Vedic astrology glossary
What is Shani Sade Sati?
Also known as: Saturn's seven-and-a-half years
Sade Sati is the roughly seven-and-a-half-year period when Saturn (Shani) transits the sign before, the same sign as, and the sign after your Moon rashi.
It unfolds in three phases of about 2½ years each and is one of the most discussed transits in Vedic astrology. Its effects are read from the whole chart, not the transit alone.