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Guru Mahadasha, Chandra Antardasha
Chandra antardasha in Guru mahadasha runs 1 year 4 months. It is the seventh of the nine and begins 11 years 4 months after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Guru’s 16 years × Chandra’s 10 years ÷ 120
1 year 4 months · 487 days
Surya antardasha comes before it, and Mangal antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Guru counts Chandra a friend, and Chandra counts Guru neither friend nor enemy (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Guru–Chandra period starts; where Guru and Chandra sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Chandra antardasha adds
the mind, the mother and the home
What it touches in life
Guru–Chandra area by area, in plain words, from Parashara’s verses set out below
| Area | What the verses give |
|---|---|
| Work and standing | When it goes well: you gain honour from those in power and comforts through their favour; when it is hard: you face danger from the authorities. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you prosper and enjoy good food; when it is hard: you lose wealth and quarrel with those who share the family property. |
| Family | When it goes well: you find happiness through spouse and children, and more children and grandchildren follow; when it is hard: you lose kinsmen, are parted from a maternal uncle, and your mother suffers. |
| Health | When it is hard: thieves threaten you. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: your mind turns to religion and charity; when it is hard: you wander in foreign lands. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 56, verses 58–64
Parashara reads Chandra’s antardasha in Guru’s mahadasha by where Chandra sits, counted from the lagna and from Guru, and by what it rules; your kundli shows which line is yours, and though the text speaks of a man, its results apply to anyone.
When it goes well
- When Chandra (Moon) is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), in a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or in the 11th house, or is exalted or in her own sign; and Chandra is full, strong and well placed counted from Guru, the mahadasha lord (ruler of the main period), BPHS gives honour from those in power, prosperity and glory, happiness from spouse and children, good food, and a good name earned through good deeds. It also gives more children and grandchildren, comforts through the favour of those in power, and a bent for religion and charity.BPHS 56.58–60½
When it is hard
- When Chandra (Moon) is weak or joined by malefics (the naturally harsh grahas), or is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, or in the 6th, 8th or 12th house counted from Guru, the mahadasha lord (ruler of the main period), BPHS warns of loss of wealth and kinsmen, wandering in foreign lands, danger from the authorities and thieves, and quarrels with those who share the family property. It also warns of separation from a maternal uncle and distress to the mother.BPHS 56.61–63
Parashara’s remedy
For relief from these troubles, BPHS prescribes reciting the Durga Saptashati.
BPHS 56.64A caution: When Chandra rules the 2nd or 7th house, BPHS warns of distress to the body. The 2nd and 7th are the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life. BPHS 56.64
Guru–Chandra for your lagna
What Guru and Chandra are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
Both are favourable for Kark (Cancer), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna. Both are hard for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Singh (Leo) lagna one is good and the other hard, so the period is mixed. Where one of the two is neutral, the other decides the lean: towards good for Mesh (Aries) and towards hard for Tula (Libra). For Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna both are neutral, and where Guru and Chandra sit decides it.
The labels, from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 34:
- Yogakaraka: the strongest graha a lagna can have: the one Parashara names as bringing yoga, or the one lord of both a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) and a trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) (34.13)
- Benefic, Malefic, Neutral: works for the lagna; brings its harder matters; neither
- Lagna lord: the lagna’s own graha, where the verse calls it neither good nor hard
- Maraka: a killer Parashara names for the lagna, watched for health and longevity; printed alone, or after another label. It is not always the lord of the 2nd or 7th: where it differs, the line under it gives the verse
- · Yoga: one of two grahas he says give yoga together for this lagna
| Lagna | Guru is (lord of) | Chandra is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 9th and 12th | Neutral 4th | Leans favourable |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 8th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) 8th and 11th | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) 3rd | Hard |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Chandra (34.25–26) 7th and 10th | Maraka 2nd | Hard |
| Kark (Cancer) | Benefic 6th and 9th | Benefic 1st | Favourable |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 5th and 8th | Maraka— lord of the 12th only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.29–30) 12th | Mixed |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.31–32) 4th and 7th | Malefic 11th | Hard |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd and 6th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.33–34) 3rd and 6th | Neutral · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.34) 10th | Leans hard |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Benefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.35–36) 2nd and 5th | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Surya, the 10th lord (34.35–36) 9th | Favourable |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.38) 1st and 4th | Neutral 8th | Placement decides |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Malefic 3rd and 12th | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Mangal (34.39–40) 7th | Hard |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 11th | Malefic 6th | Hard |
| Meen (Pisces) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Mangal (34.44) 1st and 10th | Benefic 5th | Favourable |
“Together” reads Guru and Chandra side by side: both favourable is Favourable; one favourable and one neutral, Leans favourable; one each way, Mixed; one hard and one neutral, Leans hard; both hard, Hard; both neutral, Placement decides. A Yoga pair is two grahas Parashara names together for that lagna.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Guru–Chandra at 82, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Guru mahadasha Care
Guru rules your 3rd house and 6th house and sits in your 9th house: this period brings those matters forward — effort, courage, younger siblings and short journeys; illness, debt, disputes, and thankless work. Go carefully — short of Shadbala, in an enemy's sign in the navamsa, in an enemy's sign and combust; on the other side: a kendra or trikona and vargottama.
Chandra antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 13 September 2072 – 13 January 2074, from the age of 82 to 83. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Chandra: rules your 10th house, sits in your 6th house. It brings work, standing, and those senior to you. Mixed — well placed from Guru and vargottama; on the other side: a difficult house and short of Shadbala.
Shadbala: the six-fold measure of a graha’s strength the report computes; “short of Shadbala” means below the strength the texts ask of it. Vargottama: in the same rashi in the birth chart and in the navamsa, which strengthens a graha. Navamsa: the ninth-division chart, read for a graha’s inner strength. Combust: so close to the Sun that its strength is lost in the Sun’s rays.
Its nine pratyantars
Guru–Chandra divides into nine pratyantars from Chandra’s own on. Each length is counted between the dates beside it, and comes out the same in any kundli give or take a day; the dates and readings are this one’s.
| Pratyantar | Length | In this kundli | The report reads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandra | 1 month 10 days | 13 September 2072 – 23 October 2072 | Care |
| Mangal | 29 days | 23 October 2072 – 21 November 2072 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 2 months 12 days | 21 November 2072 – 2 February 2073 | Opens |
| Guru | 2 months 6 days | 2 February 2073 – 8 April 2073 | Mixed |
| Shani | 2 months 16 days | 8 April 2073 – 24 June 2073 | Opens |
| Budh | 2 months 8 days | 24 June 2073 – 1 September 2073 | Mixed |
| Ketu | 28 days | 1 September 2073 – 29 September 2073 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 2 months 20 days | 29 September 2073 – 19 December 2073 | Mixed |
| Surya | 25 days | 19 December 2073 – 13 January 2074 | Opens |
The dasha calculator finds your own Guru–Chandra dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Guru–Chandra
Suggestions for Chandra’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Guru–Chandra a remedy of its own (BPHS 56.64), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Chandra’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चन्द्राय नमः
Daan: rice and white cloth, on Monday
Every Chandra upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Chandra period: Chandra mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Chandra upay.
Chandra antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Guru mahadasha Chandra antardasha?
1 year 4 months (487 days): Guru’s 16 years × Chandra’s 10 years ÷ 120. It begins 11 years 4 months after a Guru mahadasha starts.
Is Guru mahadasha Chandra antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Guru and Chandra sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Kark (Cancer), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna. It is hardest for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Guru sees Chandra as a friend, and Chandra sees Guru as neutral. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Guru mahadasha Chandra antardasha?
Nine, in the order Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya. Each is Guru–Chandra’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 2 months 20 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 25 days.
What upay helps in Chandra antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 56.64), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Chandra beej mantra, Om Shraam Shreem Shraum Sah Chandraya Namah, and a daan of rice and white cloth on Monday are the everyday upay for Guru–Chandra, where your kundli shows the need.
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