The Vimshottari Dasha is the most widely used timing system in Vedic astrology, a 120-year cycle that maps which planet is governing a chapter of your life at any moment. Your starting period is decided by the nakshatra of your Moon at birth, after which the nine planets each rule a fixed-length Mahadasha: Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19 and Mercury 17 years.
Inside every Mahadasha run nine Antardasha sub-periods in the same sequence, and finer Pratyantardasha sub-sub-periods within those, so the system can pinpoint timing windows rather than vague years. Our calculator computes the exact start and end dates of every period from your birth chart.
Open any planet's page below to check when your Mahadasha for that planet runs, and to understand the classical themes, effects and remedies traditionally associated with it.
Your exact birth chart powers a full, personalised PDF reading, generated instantly.
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