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Sun antardasha in Mars mahadasha

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

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

In your chart

Mahadasha
Mars
Antardasha
Sun
Mahadasha length
7 years
BPHS 46.15
Working
7×6/120 = 42/120 = 0.350000 years
BPHS 51.1
Duration
4 months, 6 days
Position in the mahadasha
8

How long it lasts

The Mars mahadasha lasts 7 years. Antardasha = 7×6/120 = 42/120 = 0.350000 years, i.e. about 4 months, 6 days.

Here 1 year = 365.25 days.

The order of the antardashas

The Mars mahadasha opens with Mars's own antardasha (BPHS ch. 51: the first antardasha belongs to the dasha lord), then the planets follow in Vimshottari order: Mars → Rahu → Jupiter → Saturn → Mercury → Ketu → Venus → Sun → Moon. The Sun antardasha is the eighth in this sequence and begins 6 years, 24 days after the mahadasha starts.

What tradition holds

Tradition links the Mars mahadasha with courage, effort and initiative, and reads the Sun antardasha as adding a note of self-confidence, responsibility and self-respect. This meeting of energy and leadership is linked with considered initiative. 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