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Dasha Calculator See your Vimshottari Mahadasha and Antardasha dates
A dasha is a planetary period. In the Vimshottari system, 120 years are shared among the nine grahas in a fixed order, and life begins in the Mahadasha of the planet that rules the nakshatra your Moon was in at birth. Each Mahadasha is divided into nine Antardashas, and each Antardasha into nine Pratyantardashas.
Enter your birth details
Use the time from your birth certificate if you have it. The Moon moves about 13° a day, so the birth time sets how much of the first Mahadasha was left at birth, and with it every date that follows.
What you will see
- The Mahadasha, Antardasha and Pratyantardasha running today
- When each of them started and until when it runs
- Your balance of dasha at birth
- All nine Mahadashas with their start and end dates
- The nine Antardashas inside every Mahadasha
- The Pratyantardashas of your current Antardasha
- Articles on the Mahadasha lords
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What the calculator shows
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Running now
The Mahadasha, Antardasha and Pratyantardasha running on today's date, each with the date it started and the date it runs until.
Balance at birth
Which Mahadasha you were born in, and how much of it was left, in years, months and days.
Mahadasha timeline
All nine Mahadashas in order, from your date of birth, with their start and end dates and length.
Antardashas
Open any Mahadasha to see its nine Antardashas with their dates. The ones running today are marked.
Pratyantardashas
The nine Pratyantardashas inside your current Antardasha, one level below the Antardasha, with their dates.
Articles on each lord
Links to our articles on the Mahadasha of each planet, where we have one.
Why the birth time matters
The first Mahadasha is only the part that was left at birth. It depends on how far the Moon had travelled through its nakshatra, and the Moon moves about half a degree an hour. An hour's difference in the birth time moves every dasha date that follows by about three months when the first Mahadasha is a 6- or 7-year one, and by about ten months when it is Venus's 20 years.
If the Moon was very close to the edge of a nakshatra at birth, a small change in the birth time can even change the first Mahadasha lord. Use the time on your birth certificate if you have it.
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How DKSCORE works out your dashas
From DKSCORE's chart engine
Every date on this page comes from DKSCORE's chart engine, the same one behind the DKSCORE app, so the two show the same periods for the same birth details.
Vimshottari order
The nine lords follow a fixed order: Ketu 7 years, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19 and Mercury 17, a total of 120 years.
Starts from the Moon's nakshatra
The first Mahadasha is that of the lord of the nakshatra your Moon was in at birth. Only the part of the nakshatra the Moon had not yet crossed counts, so the first Mahadasha is usually shorter than its full length.
Antardashas and Pratyantardashas
A Mahadasha is divided among all nine lords in the same order, starting with its own lord, each in proportion to its years. An Antardasha is divided into Pratyantardashas the same way.
Sidereal chart
The Moon's position comes from a sidereal chart with the Lahiri ayanamsa for your date, time and place of birth. The result also states the length of year used for the dates.
Learn how Vimshottari dasha works
For how the dasha periods are worked out from the Moon's nakshatra, step by step, read our in-depth guide.
Read about the Mahadashas
Articles from Jyotish Medium on the Vimshottari dasha and the Mahadasha of each planet.
- The Vimshottari dasha
- The Mahadasha at birth
- Dasha sandhi, the change from one Mahadasha to the next
- The Ketu Mahadasha
- The Sun Mahadasha
- The Moon Mahadasha
- The Mars Mahadasha
- The Rahu Mahadasha and its sub-periods
- The Jupiter Mahadasha
- The Saturn Mahadasha
- The Mercury Mahadasha
- What a dasha is
- The principles of the Mahadasha
- Dashas in Vedic astrology
- The effect of dashas
- Chidra dasha, the last Antardasha of a Mahadasha
- Dashas and nakshatras
- The Saturn Mahadasha and its Antardashas
- Transits and dashas together
- The dasha of the Lagna lord
- The Mahadasha of a planet that rules two houses
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Dasha calculator: questions and answers
What is a Mahadasha?
A Mahadasha is a major planetary period in the Vimshottari dasha system. There are nine, one for each graha, and they run one after another in a fixed order over 120 years: Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury. Astrologers read a Mahadasha with the position of its lord in your birth chart.
What is an Antardasha?
An Antardasha, also called a bhukti, is a sub-period inside a Mahadasha. Every Mahadasha has nine, one for each lord, starting with the Mahadasha lord's own Antardasha and then following the Vimshottari order. Each takes a share of the Mahadasha in proportion to its lord's years.
What is a Pratyantardasha?
A Pratyantardasha is a sub-period inside an Antardasha, divided among the nine lords in the same way. Most last from a few days to a few months. The result shows the nine inside your current Antardasha.
How is the Mahadasha at birth found?
From the Moon. The nakshatra the Moon was in at birth gives the first Mahadasha: its lord's period. How far the Moon had already travelled through that nakshatra gives how much of the period had passed, and the rest is the balance of dasha at birth. The Mahadashas that follow run for their full length.
Which Mahadasha am I running now?
Enter your date, time and place of birth. The result shows the Mahadasha, Antardasha and Pratyantardasha running on today's date in your browser, with the date each one started and the date it runs until.
Why does another calculator show different dasha dates?
The most common reasons are the birth time, which changes the balance at birth, and the ayanamsa: software that uses another one, such as KP or Raman, places the Moon slightly differently. Some software also uses a different length of year for the dasha periods. The result states the method behind its dates.
Do I need my exact birth time?
Yes. The Moon moves about half a degree an hour, so the birth time sets the balance at birth, and every dasha date after it moves with that balance. Use the time on your birth certificate if you have it.
Are my birth details saved?
Your details are used only to calculate the result. They are not saved to an account or profile, and they are never added to the page address or sent to analytics.