about two and a quarter days.
How to read the result
Whether Sade Sati is running is arithmetic: it depends only on your natal Moon's rashi and where Saturn is now. The calculator shows both, and which of the three phases applies.
Sade Sati has a reputation that outruns what the tradition claims. Classically it is a period of slowing and consolidation — Saturn is the graha of time and structure, not of misfortune. Many people do their most durable work during it.
Frequently asked questions
What is Sade Sati?
Saturn transiting the 12th, 1st and 2nd rashis from your natal Moon — about seven and a half years in total, recurring roughly every thirty years.
How do I know if my Sade Sati is running?
It depends only on your natal Moon's rashi and Saturn's current rashi. Enter your birth details and the calculator compares the two.
How long does Sade Sati last?
About seven and a half years — two and a half in each of the three rashis. Saturn's retrograde motion can extend a phase.
Which phase of Sade Sati is hardest?
The tradition treats the middle phase, with Saturn over the natal Moon, as the peak of pressure on mind and health.