Vimshottari Dasha Timeline
Your current Mahadasha, Antardasha, and Pratyantardasha planetary periods, computed from your Moon's real sidereal nakshatra at birth using the classical Vimshottari timing system's actual proportional-year math — not a generic forecast, but the specific dasha lords and real date ranges your own birth data produces.
Because the full 120-year Vimshottari cycle is proportionally divided among nine planetary lords based on your Moon's real nakshatra at birth, the resulting Mahadasha and Antardasha date ranges are genuinely specific to you — not an approximate age-band shared by everyone with the same Moon sign.
The nine dasha lords — Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus — each get a fixed number of years in the 120-year cycle, but which lord you start under, and at what point in their period, depends entirely on your Moon's exact real nakshatra and degree at birth.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vimshottari Dasha?
The classical Vedic planetary-period system that divides a 120-year cycle among the nine grahas. Which planet's period you're born into is fixed entirely by your Moon's nakshatra at birth — fully deterministic, not a lookup table.
Why does my very first Mahadasha look shorter than its full length?
Because you were already partway through your birth nakshatra when you were born. The first period only covers the unelapsed balance of that nakshatra's ruling planet.
What's the difference between Mahadasha, Antardasha, and Pratyantardasha?
Mahadasha is the major period, Antardasha is a sub-period within it, and Pratyantardasha is a sub-sub-period within that — each level subdivides its parent proportional to that lord's classical share of the 120-year cycle.
Does the order of planetary periods ever change?
No — the Vimshottari sequence (Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury) is always fixed. Only the starting point and exact dates are personal to your chart.
Is Vimshottari Dasha used outside Vedic (sidereal) astrology?
No — it's a sidereal-only technique, computed here from your Moon's Lahiri-sidereal nakshatra at birth, not the tropical zodiac Western astrology uses.