STRAIGHT ANSWER
Is Sade Sati running for me?
Sade Sati is Saturn's 7½-year passage through the sign before, of, and after your natal Moon, three phases of about 2½ years each, each with its own texture.
HOW JYOTISH ANSWERS IT
The real method, not the superstition.
You need exactly one input: your Moon rashi. Saturn's current rashi versus it decides whether you are in the rising, peak or setting phase, or clear. The tool computes both from live ephemeris data and shows the full phase timeline with the classical reading of each.