Vimshottari dasha calculator
See which planet is running your life right now — your current mahadasha, antardasha, and the full 120-year timeline.
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Vimshottari dasha is how Vedic astrology times events. Each of the nine planets rules a fixed span of years, and life moves through these periods in sequence. The planet whose period is running colours that chapter of your life.
Sivayan calculates your dasha from your Moon’s nakshatra and exact birth time, showing your current mahadasha and antardasha plus the full forward timeline — so you can see which themes are active now and which are coming.
What the calculator shows
Current mahadasha
The major planetary period you’re in, and how long remains.
Current antardasha
The sub-period that colours the present months within the mahadasha.
Full timeline
All nine mahadashas across the 120-year cycle, with dates.
Pratyantardasha
Finer sub-sub-periods for precise timing.
Period meaning
What each lord tends to activate, based on its placement and strength in your chart.
Forward windows
Upcoming periods scored for career, marriage, and wealth themes.
Common questions
From the nakshatra your Moon occupies at birth and how far it has travelled through it — this sets your starting dasha lord and the balance at birth.
Not necessarily. A strong, well-placed “malefic” can give excellent results in its period. Strength and placement matter more than reputation.
The mahadasha is the major period (years); the antardasha is a sub-period within it (months to a couple of years) that refines the timing.
Date, exact time, and place of birth — the Moon’s nakshatra depends on precise time.