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Vimshottari dasha calculator

Your Vimśottarī dasha from your birth details: the mahadasha and antardasha running now, every mahadasha with its dates, and the balance at birth.

  • The mahadasha and antardasha running now
  • Every mahadasha with its dates
  • The balance at birth
Example · 19 Jan 2001, 14:05, New DelhiRunning now

Mercury–Saturn

Mercury mahadasha, 27 May 2012 to 27 May 2029; Saturn antardasha, 17 Sep 2026 to 27 May 2029.

PratyantardashaSaturn, to 19 Feb 2027
Balance at birthSaturn: 11y 4m 6d
Every mahadasha (the first began before birth)
  1. Saturn27 May 1993 – 27 May 2012
  2. Mercury27 May 2012 – 27 May 2029
  3. Ketu27 May 2029 – 26 May 2036
  4. Venus26 May 2036 – 26 May 2056
  5. Sun26 May 2056 – 27 May 2062
  6. Moon27 May 2062 – 26 May 2072
  7. Mars26 May 2072 – 27 May 2079
  8. Rahu27 May 2079 – 26 May 2097
  9. Jupiter26 May 2097 – 27 May 2113
The antardashas of Mercury
  1. Mercury27 May 2012 – 23 Oct 2014
  2. Ketu23 Oct 2014 – 20 Oct 2015
  3. Venus20 Oct 2015 – 20 Aug 2018
  4. Sun20 Aug 2018 – 27 Jun 2019
  5. Moon27 Jun 2019 – 25 Nov 2020
  6. Mars25 Nov 2020 – 22 Nov 2021
  7. Rahu22 Nov 2021 – 11 Jun 2024
  8. Jupiter11 Jun 2024 – 17 Sep 2026
  9. Saturn17 Sep 2026 – 27 May 2029

Dates use a year of 365.2425 days, our convention.

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Enter birth details exactly as on the birth record.

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You will get a Moon chart (Chandra lagna). Houses, the ascendant and time-sensitive results are left out and marked.
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The nine periods

Ketu7 yearsVenus20 yearsSun6 yearsMoon10 yearsMars7 yearsRahu18 yearsJupiter16 yearsSaturn19 yearsMercury17 years

120 years in all, always in this order. Each nakshatra belongs to one of the nine lords, so the Moon’s nakshatra at birth decides where in the cycle a life begins. Bṛhaj-jyotiḥsāra vv. 411⁠–⁠414

Questions

The dasha rule from the Bṛhaj-jyotiḥsāra, and our conventions.

What is Vimshottari dasha?

A cycle of 120 years (vimśottarī, "one hundred and twenty") divided among the nine planets in a fixed order: Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17 years. Bṛhaj-jyotiḥsāra vv. 411⁠–⁠414, p. 150

How is the first dasha found?

From the Moon’s nakshatra at birth: the first period belongs to that nakshatra’s lord, and the part of it left at birth matches the part of the nakshatra the Moon had still to cross. For the example, Anuradha gives Saturn. Bṛhaj-jyotiḥsāra v. 414

What year length is used?

365.2425 days, the Gregorian year. Other conventions are in use (365.25 days, the sidereal year, or a year of 360 days) and no source read fixes the count, so this is our convention.

What is antardasha?

A sub-period. Each mahadasha is divided among all nine planets in the same order, starting with its own lord, each in proportion to its years. The answer lists the antardashas of the running mahadasha.

How it is worked out

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Lords and years
Bṛhaj-jyotiḥsāra vv. 411⁠–⁠414: the nine lords from Kṛttikā, with their years.
Start
The Moon’s nakshatra at birth gives the first lord; the part of the nakshatra still to run gives the balance.
Year
365.2425 days (the Gregorian year): our convention, since no source read fixes the count.
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Sidereal zodiac (Lahiri by default) · years of 365.2425 days · Swiss Ephemeris · Method