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Ketu Mahadasha, Chandra Antardasha
Chandra antardasha in Ketu mahadasha runs 7 months. It is the fourth of the nine and begins 1 year 11 months 3 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Ketu’s 7 years × Chandra’s 10 years ÷ 120
7 months · 213 days
Surya antardasha comes before it, and Mangal antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Ketu counts Chandra an enemy, and Chandra counts Ketu neither friend nor enemy (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Ketu–Chandra period starts; where Ketu and Chandra 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.
Chandra antardasha adds
the mind, the mother and the home
What it touches in life
Ketu–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: recognition from those in power; when it is hard: obstacles in ventures and losses in business. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: gains of house, land, cows, farmland, food, clothes, vehicles, livestock and plenty of milk and curd; when it is hard: loss of wealth and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: happiness for spouse and children and meetings with relatives; when it is hard: separation from parents, enmity with relatives and distress to a brother. |
| Health | When it is hard: unhappiness, mental anguish, and anxiety. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: public works such as building a water tank; when it is hard: journeys abroad or to distant places. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 59, verses 25–36
Parashara reads Chandra’s antardasha in Ketu’s mahadasha by where Chandra 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 Chandra (Moon) is in her exaltation or own sign, or in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or the 11th or 2nd house, BPHS gives recognition from those in power, enthusiasm, well-being, enjoyment, a house and land, unusual gains of food, clothes, vehicles and livestock, success in business, the building of a water tank or similar public work, and happiness for the spouse and children.BPHS 59.25–28
- When Chandra (Moon), placed as above, is waxing (growing in light, in the bright fortnight), BPHS says the good results above then come in full.BPHS 59.28
- When Chandra (Moon) is strong and 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 gains of cows, land and farmland, meetings with relatives and success through them, and plenty of milk and curd at home.BPHS 59.31–33
When it is hard
- When Chandra (Moon) is in her debilitation sign (neecha rashi, where a graha is weakest), or in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, BPHS warns of unhappiness and mental anguish, obstacles in ventures, separation from parents, losses in business, and loss of livestock.BPHS 59.29–30
- When Chandra (Moon) is in the 6th, 8th or 12th, counted from Ketu, the mahadasha lord, BPHS warns of loss of wealth, anxiety, enmity with relatives and distress to a brother.BPHS 59.34–35
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, BPHS prescribes reciting the mantras of Chandra and giving in charity the things associated with Chandra.
BPHS 59.36A caution: When Chandra rules your 2nd, 7th or 8th house, BPHS treats this as a maraka caution (one the texts link with danger to life). It warns of the danger of an untimely death and asks for care with health. BPHS 59.35
Ketu–Chandra for your lagna
What Chandra 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 | Chandra is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Neutral 4th |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | 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 |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Maraka 2nd |
| Kark (Cancer) | Benefic 1st |
| Singh (Leo) | Maraka— lord of the 12th only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.29–30) 12th |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic 11th |
| Tula (Libra) | Neutral · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.34) 10th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Surya, the 10th lord (34.35–36) 9th |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Neutral 8th |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Mangal (34.39–40) 7th |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Malefic 6th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Benefic 5th |
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–Chandra at 69, 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.
Chandra antardasha Care
In this kundli it runs 24 July 2053 – 22 February 2054, from the age of 69 to 70. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Chandra: rules your 8th house, sits in your 11th house. It brings hidden matters, delay, and other people's money. Go carefully — at a hard angle from Ketu and short of Shadbala; on the other side: a house of wealth or gain.
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–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 | 18 days | 24 July 2053 – 11 August 2053 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 13 days | 11 August 2053 – 24 August 2053 | Opens |
| Rahu | 1 month 1 day | 24 August 2053 – 25 September 2053 | Care |
| Guru | 28 days | 25 September 2053 – 23 October 2053 | Mixed |
| Shani | 1 month 3 days | 23 October 2053 – 26 November 2053 | Mixed |
| Budh | 1 month | 26 November 2053 – 26 December 2053 | Mixed |
| Ketu | 12 days | 26 December 2053 – 7 January 2054 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 1 month 5 days | 7 January 2054 – 12 February 2054 | Mixed |
| Surya | 10 days | 12 February 2054 – 22 February 2054 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Ketu–Chandra dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Ketu–Chandra
Suggestions for Chandra’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Ketu–Chandra a remedy of its own (BPHS 59.36), 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 Ketu mahadasha Chandra antardasha?
7 months (213 days): Ketu’s 7 years × Chandra’s 10 years ÷ 120. It begins 1 year 11 months 3 days after a Ketu mahadasha starts.
Is Ketu mahadasha Chandra antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Ketu and Chandra 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. Chandra is favourable for Kark (Cancer), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna. Chandra is hard for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Singh (Leo), Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Ketu sees Chandra as an enemy, and Chandra sees Ketu as neutral. On the Dhanu lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Care”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Ketu mahadasha Chandra antardasha?
Nine, in the order Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya. Each is Ketu–Chandra’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 1 month 5 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 10 days.
What upay helps in Chandra antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 59.36), 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 Ketu–Chandra, where your kundli shows the need.
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