Dasha Calculator
Your current Mahadasha and Antardasha, with real dates.
The Vimshottari Dasha system divides a 120-year lifespan into planetary periods (Mahadashas) and sub-periods (Antardashas), used across Vedic astrology to time when a planet's influence is actively running in your life. Enter your birth details to see your current Mahadasha and Antardasha with real start and end dates.
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How the Vimshottari sequence is built
The starting Mahadasha is fixed by the ruling planet of your birth Nakshatra, and each of the 9 grahas (Sun through Ketu, including the lunar nodes Rahu and Ketu) then runs for a fixed number of years in a set order — Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17 — adding up to the full 120-year cycle. Antardashas subdivide each Mahadasha proportionally among all 9 planets again, in the same order, starting with the Mahadasha lord itself.
Why timing matters more than placement alone
A planet can sit beautifully in a chart and still not "activate" its promised results until its Dasha or Antardasha arrives — which is why Vedic predictive astrology leans on Dasha timing as heavily as on the static placements themselves when judging when an event is likely to unfold.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Mahadasha and Antardasha?
A Mahadasha is a planet's major period, lasting anywhere from 6 to 20 years; an Antardasha is a shorter sub-period within it, ruled by a (possibly different) planet, that fine-tunes what actually plays out during that stretch of the Mahadasha.
How is my first Mahadasha decided?
By the ruling planet of the Nakshatra your Moon occupied at birth, and by exactly how far the Moon had travelled through that Nakshatra — which also sets how much of that first Mahadasha you'd already "used up" before birth.
Does everyone go through all 9 planetary periods?
Over a full 120-year Vimshottari cycle, yes — though very few people live through the entire cycle, so most charts only ever run through 4–6 of the 9 Mahadashas in a lifetime.