There is a wide-spread lack of knowledge, misinformation or a mystery among common people about “Mahadasha”. When an Astrologer says “You are under Chandra Mahadasha” – The response is – “Oh, Am I under some kind of Mahadasha? What is the effect of Mahadasha – when it will be over?”rnrnThat is, the word “Mahadasha” is taken with a negative connotation.

This article gives you basic information about Mahadasha – Antardasha and their sequence and how a person starts his life with a specific mahadasha.rnrnMahadasha and Antardasha:rnrn Some or other Mahadasha is always ON for every person at a given point in time.rn Each Mahadasha has multiple Antardasha in it of all the planets.rn Sequence of Mahadasha for everybody is the same. Just the starting point is different.rn There are various types of Mahadasha systems such asrn “Winshottari Mahadasha” (The period of 120 years)rn “Ashtottari Mahadasha” (Period of 108 years),rn “Yogini Mahadasha” etcrn Winshottari Mahadasha system is the most commonly used and the most reliable one. Winshottari Mahadasha will be the topic of this article.rn By simple calculations it is quite obvious that almost 1/6th people on the face of the Earth are running Shani Mahadasha (19 out of 120 years of Wimshottari Mahadasha are under this one) and a little less than 1/6th are under Raahu (18 years) and Budh (17 years) Mahadasha.rn Exactly 1/6th folks are under SHUKRA Mahadasha (20 out of 120).rn Winshottari Mahadasha shows a period of 9 Mahadashas which add to 120 years as follows:rn Ketu Mahadasha 7 yearsrn Shukra Mahadasha: 20 yearsrn Surya Mahadasha: 6 yearsrn Chandra Mahadasha: 10 yearsrn Mangal Mahadasha: 7 yearsrn Raahu Mahadasha: 18 yearsrn Guru Mahadasha: 16 yearsrn Shani Mahadasha: 19 yearsrn Budh Mahadasha: 17 yearsrn Every Mahadasha has 9 Antardashasrn Ketu Mahadasha starts with Ketu Antardasha and the sequence of Antardasha is exactly mentioned as above bulleted list.rn Each Antardasha is exactly proportional to its length in 120 years i.e.

Shukra Mahadasha is 120:20 i.e. So in Ketu Mahadasha of 7 years, the Shukra Mahadasha would be of 14 months.rn Ketu Mahadasha will end with Budh Antardasharn Shukra Mahadasha will start with Shukra Antardasha followed by Surya Antardasha, Chandra Antardasha etc in the SAME sequence as mentioned above, ending with Ketu Mahadasha. So in Shukra Mahadasha Surya Antardasha would be of 1 year.rn And So onThere is a wide-spread lack of knowledge, misinformation or a mystery among common people about “Mahadasha”.

When an Astrologer says “You are under Chandra Mahadasha” – The response is – “Oh, Am I under some kind of Mahadasha? What is the effect of Mahadasha – when it will be over?”rnrnThat is, the word “Mahadasha” is taken with a negative connotation. This article gives you basic information about Mahadasha – Antardasha and their sequence and how a person starts his life with a specific mahadasha.rnrnMahadasha and Antardasha:rnrn Some or other Mahadasha is always ON for every person at a given point in time.rn Each Mahadasha has multiple Antardasha in it of all the planets.rn Sequence of Mahadasha for everybody is the same.

Just the starting point is different.rn There are various types of Mahadasha systems such asrn “Winshottari Mahadasha” (The period of 120 years)rn “Ashtottari Mahadasha” (Period of 108 years),rn “Yogini Mahadasha” etcrn Winshottari Mahadasha system is the most commonly used and the most reliable one. Winshottari Mahadasha will be the topic of this article.rn By simple calculations it is quite obvious that almost 1/6th people on the face of the Earth are running Shani Mahadasha (19 out of 120 years of Wimshottari Mahadasha are under this one) and a little less than 1/6th are under Raahu (18 years) and Budh (17 years) Mahadasha.rn Exactly 1/6th folks are under SHUKRA Mahadasha (20 out of 120).rn Winshottari Mahadasha shows a period of 9 Mahadashas which add to 120 years as follows:rn Ketu Mahadasha 7 yearsrn Shukra Mahadasha: 20 yearsrn Surya Mahadasha: 6 yearsrn Chandra Mahadasha: 10 yearsrn Mangal Mahadasha: 7 yearsrn Raahu Mahadasha: 18 yearsrn Guru Mahadasha: 16 yearsrn Shani Mahadasha: 19 yearsrn Budh Mahadasha: 17 yearsrn Every Mahadasha has 9 Antardashasrn Ketu Mahadasha starts with Ketu Antardasha and the sequence of Antardasha is exactly mentioned as above bulleted list.rn Each Antardasha is exactly proportional to its length in 120 years i.e. Shukra Mahadasha is 120:20 i.e.

So in Ketu Mahadasha of 7 years, the Shukra Mahadasha would be of 14 months.rn Ketu Mahadasha will end with Budh Antardasharn Shukra Mahadasha will start with Shukra Antardasha followed by Surya Antardasha, Chandra Antardasha etc in the SAME sequence as mentioned above, ending with Ketu Mahadasha. So in Shukra Mahadasha Surya Antardasha would be of 1 year.rn And So on...rnrnrn