Janam Kundli
Your whole chart explained: every graha, house and yoga, your dashas with dates, and upay that suit you.
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Today’s panchangall five angas with exact timesTithithe lunar day, and when it endsNakshatrathe Moon’s position todayHorathe planetary hour, all twenty-fourRahu Kaalthe time to avoid starting new workChoghadiyaday and night, each split into eightFestivalsDiwali, Holi and 81 more, with the rule behind each dateVratEkadashi with parana, Purnima, Amavasya, Pradosh
Shani is in Meen (Pisces)
Shani Dhaiyya
Which rashis are in it now, and when yours comes
Dhaiyya (from dhai, two and a half), or small panoti, is Shani in the 4th (Kantaka Shani, “the thorn”) or the 8th (Ashtama Shani, “the eighth”) from your Moon rashi. Each lasts about two and a half years, and up to 3 years 8 months when Shani turns back (vakri) across a sign’s edge; in the south, Kantaka Shani is called Ardhashtama Shani. Running now: Singh (Ashtama Shani, until 23 February 2028); Dhanu (Kantaka Shani, until 23 February 2028). Both pause from 3 June 2027 until 19 October 2027, while Shani is in Mesh; for those months the dhaiyya is Makar’s and Kanya’s instead.
Dhaiyya dates for every rashi
For each rashi, the Kantaka and the Ashtama dhaiyya: the one running now, or else the next. Each rashi page has every window.
| Rashi | Kantaka Shani (4th) | Ashtama Shani (8th) |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | 13 July 2034 to 27 August 2036 | 11 December 2043 to 8 December 2046 |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | 27 August 2036 to 13 July 2039 | 8 December 2046 to 4 December 2049 |
| Mithun (Gemini) | 22 October 2038 to 26 September 2041 | 6 March 2049 to 25 February 2052 |
| Kark (Cancer) | 28 January 2041 to 30 August 2044 (first visit only 9 days) | 25 February 2052 to 5 February 2055 |
| Singh (Leo) | 11 December 2043 to 8 December 2046 | 29 March 2025 to 23 February 2028 (now) |
| Kanya (Virgo) | 8 December 2046 to 4 December 2049 | 3 June 2027 to 17 April 2030 |
| Tula (Libra) | 6 March 2049 to 25 February 2052 | 8 August 2029 to 31 May 2032 |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | 25 February 2052 to 5 February 2055 | 31 May 2032 to 13 July 2034 |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | 29 March 2025 to 23 February 2028 (now) | 13 July 2034 to 27 August 2036 |
| Makar (Capricorn) | 3 June 2027 to 17 April 2030 | 27 August 2036 to 13 July 2039 |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | 8 August 2029 to 31 May 2032 | 22 October 2038 to 26 September 2041 |
| Meen (Pisces) | 31 May 2032 to 13 July 2034 | 28 January 2041 to 30 August 2044 (first visit only 9 days) |
Kantaka and Ashtama Shani
Two transits, each with its own reading, as Phaladeepika, Mantreswara’s classical Jyotish text, gives them.
Kantaka Shani · Shani in the 4th
The 4th from the Moon is read for home, mother, vehicles, property and peace of mind; from there Shani’s drishti (its gaze) reaches the 6th, 10th and 1st.
Phaladeepika reads transits from the natal Chandra (Moon) and counts Shani (Saturn) as giving good results only in the 3rd, 6th and 11th houses from it; the 4th is not among them. For Shani's transit through the 4th house from the Moon, the text warns of loss touching the spouse, relatives and wealth. Phaladeepika 26.2, 26.22
Ashtama Shani · Shani in the 8th
The 8th from the Moon is read for health, sudden events, hidden matters and in-laws; from there Shani’s drishti (its gaze) reaches the 10th, 2nd and 5th.
For Shani in the 8th from the Moon, the text warns of losses touching children, friends, livestock and wealth, and of illness; verse 26.33 places the 8th, with the 12th and the 1st, among the houses where Shani's transit carries a warning of danger to life, a fall from position and loss of wealth. These are the text's cautions, not a forecast for anyone. Phaladeepika 26.22, 26.33
What makes a dhaiyya lighter or heavier
- Shani in its own or exalted signPhaladeepika says a graha in an unfavourable house does no harm if it is in its exaltation or own rashi; for Shani, the exaltation (uchcha, strongest) rashi is Tula (Libra) and its own are Makar (Capricorn) and Kumbh (Aquarius). But a graha in its debilitation (neecha, weakest) or an enemy's rashi, transiting an unfavourable house, gives those bad results in a sharper form. (Phaladeepika 26.31–32)
- When it weighs mostShani's transit bears its fruit mainly in the last part of a rashi. Each rashi page gives the dates Shani is in that last part. (Phaladeepika 26.25)
- What the text asks you to doWhen grahas are badly placed in dasha or transit, the text asks for prayers and mantras pleasing to that graha, shanti (propitiation) rites, good deeds, vows, charity and worship, and says the grahas are always kind to one who harms no one, keeps self-control, earns honestly and lives with discipline. (Phaladeepika 26.49–50, 1.6)
- Shani’s Ashtakavarga pointsThe Ashtakavarga is a table of points (bindus) drawn from your birth chart. By Phaladeepika (26.41, 23.10), a transit goes easier through a sign where Shani holds many of its own bindus: five or more of eight favours it, four is middling, fewer weigh more. Find Shani’s bindus in your chart.
Dhaiyya and Sade Sati: how they follow each other
Shani takes about two and a half years in each sign and about twenty-nine and a half to go round. From your Moon it reaches the 4th (Kantaka), then the 8th (Ashtama) about ten years later, and the 12th, where Sade Sati begins, about ten years after that. Sade Sati ends as it leaves the 2nd; Shani then crosses the 3rd, and about two and a half years later reaches the 4th again.
Why another site shows a different date
The wrong rashi. Dhaiyya is counted from the Moon sign, not the Sun sign most people know. Find your Moon sign.
Sidereal, not tropical. These dates use the sidereal zodiac, measured against the fixed stars as Indian astrology does, with the Lahiri ayanamsa (the correction from the Western, season-based zodiac), the Government of India standard.
Two possible start and end dates. When Shani dips into a sign for a few days and leaves, or turns back into a sign it has left, some sites start the dhaiyya at the second entry or end it at the first exit. These pages use first entry to final exit, and say when a first visit is only days long.
Your Saturday routine
The upay (remedies) families have kept through dhaiyya for generations. Free, and each with its reason.
Shani mantra · 108 times on Saturdays
ॐ शं शनैश्चराय नमः
Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah
Shani’s short mantra, built on its seed syllable “Sham”. Saying it every week without fail is itself the discipline Shani asks for.
- Hanuman Chalisa, Tuesday and SaturdayBy the legend, Shani Dev promised Hanuman not to trouble Hanuman’s devotees.
- Donate black til, urad or mustard oil on SaturdayOr help a worker or an elder: Shani is the graha of labour and old age.
- A diya under a pipal, Saturday eveningTradition holds that Shani is pleased by the worship of the pipal.
- Keep your word and your routineShani is the karaka (significator) of karma: patient, honest work is the upay tradition values most.
Neelam (blue sapphire) is not a general dhaiyya remedy. It suits some charts and harms others, so wear it only after your own kundli has been checked.
Why two people of one rashi have different dhaiyyas
Your own kundli decides how it goes.
Your lagnaShani rules two houses of every chart; for Vrishabh and Tula lagna (the rising sign) it is the best graha of the chart.
Your dashaA good mahadasha (the main planetary period you are running) carries a dhaiyya lightly; a hard one is what people remember.
Shani at birthStrong and well placed at birth, it carries you through dhaiyya; weak, or crowded by hard grahas such as Mangal, Rahu or Ketu, dhaiyya weighs more.
Read for your own chart
Monthly Prediction
Your month day by day, from your own chart: the good days, the ones to take easy, and the right dates for important work.
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An example: one real chart
Take the site’s sample kundli: born 15 July 1990, 2:30 PM, in Mumbai. The Moon is in Meen, so its next dhaiyya is Kantaka Shani, Shani in Mithun, from 31 May 2032 to 13 July 2034, the same dates as for every Meen Moon. Four things make it this chart’s own.
- The lagnaTula (Libra). Counted from it, Shani rules the 4th and the 5th. One is a kendra (an angle of the chart) and the other a trikona (a house of fortune), so the Janam Kundli report names Shani this chart’s yogakaraka, its best graha. With Kark lagna and the same Moon, Shani would rule the 7th and the 8th instead.
- The dashaOver this dhaiyya: Moon mahadasha, 15 May 2026 to 14 May 2036, which the report reads as one that asks for care. In this chart the Moon sits in the 6th house.
- Shani at birthIn Dhanu, the 3rd house from the lagna, vakri (moving backwards as seen from Earth). Dhanu is a neutral sign for Shani. It is vargottama, in the same sign in the navamsa (the ninth-part chart), but falls short of the Shadbala (six-fold strength) the report asks of it.
- Shani’s pointsShani’s own Ashtakavarga bindus: 3 in Mithun (heavier).
Another Meen Moon shares these dates and almost none of the rest. That is why the dates are the same for everyone of a rashi, and what they bring is not.
Dhaiyya for every rashi
Two rashis are in a dhaiyya at a time: the one whose 4th Shani is in, and the one whose 8th. When Shani spends a few months in the next sign and comes back, the dhaiyya moves to the next two rashis for those months and then returns.
MeshAriesNext from 2034VrishabhTaurusNext from 2036MithunGeminiNext from 2038KarkCancerNext from 2041SinghLeoAshtama Shani nowKanyaVirgoNext from 2027TulaLibraNext from 2029VrishchikScorpioNext from 2032DhanuSagittariusKantaka Shani nowMakarCapricornNext from 2027KumbhAquariusNext from 2029MeenPiscesNext from 2032
Also in this section: Sade Sati · What a dosha is
Common questions
What is Shani’s dhaiyya?
Shani’s transit of the 4th or the 8th house from your Moon rashi, about two and a half years each: Kantaka Shani and Ashtama Shani. It is also called small panoti, beside Sade Sati, the big one.
Which rashis are in dhaiyya now?
Shani is in Meen; Singh is in Ashtama Shani until 23 February 2028; Dhanu is in Kantaka Shani until 23 February 2028.
How long does dhaiyya last?
About two and a half years, the time Shani spends in one sign. When Shani leaves the sign and comes back before moving on for good, a window can stretch to about 3 years 8 months from first entry to final exit.
Is dhaiyya worse than Sade Sati?
Usually not. Tradition counts Sade Sati, seven and a half years of Shani in the 12th, 1st and 2nd from your Moon, the longer and weightier; a dhaiyya is shorter and touches fewer areas, though in the south Ashtama Shani is held to be nearly as heavy. Both are read against your own chart.
Your dhaiyya, read for your chart
What a dhaiyya brings is read from your whole chart: your lagna, your dasha and where Shani sits.
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