A Sade Sati calendar has two parts: the fixed schedule of Saturn’s sign changes, which is the same for everyone, and your personal timeline of cycles, which depends on your Moon sign. This page gives Saturn’s transit dates through the current period and explains how they map onto each moon sign, so you can see when the picture changes and when your own cycle begins or ends. For the personal version — every cycle of your life on one timeline — the calendar tool builds it from your birth details.
When does Saturn change signs?
Saturn changes sign roughly every two and a half years, and each change moves a new set of moon signs into and out of Sade Sati and Dhaiya. Here is the schedule through the current period, including the retrograde re-entries that split some transits.
| Saturn enters | Date | Leaves |
|---|---|---|
| Capricorn | 24 Jan 2020 | 29 Mar 2025 |
| Aquarius | 5 Feb 2023 (after retrograde) | 29 Mar 2025 |
| Pisces | 29 Mar 2025 | 3 Jun 2027 |
| Aries | 3 Jun 2027 | 20 Oct 2027 (returns to Pisces) |
| Pisces | 20 Oct 2027 | 23 Feb 2028 |
| Aries | 23 Feb 2028 | 8 Aug 2029 |
| Taurus | 8 Aug 2029 | onward with retrograde splits |
The pattern of a sign being entered, left, and briefly re-entered is Saturn’s retrograde motion, and it is why the calendar shows some signs twice in close succession. These are real transits, not duplicates.
Which signs does each Saturn transit affect?
Each Saturn sign position places three moon signs in Sade Sati — one in each phase — and two in Dhaiya. While Saturn is in Pisces, as it is now, the affected signs are:
| Saturn in Pisces affects | Status |
|---|---|
| Mesha (Aries) | Sade Sati — rising phase |
| Meena (Pisces) | Sade Sati — peak phase |
| Kumbha (Aquarius) | Sade Sati — setting phase |
| Simha (Leo) | Ashtama Shani |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Kantaka Shani |
When Saturn moves to Aries in 2028, this whole set shifts forward by one sign: Vrishabha enters the rising phase, Mesha moves to its peak, Meena to its setting phase, and so on. The live version of this table is on which rashi has Sade Sati now, and the year-level summary is on Sade Sati 2026.
What is a personal Sade Sati timeline?
A personal timeline maps every Sade Sati cycle of your life — past, present and future — onto a single view, from birth to about age 100. Because cycles recur roughly every 29 years, most lives contain two or three, and the timeline shows all of them with their exact dates.
The most useful part of a personal timeline is the past. The cycles you have already lived through are dated on it, and comparing those years against your own memory is the fastest way to judge whether the framework describes anything real for you. If the calculator names a period that was in fact one of pressure or restructuring, the current and future entries carry more weight. The personal timeline is built from your birth details in about a minute.
How far ahead does the calendar go?
The Saturn transit table underlying this calendar runs from 1948 to 2072, so it covers every cycle within any current lifespan. This is why the personal timeline can show not only your current and past cycles but your next one, however far off — and the gap before a future cycle is itself useful information, since it marks the preparation window before the transit arrives.
For the dates of a specific cycle’s start and end, including the retrograde breaks within it, see Sade Sati start and end dates.
Frequently asked questions
When does Saturn next change signs?
Saturn leaves Pisces on 3 June 2027, crosses briefly into Aries, returns to Pisces on 20 October 2027, and then enters Aries permanently on 23 February 2028. Each of these moves changes which moon signs are affected.
What is a Sade Sati chart?
It is a timeline or calendar showing Saturn’s transit dates and which moon signs are in Sade Sati or Dhaiya. A personal Sade Sati chart maps every cycle of your own life with exact dates.
How often does Sade Sati come in the calendar?
For any given moon sign, Sade Sati recurs roughly every 29 to 30 years, when Saturn returns to the 12th sign from that Moon. Across the twelve signs, three are always in Sade Sati at any time, shifting as Saturn changes sign.
Can I see all my past and future Sade Sati cycles?
Yes. The personal timeline shows every cycle from birth to about age 100, including the ones you have already lived through — which are the most useful for checking the framework against your own experience.
Do the calendar dates account for retrograde motion?
Yes. The dates include Saturn’s retrograde re-entries as separate windows rather than smoothing them, so the calendar matches a panchang rather than a simplified estimate.
Sade Sati is a traditional system of interpretation within Vedic astrology. Transit dates are astronomical calculations using the Lahiri ayanamsa; interpretations are traditional readings, not predictions of outcome.