vimshottari mahadasha
Venus Mahadasha (Shukra): The Nine Antardashas
20 years · follows Ketu · precedes Sun
The Venus mahadasha runs 20 years in the 120-year Vimshottari cycle. It comes after the Ketu mahadasha and gives way to the Sun mahadasha. A birth with the Moon in Bharani, Purva Phalguni or Purva Ashadha begins life inside it, part-way through, because those are the three nakshatras Venus rules.
Its nine antardashas start with Venus’s own and follow the cycle from there, so the last of them is Ketu’s. Inside these 20 years the Venus sub-period is the longest, at 3 years 4 months, and the Sun sub-period the shortest, at 1 year.
| # | Antardasha | Classical | Solar days | Opens after | Closes at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus–Venus | 3y 4m | 1217 | — | 3y 4m |
| 2 | Venus–Sun | 1y | 365 | 3y 4m | 4y 4m |
| 3 | Venus–Moon | 1y 8m | 609 | 4y 4m | 6y |
| 4 | Venus–Mars | 1y 2m | 426 | 6y | 7y 2m |
| 5 | Venus–Rahu | 3y | 1096 | 7y 2m | 10y 2m |
| 6 | Venus–Jupiter | 2y 8m | 974 | 10y 2m | 12y 10m |
| 7 | Venus–Saturn | 3y 2m | 1157 | 12y 10m | 16y |
| 8 | Venus–Mercury | 2y 10m | 1035 | 16y | 18y 10m |
| 9 | Venus–Ketu | 1y 2m | 426 | 18y 10m | 20y |
The “opens after” and “closes at” columns are measured from the start of a full Venus mahadasha on the classical year. A Venus 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 Venus Mahadasha
This page is arithmetic. For how the Venus mahadasha is interpreted, see our Venus mahadasha article; for Venus’s dignities, friendships and remedies, the Venus (Shukra) page; and for the system as a whole, Vimshottari dasha explained. This page in Hindi: शुक्र महादशा.
The Venus Mahadasha by Ascendant
Which houses Venus and each of its sub-period lords rule depends on the ascendant. The Venus mahadasha read through each lagna’s lordships: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.