Sanskrit: “hare”
Saturn in its own sign (Capricorn or Aquarius) or exalted (Libra), placed in a kendra from the Lagna.
Said to confer authority earned through endurance — administration, command over people or resources, and standing that arrives slowly and holds.
The most demanding of the five. Saturn strong rewards patience rather than granting anything early, and the same placement that builds lasting authority often makes the first three decades feel slow.
Our free kundli checks for Shasha Yoga deterministically from your birth chart and will tell you plainly whether it is present — and will never claim it when it isn't.
Create your free kundliA note on how to hold any of this: a yoga is one feature of a chart among many, and no combination decides a life on its own. Classical texts frequently disagree on exact conditions, and a yoga’s effects are traditionally read as arriving during the dasha periods of the planets involved rather than continuously. Be particularly wary of any reading that names a difficult yoga and then offers to sell you the cure.