Ketu केतु
7 years
A time of detachment, inner work and spiritual insight.
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दशा
Dashas
A dasha is a period of life ruled by one graha. The Vimshottari system, the most widely used, spans 120 years and divides them among the nine grahas in a fixed order.
Your first dasha is set by the nakshatra the Moon was in at birth; how far the Moon had travelled through it decides how much of that first period remained. Each mahadasha is divided into nine antardashas in the same order.
Shukra शुक्र
20 years
A time of relationship, beauty, comfort and the arts.
Surya सूर्य
6 years
A time of self-definition, authority and clarity of purpose.
Chandra चन्द्र
10 years
A time of feeling, home, nurture and the life of the mind.
Mangala मंगल
7 years
A time of energy, courage, property and decisive action.
Rahu राहु
18 years
A time of ambition, new worlds and unconventional paths.
Guru गुरु
16 years
A time of wisdom, growth, teachers and blessing.
Shani शनि
19 years
A time of patience, structure, duty and lasting results.
Budha बुध
17 years
A time of learning, communication, trade and skill.
Reading the one you are in
Look first at the mahadasha lord: its sign, its house, and the houses it rules in your chart. The antardasha lord colours the years within it. A period is rarely all good or all hard — it brings that graha’s matters to the front of life.
Your Kundali shows the mahadasha and antardasha running today, with the dates of each.