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Graha

Saturn

शनिShani

Discipline, karma, delay, longevity, labour.

Where Saturn is now

Meen 20°23', in Revati pada 2Retrograde

Sign lord
Jupiter
Western sign
Pisces
Dignity here
Neither exalted nor debilitated

Computed for Sat, 8 Aug, 2026, 5:30 pm IST, sidereal Lahiri.

Classical attributes

From the standard texts. These do not change.

Rules the signs
Makar and Kumbh
Exalted in
Tula (deep exaltation at 20°)
Debilitated in
Mesh (deep debilitation at 20°)
Moolatrikona
Kumbh 0°–20°
Aspects (drishti)
3rd, 7th, 10th house from itself — the 7th plus its special aspects
Natural friends
Mercury, Venus
Neutral toward
Jupiter
Natural enemies
Sun, Moon, Mars
Karaka of
Longevity, discipline and karma, labour and service, delay, detachment and old age.
Presiding deity
Shani
Weekday
Saturday
Gemstone
Blue sapphire (Neelam)
Metal
Iron
Direction
West
Beeja mantra
Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaischaraya Namah
Vimshottari mahadasha
19 years

Saturn in the Vimshottari cycle

Discipline, karma, hard work and endurance; slow, testing, but deeply maturing years.

Saturn rules three of the twenty-seven nakshatras, evenly spaced through the zodiac. A birth Moon in any of them starts life in a Saturn mahadasha of 19 years.

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