Sade Sati Calculator

Sade Sati is the period when Saturn (Shani) transits the 12th, 1st, and 2nd signs from your natal Moon — three signs total, ~2.5 years each, totaling roughly 7.5 years. Classical texts associate it with restructuring, delays, and inner work. Each phase has a different texture: anticipation in the first, identity-level pressure in the peak, integration in the final.

Sade Sati uses your MOON sign (Janma Rashi), not your Lagna. Moon's position changes about 13° per day, so without an exact birth time we use 12:00 noon and the moon sign is usually correct unless you were born close to a sign boundary. The phase determination should be accurate either way; the precise start/end dates depend on Saturn's transit, which is independent of your birth time.

Yes. We use the Lahiri ayanamsha — the sidereal zodiac standard accepted by the Government of India and the Indian Ephemeris. Western tropical results will differ.

No. Classical texts describe Sade Sati as Saturn's deep-teaching period — uncomfortable, but the source of most maturity-shifts in life. Many famous careers are built during Sade Sati. The texture depends on which house Saturn rules in your chart, your current dasha, and Jupiter's position. A blanket "bad" reading misses the whole point.

Then either it ended already (the next one comes ~22 years later when Saturn returns to your moon-axis) or it's still ahead. The calculator shows your moon sign so you can compute it manually: Sade Sati starts when Saturn enters the sign BEFORE your moon. We can show you exact past/future dates in a full consultation.