vimshottari mahadasha
Moon Mahadasha (Chandra): The Nine Antardashas
10 years · follows Sun · precedes Mars
The Moon mahadasha runs 10 years in the 120-year Vimshottari cycle. It comes after the Sun mahadasha and gives way to the Mars mahadasha. A birth with the Moon in Rohini, Hasta or Shravana begins life inside it, part-way through, because those are the three nakshatras the Moon rules.
Its nine antardashas start with the Moon’s own and follow the cycle from there, so the last of them is the Sun’s. Inside these 10 years the Venus sub-period is the longest, at 1 year 8 months, and the Sun sub-period the shortest, at 6 months.
| # | Antardasha | Classical | Solar days | Opens after | Closes at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon–Moon | 10m | 304 | — | 10m |
| 2 | Moon–Mars | 7m | 213 | 10m | 1y 5m |
| 3 | Moon–Rahu | 1y 6m | 548 | 1y 5m | 2y 11m |
| 4 | Moon–Jupiter | 1y 4m | 487 | 2y 11m | 4y 3m |
| 5 | Moon–Saturn | 1y 7m | 578 | 4y 3m | 5y 10m |
| 6 | Moon–Mercury | 1y 5m | 517 | 5y 10m | 7y 3m |
| 7 | Moon–Ketu | 7m | 213 | 7y 3m | 7y 10m |
| 8 | Moon–Venus | 1y 8m | 609 | 7y 10m | 9y 6m |
| 9 | Moon–Sun | 6m | 183 | 9y 6m | 10y |
The “opens after” and “closes at” columns are measured from the start of a full Moon mahadasha on the classical year. A Moon 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 Moon Mahadasha
This page is arithmetic. For how the Moon mahadasha is interpreted, see our Moon mahadasha article; for the Moon’s dignities, friendships and remedies, the Moon (Chandra) page; and for the system as a whole, Vimshottari dasha explained. This page in Hindi: चन्द्र महादशा.
The Moon Mahadasha by Ascendant
Which houses the Moon and each of its sub-period lords rule depends on the ascendant. The Moon mahadasha read through each lagna’s lordships: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.