Vimshottari dasha calculator

A dasha is a period of life ruled by one graha (planet). Vedic astrology lines these periods up one after another, like chapters, and reads each chapter through what that graha does in your chart. It's a way to look at timing, not a promise of what will happen.

The mahadasha is the long period, between 6 and 20 years in the Vimshottari system. The antardasha is a shorter section inside it, ruled by another graha. The mahadasha sets the main theme and the antardasha adds a second colour for a while.

It is a 120-year cycle of nine periods. The cycle starts from the nakshatra (birth star) your Moon was in at birth, and the Moon's exact spot inside that star decides how much of the first period was left when you were born. Every date after that follows from it.

The dasha counts from where the Moon was, and the Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, so a few hours of difference can change the date of every period. Enter the time as exact if you know it, or as about if you are close. I don't guess it for you.

It is a 36-year cycle of eight periods, each with a name (Mangala, Pingala, Dhanya and so on) and a ruling graha. It also starts from your Moon's nakshatra. Some readers use it next to Vimshottari as a second view. Here it shows the main periods only.

No. Every graha rules a chapter for everyone, so everybody has all of them in time. A period asks for a certain kind of effort, and it helps to know which one is running. There is nothing to buy and nothing you have to fix, and if anyone asks you to pay to "fix" a dasha, that's a red flag.