Sade Sati for Pisces (Meen Rashi)

Sade Sati IS running for Pisces right now - the Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign).

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 Meen rashi as the MOON sign - if your Moon is elsewhere, this is not your cycle.

The cycle running now

29 April 2022 – 17 April 2030

Phase	From	To
Rising phase (Shani in the 12th from the Moon)	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.
Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign)	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.
Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon)	3 June 2027	17 April 2030 Shani left this sign and came back 2 times, which is why this phase runs longer than two and a half years.

The next cycle

25 February 2052 – 27 May 2059

Phase	From	To
Rising phase (Shani in the 12th from the Moon)	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.
Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign)	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.
Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon)	7 April 2057	27 May 2059

The last cycle

5 March 1993 – 7 June 2000

Phase	From	To
Rising phase (Shani in the 12th from the Moon)	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.
Peak phase (Shani over the Moon sign)	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.
Setting phase (Shani in the 2nd from the Moon)	17 April 1998	7 June 2000

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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FAQ

Is Sade Sati always bad for Pisces?: 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 Pisces?: 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 Meen?: 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.