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Sade Sati is the roughly seven-and-a-half-year period in which Saturn passes through the sign before your Moon sign, your Moon sign itself, and the sign after it. It comes about every 30 years, so most people meet it two or three times. The dates depend only on your Moon sign — and on Saturn, whose retrograde returns can stretch each phase.
Sade Sati for every Moon sign, 2000–2050
Computed from Saturn’s sidereal (Lahiri) ingresses with Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03 (Moshier). Each period runs from Saturn’s first entry into the 12th sign from the Moon to its final exit from the 2nd, retrograde returns included.
| Moon sign | Sade Sati periods |
|---|---|
| Aries Mesha | 2 Jun 1995 – 7 Apr 2003 29 Mar 2025 – 30 May 2032 |
| Taurus Vrishabha | 17 Apr 1998 – 26 May 2005 2 Jun 2027 – 12 Jul 2034 |
| Gemini Mithuna | 6 Jun 2000 – 15 Jul 2007 8 Aug 2029 – 27 Aug 2036 |
| Cancer Karka | 23 Jul 2002 – 9 Sept 2009 30 May 2032 – 12 Jul 2039 |
| Leo Simha | 5 Sept 2004 – 4 Aug 2012 12 Jul 2034 – 26 Sept 2041 |
| Virgo Kanya | 1 Nov 2006 – 2 Nov 2014 27 Aug 2036 – 30 Aug 2044 |
| Libra Tula | 9 Sept 2009 – 26 Oct 2017 22 Oct 2038 – 7 Dec 2046 |
| Scorpio Vrishchika | 15 Nov 2011 – 24 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2041 – 4 Dec 2049 |
| Sagittarius Dhanu | 2 Nov 2014 – 17 Jan 2023 11 Dec 2043 – 24 Feb 2052 |
| Capricorn Makara | 26 Jan 2017 – 29 Mar 2025 7 Dec 2046 – 5 Feb 2055 |
| Aquarius Kumbha | 24 Jan 2020 – 23 Feb 2028 6 Mar 2049 – 7 Apr 2057 |
| Pisces Meena | 5 Mar 1993 – 6 Jun 2000 29 Apr 2022 – 17 Apr 2030 |
How it is calculated
- Your Moon sign is computed from your birth date, time and time zone (sidereal, Lahiri) — or you pick it if you already know it.
- Saturn’s sidereal sign ingresses from 1900 to 2100 were computed with Swiss Ephemeris, the engine the Plutto app uses, including every retrograde step back into the previous sign.
- A Sade Sati runs from Saturn’s first entry into the 12th sign from your Moon to its final exit from the 2nd; its three phases — rising, peak and setting — are listed with their exact dates.
- The two small panotis (Dhaiya) are Saturn in the 4th sign from the Moon (Kantaka Shani) and the 8th (Ashtama Shani).
These are the actual crossing dates, to the day, not the rounded 7½-year blocks many lists give — which is why a phase can repeat when Saturn turns retrograde. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Questions
How long does Sade Sati last?
About seven and a half years — Saturn spends around two and a half years in each of the three signs — but retrograde returns can make a particular Sade Sati a few months longer or shorter.
Which Moon signs are in Sade Sati in 2026?
Saturn is in sidereal Pisces from 29 March 2025 to June 2027, so the Moon signs in Sade Sati are Aquarius (setting phase), Pisces (peak) and Aries (rising). The table on this page lists every sign’s dates from 2000 to 2050.
What is Dhaiya (small panoti)?
Saturn’s two-and-a-half-year stay in the 4th sign from the Moon (Kantaka Shani) or the 8th (Ashtama Shani). Tradition reads them as lighter versions of Sade Sati.
Is Sade Sati always difficult?
Tradition reads it as a period of pressure, responsibility and consolidation rather than as a misfortune, and says its effect depends on Saturn’s own strength and placement in the birth chart — which a Moon-sign table cannot show.
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