Ketu mahadasha is about
letting go, the inward and the sudden
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Ketu · Budh
Ketu Mahadasha, Budh Antardasha
Budh antardasha in Ketu mahadasha runs 11 months 27 days. It is the ninth of the nine and begins 6 years 3 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Ketu’s 7 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120
11 months 27 days · 362 days
Shani antardasha comes before it, and it closes the mahadasha; Shukra mahadasha begins when it ends. The last months of a mahadasha, where one period hands over to the next, are called dasha sandhi (the junction), and the tradition reads them with care.
How the two grahas get on
Ketu and Budh are neither friends nor enemies to each other (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Ketu–Budh period starts; where Ketu and Budh sit in your kundli decides what it brings. Texts differ on the friendships of Rahu and Ketu; this is the table the kundli here uses.
Budh antardasha adds
trade, study and the written word
What it touches in life
Ketu–Budh 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: a rise to authority, prosperity and standing; when it is hard: friction with government officials and trouble from those in power. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: gains of wealth, land, clothes, ornaments, food and unusual profits in business; when it is hard: loss of wealth, clothes, vehicles and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: the birth of a son and his happiness, with well-being in the family; when it is hard: trouble for the spouse and children. |
| Health | When it goes well: good health; when it is hard: distress and unhappiness. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: charity, religious functions, discourses, and visits to sacred places. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 59, verses 69–79
Parashara reads Budh’s antardasha in Ketu’s mahadasha by where Budh sits, counted from the lagna and from Ketu, 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 Budh (Mercury) is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or is in his exaltation or own sign, BPHS gives a rise to authority or a position of command, enjoyment, charity, gains of wealth and land, the birth of a son, religious functions and sudden happy occasions such as a wedding, well-being in the family, and gains of clothes and ornaments.BPHS 59.69–71
- When Budh (Mercury) is joined with the lord of the 9th or 10th house, BPHS gives the company of learned people, a rise in fortune, and listening to religious discourses.BPHS 59.72
- When Budh (Mercury) is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th), a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th) or the 11th, counted from Ketu, the mahadasha lord, BPHS gives good health, happiness from a son, prosperity and standing, good food and clothes, and unusual profits in business.BPHS 59.75–76
When it is hard
- When Budh (Mercury) is joined by Shani (Saturn), Mangal (Mars) or Rahu in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, BPHS warns of friction with government officials, living in other people's houses, and loss of wealth, clothes, vehicles and livestock. It sees some good at the start, better results in the middle and an inauspicious end.BPHS 59.73–74½
- When Budh (Mercury) is weak and in the 6th, 8th or 12th, counted from Ketu, the mahadasha lord, BPHS warns of distress, unhappiness, trouble to the spouse and children, and trouble from those in power at the start of the antardasha; in the middle it sees visits to sacred places.BPHS 59.77–78
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, BPHS prescribes reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama, the thousand names of Vishnu.
BPHS 59.79How it unfolds: When Budh is joined by Shani, Mangal or Rahu in the 6th, 8th or 12th, the text sees some good at the start, better results in the middle and an inauspicious end. When Budh is weak in the 6th, 8th or 12th from Ketu, trouble comes at the start and visits to sacred places in the middle. BPHS 59.73–78
A caution: When Budh rules your 2nd or 7th house, BPHS counts this a maraka period (one the texts link with danger to life). It warns of the danger of an untimely death and asks for care with health. BPHS 59.78–79
Ketu–Budh for your lagna
What Budh is for each lagna, as Parashara lists it; Ketu follows the lord of its rashi
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 | Budh is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Malefic 3rd and 6th |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Mildly malefic— lord of the 2nd and 5th, which the verse calls 'somewhat inauspicious' (34.23) and does not name among the killers 2nd and 5th |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Lagna lord— the lagna lord, which the verse leaves unjudged: 34.25 names only Shukra auspicious for Mithun 1st and 4th |
| Kark (Cancer) | Malefic 3rd and 12th |
| Singh (Leo) | Malefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Chandra (34.29–30) 2nd and 11th |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) 1st and 10th |
| Tula (Libra) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) 9th and 12th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Malefic 8th and 11th |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Surya (34.38)— lord of the 7th, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Shukra (34.37–38) 7th and 10th |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Benefic 6th and 9th |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) 5th and 8th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic · Maraka 4th and 7th |
Ketu rules no house, so no lagna makes it good or bad by lordship: it gives the results of the house it sits in and of the lord of that rashi. Ketu in each house shows how.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Ketu–Budh at 73, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Ketu mahadasha Mixed
Ketu sits in your 12th house: this period brings its matters forward — spending, sleep, foreign places, and what is given away. A node gives the results of the lord of its sign: here Mangal, which rules your 5th house and 12th house and sits in your 11th house. Mixed — its sign's lord well placed; on the other side: a difficult house.
Budh antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 24 August 2057 – 21 August 2058, from the age of 73 to 74. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Budh: rules your 7th house and 10th house, sits in your 1st house. It brings the spouse, partners, and those one deals with; work, standing, and those senior to you. Mixed — a kendra or trikona; on the other side: 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.
Its nine pratyantars
Ketu–Budh divides into nine pratyantars from Budh’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budh | 1 month 20 days | 24 August 2057 – 14 October 2057 | Mixed |
| Ketu | 21 days | 14 October 2057 – 4 November 2057 | Care |
| Shukra | 2 months | 4 November 2057 – 4 January 2058 | Mixed |
| Surya | 18 days | 4 January 2058 – 22 January 2058 | Mixed |
| Chandra | 30 days | 22 January 2058 – 21 February 2058 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 21 days | 21 February 2058 – 14 March 2058 | Opens |
| Rahu | 1 month 23 days | 14 March 2058 – 7 May 2058 | Care |
| Guru | 1 month 18 days | 7 May 2058 – 25 June 2058 | Mixed |
| Shani | 1 month 27 days | 25 June 2058 – 21 August 2058 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Ketu–Budh dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Ketu–Budh
Suggestions for Budh’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Ketu–Budh a remedy of its own (BPHS 59.79), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Budh’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ ब्रां ब्रीं ब्रौं सः बुधाय नमः
Daan: green moong and green cloth, on Wednesday
Every Budh upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Budh period: Budh mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Budh upay.
Budh antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Ketu mahadasha Budh antardasha?
11 months 27 days (362 days): Ketu’s 7 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120. It begins 6 years 3 days after a Ketu mahadasha starts.
Is Ketu mahadasha Budh antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Ketu and Budh sit in your kundli. Ketu has no lagna of its own to be good or bad for; it gives the results of the lord of the rashi it sits in. Budh is favourable for Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makar (Capricorn) lagna. Budh is hard for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna. By nature the two are neither friends nor enemies. On the Dhanu lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Ketu mahadasha Budh antardasha?
Nine, in the order Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani. Each is Ketu–Budh’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 2 months, and the shortest Surya’s, about 18 days.
What upay helps in Budh antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 59.79), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Budh beej mantra, Om Braam Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah, and a daan of green moong and green cloth on Wednesday are the everyday upay for Ketu–Budh, where your kundli shows the need.
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