Saturn Live Tracker

Where is Saturn right now?

The Live Tracker shows Saturn's current sidereal position — computed from the Swiss Ephemeris DE431 planetary dataset at the exact moment you load this page. The readout uses Lahiri Ayanamsha to convert tropical longitude to sidereal, matching what Vedic panchang publications and traditional Muhurta software report. Because Saturn takes ~2.5 years to cross one sign when direct, the position card updates slowly — refreshing the page a few minutes later will not shift the sign, only the degree.

What each field means

• Sign (Rashi) — the sidereal zodiac sign Saturn currently occupies, out of 12.
• Nakshatra & Pada — the specific lunar mansion and quarter (out of 27 nakshatras × 4 padas each). Determines the daily "flavor" of Saturn energy in traditional readings.
• Degree — exact sidereal longitude within the sign, displayed as degrees ° minutes' seconds".
• Retrograde flag — whether Saturn's sidereal speed is currently negative (moving backward). Saturn is retrograde roughly about once a year, for about 138 days at a time.
• Combust flag — whether Saturn is within 15° of the Sun, in both directions, the Surya Siddhanta combustion thresholds. Distance to Sun also shown.
• Dignity — which of these states Saturn is in right now:
  • Exalted — all of Libra
  • Moolatrikona — Aquarius 0°00'00"–20°00'00"
  • Own sign — Aquarius 20°00'01" onward, and all of Capricorn
  • Debilitated — all of Aries
  • Neutral — any other sign
  • Peak exaltation — exactly 20°00'00" Libra, an instant rather than a window
  • Peak debilitation — exactly 20°00'00" Aries, an instant rather than a window
• Sign entry / exit times — the exact moments Saturn entered its current sign and will exit into the next one, in your local timezone.

Live vs Date Lookup — which do I use?

Live Tracker is for "where is Saturn at this exact moment" — useful when checking today's transit before starting a Saturn-signified activity, or seeing whether a real-time event coincides with a retrograde or combust window. For a historical or future date — e.g. checking Saturn at your birth moment, or planning a property or surgery Muhurta months ahead — use the Date Lookup tool, which computes Saturn at local sunrise for any date. Both use the same Swiss Ephemeris engine.

Common questions this page answers

This page answers “right now” questions — no date to enter, no target to pick. Typical phrasings:

• Where is Saturn right now? — the readout gives Saturn’s exact sidereal longitude, rashi, nakshatra, and pada at this moment, recomputed each time you load the page.
• Is Saturn retrograde right now? — the card shows a Direct / Retrograde (Vakri) flag. Saturn is retrograde roughly once a year for about 138 days — close to one day in three overall — so it reads Direct most of the time, but far less overwhelmingly than the faster planets.
• Is Saturn combust today? — the Combust (Shani Asta) flag plus the live angular distance to the Sun, measured against the classical 15° threshold.
• What rashi is Saturn in today? — the current Shani Rashi. Saturn stays ~2.5 years per sign when direct, longer if a retrograde loop keeps it in the same sign region.
• Which nakshatra is Saturn in today? — the current nakshatra plus its ruling planet and deity.
• Is Saturn exalted or debilitated right now? — the dignity readout flags Libra (exalted), Aquarius and Capricorn (own signs), and Aries (debilitated) placements.
• Is today good for a long-term commitment or tenure by Saturn criteria? — check three flags at once: Direct (not retrograde), uncombust, and a favourable sign. All three appear on the same card.

For a different date rather than right now, use the Date Lookup tool. To find when Saturn will next be in a specific nakshatra or rashi, use Find Dates.

Related tools

• Date Lookup — Saturn's complete readout at local sunrise for any past or future date. Useful for verifying a specific date rather than scrolling the timeline.
• Find Saturn Transit Dates — reverse lookup. Pick a nakshatra or rashi and get every Saturn window in the next 730 days — wide enough to span a Saturn retrograde and the visits around it, including retrograde re-entries as separate rows.
• Shani Rashi & Nakshatra Peyarchi (Year Timeline) — also called Shani Peyarchi. Every Saturn sign visit for a chosen year as a card, with retrograde loops shown as connected multi-visit chains, combust windows, and peak-dignity moments called out. Both layers share this one page — the Nakshatra timeline sits directly below the sign cards, with pada-level entry / exit times and Saturn-owned Nakshatras (Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada) highlighted.
• Sade Sati Check — the personal version of this page: Sade Sati and Dhaiya depend on where transiting Saturn sits relative to your natal Moon, not on Saturn's sign alone. Enter your birth details for your own verdict and its start / peak / end dates.