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Mars antardasha in Sun mahadasha

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

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

In your chart

Mahadasha
Sun
Antardasha
Mars
Mahadasha length
6 years
BPHS 46.15
Working
6×7/120 = 42/120 = 0.350000 years
BPHS 51.1
Duration
4 months, 6 days
Position in the mahadasha
3

How long it lasts

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

Here 1 year = 365.25 days.

The order of the antardashas

The Sun mahadasha opens with Sun's own antardasha (BPHS ch. 51: the first antardasha belongs to the dasha lord), then the planets follow in Vimshottari order: Sun → Moon → Mars → Rahu → Jupiter → Saturn → Mercury → Ketu → Venus. The Mars antardasha is the third in this sequence and begins 9 months, 18 days after the mahadasha starts.

What tradition holds

Tradition links the Sun mahadasha with self-confidence, responsibility and self-respect, and reads the Mars antardasha as adding a note of courage, effort and initiative. 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