Vimshottari Dasha Calculator
Vimshottari Dasha divides your life into a fixed sequence of 9 major planetary periods (Mahadashas), totalling 120 years, starting point fixed by your Moon's Nakshatra at birth.
This calculator shows your full Mahadasha timeline and highlights whichever period you're currently living through.
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What is Vimshottari Dasha?
Vimshottari ("120-year") Dasha is the most widely used planetary period system in Vedic astrology. Each of the 9 grahas rules a fixed-length period in a set sequence — Ketu 7 years, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, and Mercury 17 — adding up to 120 years in total.
How your Dasha timeline is calculated
Your exact starting planet and how much of its period had already elapsed before your birth are both fixed by your Moon's precise Nakshatra and degree at birth — the same sidereal, Lahiri-ayanamsa calculation used throughout this site.
Why your current Mahadasha matters
The Mahadasha you're living through is traditionally read as setting the overall theme of that period of your life, with the planet's own significations coming to the foreground.
