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Mercury antardasha in Venus mahadasha

The Mercury antardasha within the Venus mahadasha is also written Venus–Mercury.

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

In your chart

Mahadasha
Venus
Antardasha
Mercury
Mahadasha length
20 years
BPHS 46.15
Working
20×17/120 = 340/120 = 2.833333 years
BPHS 51.1
Duration
2 years, 10 months
Position in the mahadasha
8

How long it lasts

The Venus mahadasha lasts 20 years. Antardasha = 20×17/120 = 340/120 = 2.833333 years, i.e. about 2 years, 10 months.

Here 1 year = 365.25 days.

The order of the antardashas

The Venus mahadasha opens with Venus's own antardasha (BPHS ch. 51: the first antardasha belongs to the dasha lord), then the planets follow in Vimshottari order: Venus → Sun → Moon → Mars → Rahu → Jupiter → Saturn → Mercury → Ketu. The Mercury antardasha is the eighth in this sequence and begins 16 years after the mahadasha starts.

What tradition holds

Tradition links the Venus mahadasha with relationships, the arts and comfort, and reads the Mercury antardasha as adding a note of learning, communication and practical skill. Intellect meets art: skill, conversation and creativity. 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