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Sun antardasha in Rahu mahadasha

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

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

In your chart

Mahadasha
Rahu
Antardasha
Sun
Mahadasha length
18 years
BPHS 46.15
Working
18×6/120 = 108/120 = 0.900000 years
BPHS 51.1
Duration
10 months, 24 days
Position in the mahadasha
7

How long it lasts

The Rahu mahadasha lasts 18 years. Antardasha = 18×6/120 = 108/120 = 0.900000 years, i.e. about 10 months, 24 days.

Here 1 year = 365.25 days.

The order of the antardashas

The Rahu mahadasha opens with Rahu's own antardasha (BPHS ch. 51: the first antardasha belongs to the dasha lord), then the planets follow in Vimshottari order: Rahu → Jupiter → Saturn → Mercury → Ketu → Venus → Sun → Moon → Mars. The Sun antardasha is the seventh in this sequence and begins 14 years, 6 months, 18 days after the mahadasha starts.

What tradition holds

Tradition links the Rahu mahadasha with unfamiliar paths, ambition and change, and reads the Sun antardasha as adding a note of self-confidence, responsibility and self-respect. Identity meets new ambition, and tradition advises staying close to one's values. 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