Enter your birth date, time and place above and this free calculator tells you whether Shrapit dosha is present in your chart. You see the signs of Saturn and Rahu, whether they share one, the house the pair falls in from your rising sign and how many degrees apart they are. The verdict uses the same rule as the dosha panel of the free kundali, so the two always agree.
How it works
The calculator works out your sidereal planets (Lahiri ayanamsa, mean node) and your rising sign. If Saturn and Rahu stand in the same sign, Shrapit dosha is present by the definition the free kundali uses. Saturn with Ketu is not part of this definition, and the kundali does not list it.
The word shrapit means cursed, which is why the name worries people. It is a name from later astrological writing; we have not found it in the classical texts we cite on this site, so the page names the rule it uses rather than a verse.
Reading the result
The answer at the top says whether the dosha is present and, if it is, the sign, the house and the distance between Saturn and Rahu. A table shows the pair with the signs, whether they share one, the degrees apart and the status the free kundali gives. If the pair is present, the calculator adds what is worth knowing: whether Saturn is in its own sign, exalted or debilitated, whether it is combust, and whether Jupiter’s aspect falls on the pair, which the free kundali lists as the classical softening factor for such pairs.
The guide to Saturn and Rahu together describes how the pair is read in each house.
Where traditions differ
Because the name comes from later writing and not from one classical verse, definitions vary. Some teachers count only the same sign, as this page and the free kundali do; others also look at how close the two are in degrees, which the result shows for reference. The houses are whole signs counted from the rising sign.
What it does not do
It does not say that anyone is cursed, it makes no prediction and it offers no remedy. Saturn and Rahu in one sign is a pattern to read with the rest of the chart: the strength of Saturn, the house, the aspects and the dasha running. Many charts have it, and nothing here is a reason for worry. If you want to understand Saturn’s present influence, the Sade Sati calculator and the Saturn transit calculator show where Saturn is now from your Moon.
Frequently asked questions
↳ What is Shrapit dosha?
Shrapit dosha is the name later astrological writing gives to Saturn and Rahu in the same sign of the birth chart. This calculator uses the rule of our free kundali: Saturn and Rahu in one sign.
↳ How do I check Shrapit dosha in my kundli?
Enter your birth date, time and place above. The calculator checks whether Saturn and Rahu share a sign, shows the house and the degrees between them, and gives the same verdict as the dosha panel of the free kundali.
↳ Does Saturn with Ketu count as Shrapit dosha?
Not by the definition used here or in the free kundali, which count only Saturn with Rahu.
↳ Is Shrapit dosha in the classical texts?
We have not found it in the classical texts we cite on this site. The name comes from later writing, which is why definitions vary and why the page names the rule it uses.
↳ Does Shrapit dosha mean I am cursed?
No. The word is dramatic, but the calculator only reports where two planets stand. A reading weighs them with the rest of the chart and the dasha, and the page makes no prediction.
↳ Does it need my birth time?
The form asks for it. Saturn and Rahu move slowly, so whether they share a sign rarely depends on the hour; the house of the pair does, because it is counted from the rising sign.