Shani Sade Sati Calculator
Are you in Sade Sati right now? Generate your chart to find out — and understand what it actually means for your life.
What is Shani Sade Sati?
Shani Sade Sati (literally "seven and a half years of Saturn") occurs when Saturn (Shani) transits through three consecutive signs — the sign before your Moon sign, your Moon sign itself, and the sign after. Since Saturn spends approximately 2.5 years in each sign, this period lasts about 7.5 years total.
Despite its fearsome reputation, Sade Sati is primarily a period of deep restructuring. Saturn doesn't destroy — it tests the foundations. What is built on solid ground survives and strengthens. What is inauthentic gets stripped away.
The Three Phases
Saturn transits the sign just before your natal Moon. Effects begin subtly — financial pressure, changes in professional status, shifts in relationships. The challenges are building quietly.
Saturn is directly on your natal Moon sign. This is the most intense phase — major life restructuring, health concerns for self or a parent, professional setbacks that ultimately lead to better foundations.
Saturn moves to the sign after your Moon. The pressure begins lifting. Clarity returns. The lessons from the peak phase start making sense. Recovery and rebuilding become possible.