Mahadasha & Antardasha Calculator
Your Vimshottari Mahadasha timeline — the planetary periods that colour each chapter of life. Your current period is highlighted.
Understanding your Vimshottari dasha
The Vimshottari dasha system divides life into planetary periods (mahadashas) totalling 120 years, assigned from the Moon’s nakshatra at birth. Each mahadasha — Sun 6 years, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17, Ketu 7, Venus 20 — colours that stretch of life with its planet’s themes, then hands over to the next in a fixed order. This calendar marks exactly where you are now and what comes next.
Within each mahadasha run sub-periods (antardashas) of every planet, so the texture of a year depends on the mahadasha lord and the current sub-lord together. Read against your birth chart, they show when a planet’s promise is most likely to unfold: a strong, well-placed dasha lord tends to deliver its significations, while a weak or afflicted one asks for patience and remedy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a mahadasha?
A mahadasha is the main planetary period in the Vimshottari system. It sets the dominant theme of that span of life; the nine mahadashas cycle in a fixed sequence totalling 120 years.
How is my dasha calculated?
It is calculated from the Moon’s exact nakshatra and degree at birth, which fixes the starting planet and how much of its period remained at your first breath.
What is an antardasha?
An antardasha is a sub-period within a mahadasha. Every planet gets a proportional sub-period, so the mahadasha lord and antardasha lord together shape each phase.