Sade Sati for Aquarius (Kumbh Rashi)
Sade Sati IS running for Aquarius right now - the Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon).
Sade Sati is the roughly seven and a half years Shani spends in three signs around your Moon sign: the twelfth from it, the sign itself, and the second from it. The dates below are for Kumbh rashi as the MOON sign - if your Moon is elsewhere, this is not your cycle.
The cycle running now
24 January 2020 – 23 February 2028
| Phase | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rising phase (Shani in the 12th from the Moon) | 24 January 2020 | 17 January 2023 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
| Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign) | 29 April 2022 | 29 March 2025 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
| Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon) | 29 March 2025 | 23 February 2028 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
The next cycle
6 March 2049 – 7 April 2057
| Phase | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rising phase (Shani in the 12th from the Moon) | 6 March 2049 | 25 February 2052 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
| Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign) | 25 February 2052 | 5 February 2055 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
| Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon) | 14 May 2054 | 7 April 2057 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
The last cycle
21 March 1990 – 17 April 1998
| Phase | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Rising phase (Shani in the 12th from the Moon) | 21 March 1990 | 10 November 1993 Shani left this sign and came back 2 times, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
| Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign) | 5 March 1993 | 16 February 1996 Shani left this sign and came back 2 times, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
| Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon) | 2 June 1995 | 17 April 1998 Shani left this sign and came back once, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years. |
What Sade Sati actually is
Shani takes about twenty-nine and a half years to go round the zodiac and about two and a half to cross one sign. Sade Sati is the stretch when it is in the three signs around your Moon - roughly seven and a half years, once every twenty-nine or so. It is a transit, not a verdict: it marks years that ask for patience and plain dealing.
Dates computed from Shani's sidereal longitude with the Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa, in IST. Boundary days can differ by a day between panchangs.
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Our AI astrologer reads the chart the Swiss Ephemeris calculates from your details - where Shani sits for you, not a general rule.
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- Is Sade Sati always bad for Aquarius?
- No. Shani is slow and asks for work, patience and honesty, and the years are usually demanding rather than ruinous. What it touches depends on your whole chart - which houses Shani rules for you, where it sits at birth, and which dasha is running - not on your rashi alone.
- Why do two websites give different Sade Sati dates for Aquarius?
- Because Shani retrogrades. It crosses into a sign, turns back for a few months, and crosses again, so a phase has a first entry and a final exit with gaps between them. Some tables print the first crossing and some the last. The dates here come from the real transits, and where Shani returned to a sign the page says so.
- What are the three phases?
- Rising, while Shani is in the twelfth sign from your Moon; peak, while it passes over your Moon sign; and setting, while it is in the second. Each runs about two and a half years, longer when Shani retrogrades back into that sign.
- How do I know my Moon sign is Kumbh?
- From your birth date, exact time and place. The Moon changes sign about every two and a half days, so the time matters. The free birth chart works it out.