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Mars antardasha in Moon mahadasha

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

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
Mars
Mahadasha length
10 years
BPHS 46.15
Working
10×7/120 = 70/120 = 0.583333 years
BPHS 51.1
Duration
7 months
Position in the mahadasha
2

How long it lasts

The Moon mahadasha lasts 10 years. Antardasha = 10×7/120 = 70/120 = 0.583333 years, i.e. about 7 months.

Here 1 year = 365.25 days.

The order of the antardashas

The Moon mahadasha opens with Moon's own antardasha (BPHS ch. 51: the first antardasha belongs to the dasha lord), then the planets follow in Vimshottari order: Moon → Mars → Rahu → Jupiter → Saturn → Mercury → Ketu → Venus → Sun. The Mars antardasha is the second in this sequence and begins 10 months after the mahadasha starts.

What tradition holds

Tradition links the Moon mahadasha with the mind, feelings and home, and reads the Mars antardasha as adding a note of courage, effort and initiative. Feeling meets courage: the advice is to put the mind's energy into useful work. The real picture comes from the signs and houses of both planets 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