Sagittarius (Dhanu) Sade Sati
from 11 December 2043
Saturn through Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn — the 12th, 1st and 2nd from a Sagittarius Moon. Dates from the ephemeris.
Is Sagittarius (Dhanu) in Sade Sati today
as of 9 September 2026No. Saturn is in Pisces, the 4th sign from Sagittarius, and Sade Sati needs the 12th, 1st or 2nd. It is Kantaka Shani instead — Saturn in the 4th, which is not Sade Sati and runs about a third as long. The next one begins 11 December 2043.
Sade Sati is Saturn in the 12th, 1st or 2nd sign from the natal Moon — for a Sagittarius Moon, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn. It takes as long as Saturn needs to cross three signs, which is where seven and a half years comes from, and it is a transit: it starts, it ends, and it is not something in your birth chart.
The three phases
and why they overlapEvery simplified account gives three tidy blocks of two and a half years. Saturn retrogrades, so it crosses into the next sign, turns back, and crosses again — a phase can still be running months after the next one has started. The dates here are the ephemeris rather than the tidy version, which is why they overlap.
Kantaka and Ashtama Shani
the two that are not Sade SatiSaturn in the 4th from the natal Moon is Kantaka Shani, and in the 8th is Ashtama Shani. Together they are called Dhaiyya, or Small Panoti: one sign of Saturn each rather than three, so about two and a half years of occupancy — though the windows below run longer, because they are measured from Saturn’s first entry to its final exit and it retrogrades back in. Kantaka Shani is running for Dhanu today.
| Transit | Saturn is | In | Now | This or next window | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kantaka Shani | 4th from Moon | Pisces | Now | 30 March 2025 – 23 February 2028 | 2.9 years |
| Ashtama Shani | 8th from Moon | Cancer | No | 13 July 2034 – 27 August 2036 | 2.1 years |
This matters because “Shani is on you” is said about all three. Sade Sati covers three of the twelve signs, so a quarter of all rashis are in it at any moment; these two cover one sign each, so another sixth are in one of them. Which one you have changes the dates completely, and Pisces and Cancer are nowhere near the three signs above.
Every cycle
2 in this windowSaturn takes about twenty-nine and a half years to go round, so Sade Sati comes back roughly that often — two or three times in a long life. These are computed from Saturn’s actual sidereal positions rather than from a twenty-nine-year rule of thumb, which is why the spans differ: Saturn is fastest near perihelion and slowest near aphelion, and Dhanu’s cycles here run 8.2 to 8.2 years.
| Cycle | From | To | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| past | 3 November 2014 | 17 January 2023 | 8.2 years |
| ahead | 11 December 2043 | 25 February 2052 | 8.2 years |
1 already finished.
Why another site gives you a different date
three reasons, and two of them are yoursSade Sati is counted from the Moon sign, not the Sun sign. The sign you know from a newspaper column is almost always your Sun sign, and the two agree for about one reader in twelve. If you have looked yourself up under the wrong one, every date you have been given is somebody else’s.
Find your Moon sign from your birth date, time and place — free, and it takes a minute.
Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, measured against the stars, and Western astrology uses the tropical one, measured against the equinox. They have drifted about 24° apart, which is most of a sign. A site running tropical positions will put Saturn in the next sign along and shift every date here by roughly two years.
These pages use the Lahiri ayanamsa, which is the Government of India standard and what almost every Indian panchang follows.
Saturn retrogrades once a year, so it can enter a sign, back out and enter again. That gives two defensible answers for when a phase ends: the first exit or the last one.
Every date on this page is first entry to final exit, so a span here is at the long end of what you will see quoted. It is the honest boundary of when Saturn was in the sign at all.
All twelve rashis
three are in it at onceCommon questions
5 questionsIs Dhanu rashi in Sade Sati now?
No. Saturn is in Pisces, the 4th sign from Sagittarius, and Sade Sati is the 12th, 1st or 2nd. The next one begins 11 December 2043.
When does Sade Sati end for Dhanu?
Dhanu is not in Sade Sati. The next runs 11 December 2043 to 25 February 2052.
Which signs does Saturn pass through for Dhanu Sade Sati?
Scorpio (12th from the Moon), Sagittarius (over the Moon) and Capricorn (2nd from the Moon).
What is the difference between Sade Sati and Dhaiyya for Dhanu?
Sade Sati is Saturn in the 12th, 1st or 2nd from your Moon and runs about seven and a half years. Dhaiyya is Saturn in the 4th or the 8th — Kantaka Shani and Ashtama Shani — and each runs about two and a half. For Dhanu that means Saturn in Pisces and in Cancer.
Is Sade Sati calculated from the Sun sign or the Moon sign?
The Moon sign. The sign most people know is their Sun sign, and the two match for about one person in twelve, so looking Sade Sati up under a Sun sign usually returns another rashi’s dates.
A dosha is a position in a chart, not a verdict.
Whether one is in yours is a question with a yes-or-no answer, and the chart is free to cast. What it means for you is the conversation.