vimshottari mahadasha
Mars Mahadasha (Mangal): The Nine Antardashas
7 years · follows Moon · precedes Rahu
The Mars mahadasha runs 7 years in the 120-year Vimshottari cycle. It comes after the Moon mahadasha and gives way to the Rahu mahadasha. A birth with the Moon in Mrigashira, Chitra or Dhanishta begins life inside it, part-way through, because those are the three nakshatras Mars rules.
Its nine antardashas start with Mars’s own and follow the cycle from there, so the last of them is the Moon’s. Inside these 7 years the Venus sub-period is the longest, at 1 year 2 months, and the Sun sub-period the shortest, at 4 months 6 days.
| # | Antardasha | Classical | Solar days | Opens after | Closes at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mars–Mars | 4m 27d | 149 | — | 4m 27d |
| 2 | Mars–Rahu | 1y 18d | 384 | 4m 27d | 1y 5m 15d |
| 3 | Mars–Jupiter | 11m 6d | 341 | 1y 5m 15d | 2y 4m 21d |
| 4 | Mars–Saturn | 1y 1m 9d | 405 | 2y 4m 21d | 3y 6m |
| 5 | Mars–Mercury | 11m 27d | 362 | 3y 6m | 4y 5m 27d |
| 6 | Mars–Ketu | 4m 27d | 149 | 4y 5m 27d | 4y 10m 24d |
| 7 | Mars–Venus | 1y 2m | 426 | 4y 10m 24d | 6y 24d |
| 8 | Mars–Sun | 4m 6d | 128 | 6y 24d | 6y 5m |
| 9 | Mars–Moon | 7m | 213 | 6y 5m | 7y |
The “opens after” and “closes at” columns are measured from the start of a full Mars mahadasha on the classical year. A Mars 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 Mars Mahadasha
This page is arithmetic. For how the Mars mahadasha is interpreted, see our Mars mahadasha article; for Mars’s dignities, friendships and remedies, the Mars (Mangal) page; and for the system as a whole, Vimshottari dasha explained. This page in Hindi: मंगल महादशा.
The Mars Mahadasha by Ascendant
Which houses Mars and each of its sub-period lords rule depends on the ascendant. The Mars mahadasha read through each lagna’s lordships: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.