vimshottari mahadasha
Jupiter Mahadasha (Guru): The Nine Antardashas
16 years · follows Rahu · precedes Saturn
The Jupiter mahadasha runs 16 years in the 120-year Vimshottari cycle. It comes after the Rahu mahadasha and gives way to the Saturn mahadasha. A birth with the Moon in Punarvasu, Vishakha or Purva Bhadrapada begins life inside it, part-way through, because those are the three nakshatras Jupiter rules.
Its nine antardashas start with Jupiter’s own and follow the cycle from there, so the last of them is Rahu’s. Inside these 16 years the Venus sub-period is the longest, at 2 years 8 months, and the Sun sub-period the shortest, at 9 months 18 days.
| # | Antardasha | Classical | Solar days | Opens after | Closes at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter–Jupiter | 2y 1m 18d | 779 | — | 2y 1m 18d |
| 2 | Jupiter–Saturn | 2y 6m 12d | 925 | 2y 1m 18d | 4y 8m |
| 3 | Jupiter–Mercury | 2y 3m 6d | 828 | 4y 8m | 6y 11m 6d |
| 4 | Jupiter–Ketu | 11m 6d | 341 | 6y 11m 6d | 7y 10m 12d |
| 5 | Jupiter–Venus | 2y 8m | 974 | 7y 10m 12d | 10y 6m 12d |
| 6 | Jupiter–Sun | 9m 18d | 292 | 10y 6m 12d | 11y 4m |
| 7 | Jupiter–Moon | 1y 4m | 487 | 11y 4m | 12y 8m |
| 8 | Jupiter–Mars | 11m 6d | 341 | 12y 8m | 13y 7m 6d |
| 9 | Jupiter–Rahu | 2y 4m 24d | 877 | 13y 7m 6d | 16y |
The “opens after” and “closes at” columns are measured from the start of a full Jupiter mahadasha on the classical year. A Jupiter mahadasha that was already running at birth is entered part-way, so for that birth the early rows may be in the past; the dasha calculator places the rows on the calendar from the Moon’s longitude.
Reading the Jupiter Mahadasha
This page is arithmetic. For how the Jupiter mahadasha is interpreted, see our Jupiter mahadasha article; for Jupiter’s dignities, friendships and remedies, the Jupiter (Guru) page; and for the system as a whole, Vimshottari dasha explained. This page in Hindi: गुरु महादशा.
The Jupiter Mahadasha by Ascendant
Which houses Jupiter and each of its sub-period lords rule depends on the ascendant. The Jupiter mahadasha read through each lagna’s lordships: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.