Daanyam · Vimshottari Dasha
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Daanyam · Vimshottari Dasha
Guru Mahadasha
with Shani Antardasha
Jan 2020 – Jan 2036
Calculate your Dasha — free →Mahadasha · Antardasha · 120-year Vimshottari
The Vimshottari Dasha system distributes 120 years across nine grahas (planets) in a fixed order: Ketu (7 yrs), Venus (20), Sun (6), Moon (10), Mars (7), Rahu (18), Jupiter (16), Saturn (19), and Mercury (17). Your personal sequence begins with the nakshatra (lunar mansion) the Moon occupies at the exact moment of birth.
Each of the 27 nakshatras is ruled by one of the nine grahas. The ruler of your birth nakshatra becomes your first Mahadasha planet, and the remaining balanceof that period is calculated from the Moon's precise longitude within the nakshatra. This balance — often just months or a few years — is the starting offset that makes every person's Dasha timeline unique.
Within each Mahadasha, nine Antardashas (sub-periods) cycle through the same planetary order, starting from the Mahadasha lord itself. For example, during a Jupiter Mahadasha (16 years), you pass through Jupiter–Jupiter, Jupiter–Saturn, Jupiter–Mercury, and so on. The Antardasha lengths are proportional to each planet's share of the 120-year cycle.
Daanyam computes your Dasha using Swiss Ephemeris-grade planetary positions and the classical rules from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS). Enter your date of birth, exact birth time, and place of birth above to see your current Mahadasha, Antardasha, and the full timeline.
Each graha rules a fixed Mahadasha chapter — effects on career, relationships, and classical remedies. Open your planet's guide, then calculate your personal timeline.
You cannot know your current Dasha from your Sun sign or Rashi alone — it depends on the exact nakshatra (lunar mansion) your Moon occupied at birth and how far through it the Moon had travelled. Enter your birth date, time, and place in the calculator above and it returns your running Mahadasha and Antardasha instantly, with start and end dates for each period.
As a rough guide: if a single life theme — discipline, expansion, upheaval, relationships — has dominated the last several years, that is usually the signature of the running Mahadasha lord. The calculator confirms it precisely from the Moon's longitude, not from guesswork.
Vimshottari Dasha is the most widely used planetary period system in Vedic astrology (Jyotish). The word Vimshottarimeans "120" — the total span of one complete cycle. Nine grahas divide this cycle: Ketu (7 years), Venus (20), Sun (6), Moon (10), Mars (7), Rahu (18), Jupiter (16), Saturn (19), and Mercury (17).
The starting point is determined by the Moon's nakshatra (birth star) at the moment of birth. Each nakshatra is ruled by a specific graha, and the remaining balance of that graha's Mahadasha at birth sets the sequence for life. This is why accurate birth time matters so much — a shift of even minutes can change the initial Dasha balance.
Within each Mahadasha, nine Antardashas (sub-periods) cycle through the same sequence. A further level, Pratyantardasha, subdivides each Antardasha. Daanyam's calculator shows the first two levels — Mahadasha and Antardasha — which are the most practically useful for understanding life chapters and timing decisions.
The system originates in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS), attributed to the sage Parashara, and has been the primary Dasha system for North Indian Jyotish for centuries. It remains the default predictive tool for classical astrologers across India.
Every Mahadasha has a fixed length — Ketu 7 years, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17 — but your personal end date depends on the balance of the first Dasha at birth. Because the Moon is partway through a nakshatra when you are born, your first period starts partially elapsed, which shifts every subsequent start and end date.
The calculator shows the exact end date of your running Mahadasha and Antardasha and which period begins next. Jyotish treats the final months of a Mahadasha (the Dasha chidra) and the first Antardasha of a new lord as transition windows — useful context for timing major decisions rather than reasons for anxiety.
No. Vimshottari Dasha is a birth-chart period system: your sequence was fixed at the moment of birth and unfolds regardless of where planets are today. Sade Sati is a transit: the roughly seven-and-a-half years while Saturn moves through the twelfth, first, and second houses from your natal Moon.
The two can overlap — a Saturn Mahadasha running during Sade Sati intensifies Saturn themes — but they answer different questions. Dasha tells you which planetary chapter of life you are in; Sade Sati tells you what Saturn is doing to your Moon right now. Daanyam has a separate free Sade Sati checker that uses the same birth details.