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Moon antardasha in Moon mahadasha

The Moon antardasha within the Moon mahadasha is also written Moon–Moon.

Source: BPHS (Santhanam) 46.12–14, Vimshottari order from Krittika: Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus

In your chart

Mahadasha
Moon
Antardasha
Moon
Mahadasha length
10 years
BPHS 46.15
Working
10×10/120 = 100/120 = 0.833333 years
BPHS 51.1
Duration
10 months
Position in the mahadasha
1

How long it lasts

The Moon mahadasha lasts 10 years. Antardasha = 10×10/120 = 100/120 = 0.833333 years, i.e. about 10 months.

Here 1 year = 365.25 days.

The order of the antardashas

In the Moon mahadasha the first antardasha is Moon's own, because BPHS (ch. 51) says the first antardasha of every dasha belongs to the dasha lord. So this pair opens the mahadasha; the others follow in Vimshottari order: Moon → Mars → Rahu → Jupiter → Saturn → Mercury → Ketu → Venus → Sun.

What tradition holds

Tradition links the Moon mahadasha with the mind, feelings and home. It is the first antardasha of this mahadasha, so tradition sees Moon's qualities here in their most direct form. The real picture comes from Moon's sign and house in the chart.

In your chart

See when this period falls in your chart, and where both planets sit, in the free kundli.

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Sources

  • BPHS (Santhanam) 46.12–14 · Vimshottari order from Krittika: Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus
  • BPHS (Santhanam) 46.15 · Dasha years 6, 10, 7, 18, 16, 19, 17, 7, 20 (OCR shows "6,lO, 7, 18, 16, 19,l'1,7 and20")
  • BPHS (Santhanam) 46.12–14, translator's note · 120 years in total
  • BPHS (Santhanam) 51.1 · Antardasha = MD years × AD years ÷ total dasha years (120)
  • BPHS (Santhanam) 51.1, notes · Worked example: Venus–Venus = 20×20/120 = 3 years 4 months
  • BPHS (Santhanam) 51.1, notes · Shortcut: MD×AD, drop the last digit as months, the last digit ×3 as days (360-day reckoning); Saturn–Mercury 17×19 = 323
  • BPHS (Santhanam) 51.2 · The first antardasha belongs to the dasha lord; the rest follow the dasha order
  • Praśna Mārga (Raman tr.) stanza 65, notes · An example of the 360-day year in a dasha context (the praśna daśā, not the natal one)

Checked against the classical texts · Last reviewed: 2026-10-14