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Vimshottari dasha — the seasons of a life

A hundred and twenty years, told in nine chapters

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  1. 1. The full Vimshottari cycle lasts —

  2. 2. How many years is Shukra's mahadasha?

  3. 3. The first dasha of a life is set by —

A hundred and twenty years, told in nine chaptersPractise it live →
The rishi's scroll — read more, if you wish

Jyotisha does not only read the sky of a moment — it reads time. The Vimshottari system divides a full life of 120 years into nine mahadashas, one for each graha, always in the same order.

Where you begin is set at birth: the lord of the nakshatra your Moon stood in opens your first dasha, already part-way through. Each mahadasha holds nine antardashas, and each of those nine pratyantardashas — chapters within chapters.

A dasha is a season, not a sentence. A Shani period asks for structure and patience; a Shukra period opens beauty and relationship. Your own Life Circle draws all of yours, birth to a hundred.

  1. 1Ketu7
  2. 2Shukra20
  3. 3Surya6
  4. 4Chandra10
  5. 5Mangal7
  6. 6Rahu18
  7. 7Guru16
  8. 8Shani19
  9. 9Budha17

Dasha years: 120

The tables on this page are drawn from the same data VEDAUM reads charts with. The teaching text awaits a jyotishi's review, like every teaching page here.

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