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Rising phase
12th from your Moon
Spending and letting go
Money goes out faster, sleep gets lighter, and work may take you away from home.
- Expenses
- Sleep
- Travel
- Letting go
What to doClear old debts; take no big new loan.
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Updated 28 October 2026
Sade Sati 2026
Kumbh, Meen and Mesh are in it now
Saturn is in Meen. Sade Sati is Saturn in the sign before your Moon sign, your Moon sign itself, and the sign after it: about seven and a half years in all.
KumbhPhase 3 of 3 · lastEnds Feb 20281 year 3 months leftMeenPhase 2 of 3 · peakEnds Apr 20303 years 5 months leftMeshPhase 1 of 3 · risingEnds May 20325 years 7 months left
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Find your rashi
Three are in it at any time: the rashi Saturn is in, the one before and the one after. Two more are in a dhaiyya, Kantaka or Ashtama Shani, which is not Sade Sati; their tiles give that beside their next Sade Sati.
MeshAriesRunning · risingVrishabhTaurusNext from 2027MithunGeminiNext from 2029KarkCancerNext from 2032SinghLeoNext from 2034 · Ashtama Shani nowKanyaVirgoNext from 2036TulaLibraNext from 2038VrishchikScorpioNext from 2041DhanuSagittariusNext from 2043 · Kantaka Shani nowMakarCapricornNext from 2046KumbhAquariusRunning · settingMeenPiscesRunning · peak
Also in this section: What a dosha is · Mangal dosha · Kal Sarpa Dosha
What Sade Sati is
Saturn passing over the sign before your Moon sign, your Moon sign itself and the sign after it: about two and a half years in each, seven and a half in all, which is where the name comes from. It is a transit, so it has real start and end dates, and it comes back every twenty-nine years or so.
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Peak phase
Over your Moon
The mind and the body
More responsibility, less help, and a mind that can feel heavy; also when lasting habits are built.
- Mind
- Health
- Responsibility
- Patience
What to doGuard your sleep and routine; no big decisions in a low mood.
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Setting phase
2nd from your Moon
Family and savings
The pressure moves to the household: money needs managing, and words at home carry further.
- Family
- Savings
- Speech
- Food
What to doSave steadily, and speak with care at home.
Read about the three phases in detail
Rising phase
The 12th from the Moon is the house of spending, sleep, distance and letting go. Traditionally this is when expenses rise without warning, sleep gets lighter, and work or family takes you away from home. A good time to clear old debts and finish what is unfinished, and not to take on a big new loan.
Peak phase
Saturn over the Moon itself: the mind and the body. This is the phase people mean when they say Shani is on them — more responsibility, less help, a slower pace, and a mood that can turn heavy. It is also when people build the habits and the standing that last. Look after sleep, routine and health, and do not take big decisions in a low mood.
Setting phase
The 2nd from the Moon is family, savings, speech and food. Traditionally the pressure moves from the mind to the household: money needs managing, words said at home carry further, and the results of the last few years’ effort start to come in. Save steadily and speak with care.
Why two people of one rashi have different Sade Satis
Four things in your own kundli decide how it goes.
Your lagnaSaturn 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 Sade Sati lightly; a hard one is what people remember.
Saturn’s pointsFive or more Ashtakavarga points (bindus) in the signs it crosses make it easier; four is middling, fewer weigh more.
Saturn at birthStrong and well placed at birth, it carries you through Sade Sati; weak, or crowded by hard grahas such as Mangal, Rahu or Ketu, Sade Sati weighs more.
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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 Sade Sati runs from 29 April 2022 to 17 April 2030, the same dates as for every Meen Moon. Four things make it this chart’s own.
- The lagnaTula (Libra). Counted from it, Saturn 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 Saturn this chart’s yogakaraka, its best graha. With Kark lagna and the same Moon, Saturn would rule the 7th and the 8th instead.
- The dashaFor the rest of this Sade Sati: 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.
- Saturn at birthIn Dhanu, the 3rd house from the lagna, vakri (moving backwards as seen from Earth). Dhanu is a neutral sign for Saturn. 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.
- Saturn’s pointsSaturn’s own Ashtakavarga bindus: 3 in Kumbh (heavier), 4 in Meen (middling) and 5 in Mesh (easier).
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.
Your Saturday routine
The upay (remedies) families have kept through Sade Sati for generations. Free, and each with its reason.
Shani mantra · 108 times on Saturdays
ॐ शं शनैश्चराय नमः
Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah
Saturn’s short mantra, built on its seed syllable “Sham”. Saying it every week without fail is itself the discipline Saturn 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: Saturn 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 routineSaturn is the karaka (significator) of karma: patient, honest work is the upay tradition values most.
Neelam (blue sapphire) is not a general Sade Sati remedy. It suits some charts and harms others, so wear it only after your own kundli has been checked.
More about Sade Sati
Start and end dates for all twelve rashis
| Moon rashi | Sade Sati | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Now | 29 March 2025 | 31 May 2032 |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Next | 3 June 2027 | 13 July 2034 |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Next | 8 August 2029 | 27 August 2036 |
| Kark (Cancer) | Next | 31 May 2032 | 13 July 2039 |
| Singh (Leo) | Next | 13 July 2034 | 26 September 2041 |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Next | 27 August 2036 | 30 August 2044 |
| Tula (Libra) | Next | 22 October 2038 | 8 December 2046 |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Next | 28 January 2041 | 4 December 2049 |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Next | 11 December 2043 | 25 February 2052 |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Next | 8 December 2046 | 5 February 2055 |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Now | 24 January 2020 | 23 February 2028 |
| Meen (Pisces) | Now | 29 April 2022 | 17 April 2030 |
Kantaka and Ashtama Shani: the two that are not Sade Sati
Saturn in the 4th house from your Moon is Kantaka Shani (in the south, Ardhashtama Shani), and in the 8th is Ashtama Shani: Dhaiyya, or Small Panoti, about two and a half years each. “Shani is on you” is said of all three, and which one it is changes the dates completely. Each rashi’s page has its own dates for both.
Why another site shows a different date
The wrong rashi. Sade Sati is counted from the Moon sign, not the Sun sign most people know; the two match for about one person in twelve. Find your Moon sign.
Sidereal, not tropical. Vedic dates use the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri ayanamsa, the Government of India standard. A site on tropical positions moves every date by about two years.
Two possible end dates. Saturn turns back into a sign it has left. These pages use first entry to final exit, the full span Saturn was there.
Common questions
Which rashis are in Sade Sati now?
Three at a time, because Saturn is in one sign. As of 28 October 2026: Kumbh (Aquarius), Meen (Pisces), Mesh (Aries).
How long does Sade Sati last?
About seven and a half years: roughly two and a half per sign, through three signs. Retrograde Saturn stretches or shortens that by months.
Is Sade Sati counted from the Moon sign?
Yes, from the Moon sign in your birth chart, not the Sun sign most people know.
What is Elinati Shani?
The Telugu name for Sade Sati; in Tamil it is Ezharai Shani. Same transit, same dates.
Your Sade Sati, read for your chart
The dates are the same for everyone of your rashi. What they bring is not, and that is a conversation about your whole chart.
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