Śani
शनि
Saturn: time, discipline, labour, delay and longevity.
Definition
Śani, Saturn, is the servant among the grahas in BPHS and the slowest-moving of the visible ones, taking about two and a half years to cross a sign. It rules Makara and Kumbha, is exalted in Tulā and debilitated in Meṣa, and casts special aspects on the third and tenth houses from itself. Its transit over the natal Moon gives rise to Sade Sati, and its Vimśottarī daśā lasts nineteen years.
Articles that use this term
- SiddhantaExplainer
Gochar explained: transits, sign changes and retrograde motion
What a transit calendar actually lists, why a graha seems to move backwards, and how the classical texts and modern astronomy describe the same motion.
8 min read · 29 September 2026
- PanchangaExplainer
Rahu Kaal, Gulika and Yamaganda: where the day-divisions come from
Three daily periods printed in almanacs, each an eighth of the daylight chosen by weekday: how they are computed, and why we treat them as later conventions.
6 min read · 28 September 2026