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What is vimshottari dasha?

Vimshottari dasha is the 120-year planetary period system ePandit uses for timing. It starts from the lord of the Moon’s birth nakshatra and proceeds through a fixed nine-planet sequence with fixed year lengths.

Sequence and lengths in our engine

Sequence: Ketu → Shukra → Surya → Chandra → Mangal → Rahu → Guru → Shani → Budha.

Year lengths match the mahadasha table documented on the mahadasha page; day length constant is 365.24219.

View your dasha timeline in the app

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