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Ketu Mahadasha, Surya Antardasha
Surya antardasha in Ketu mahadasha runs 4 months 6 days. It is the third of the nine and begins 1 year 6 months 27 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Ketu’s 7 years × Surya’s 6 years ÷ 120
4 months 6 days · 128 days
Shukra antardasha comes before it, and Chandra antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Ketu and Surya are neither friends nor enemies to each other (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Ketu–Surya period starts; where Ketu and Surya 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.
Surya antardasha adds
standing, authority and the father
What it touches in life
Ketu–Surya 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: the favour of those in power and a modest post of authority; when it is hard: trouble from those in power and penalties from government. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: gains of wealth, or the birth of a son; when it is hard: loss of wealth and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: the birth of a son; when it is hard: separation from parents, friction with friends and sorrow. |
| Health | When it goes well: good health; when it is hard: danger from snakes and poison, fever, fears, and, when Surya rules your 2nd or 7th house, danger of untimely death. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: pious deeds and the fulfilment of all ambitions; when it is hard: journeys to foreign lands. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 59, verses 16–24
Parashara reads Surya’s antardasha in Ketu’s mahadasha by where Surya 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 Surya (Sun) is in his exaltation or own sign, or is joined or aspected by a benefic graha in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house) or the 11th house, BPHS gives gains of wealth, the favour of those in power, pious deeds and the fulfilment of all ambitions.BPHS 59.16–17
- When Surya (Sun) is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th), a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th), or the 2nd or 11th, counted from Ketu, the mahadasha lord, BPHS gives good health, gains of wealth or the birth of a son, success in pious deeds, and a modest post of charge, such as the head of a small community.BPHS 59.20–21
When it is hard
- When Surya (Sun) is joined by one or more malefic grahas in the 8th or 12th house, BPHS warns of trouble from those in power, separation from parents, journeys to foreign lands, trouble from thieves, danger from snakes and poison, penalties from government, friction with friends, sorrow and danger from fever.BPHS 59.18–19½
- When Surya (Sun) is joined by malefic grahas in the 8th or 12th, counted from Ketu, the mahadasha lord, BPHS warns of difficulty in getting food, fears, and loss of wealth and livestock. The start of the antardasha is hard, easing somewhat at its end.BPHS 59.22–23
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, and to regain comfort through Surya's grace, BPHS prescribes giving a cow and gold in charity.
BPHS 59.24A caution: When Surya 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 59.23–24
Ketu–Surya for your lagna
What Surya 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 | Surya is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 5th |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Benefic 4th |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 3rd |
| Kark (Cancer) | Maraka 2nd |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 1st |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) 12th |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic 11th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Chandra, the 9th lord (34.35–36) 10th |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.38) 9th |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral 8th |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Maraka 7th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic 6th |
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–Surya 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.
Surya antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 19 March 2053 – 24 July 2053, at the age of 69. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Surya: rules your 9th house, sits in your 2nd house. It brings fortune, the father, teachers, and long travel. Mixed — a house of wealth or gain, lord of a trikona, well placed from Ketu and strong in the navamsa; on the other side: short of Shadbala and in an enemy's sign.
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. Navamsa: the ninth-division chart, read for a graha’s inner strength.
Its nine pratyantars
Ketu–Surya divides into nine pratyantars from Surya’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surya | 6 days | 19 March 2053 – 25 March 2053 | Mixed |
| Chandra | 11 days | 25 March 2053 – 5 April 2053 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 7 days | 5 April 2053 – 12 April 2053 | Opens |
| Rahu | 19 days | 12 April 2053 – 1 May 2053 | Mixed |
| Guru | 17 days | 1 May 2053 – 18 May 2053 | Mixed |
| Shani | 20 days | 18 May 2053 – 7 June 2053 | Mixed |
| Budh | 19 days | 7 June 2053 – 26 June 2053 | Care |
| Ketu | 7 days | 26 June 2053 – 3 July 2053 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 21 days | 3 July 2053 – 24 July 2053 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Ketu–Surya dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Ketu–Surya
Suggestions for Surya’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Ketu–Surya a remedy of its own (BPHS 59.24), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Surya’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः
Daan: wheat and jaggery, on Sunday
Every Surya upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Surya period: Surya mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Surya upay.
Surya antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Ketu mahadasha Surya antardasha?
4 months 6 days (128 days): Ketu’s 7 years × Surya’s 6 years ÷ 120. It begins 1 year 6 months 27 days after a Ketu mahadasha starts.
Is Ketu mahadasha Surya antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Ketu and Surya 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. Surya is favourable for Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna. Surya is hard for Mithun (Gemini), Kark (Cancer), Tula (Libra), Kumbh (Aquarius), 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 Surya antardasha?
Nine, in the order Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra. Each is Ketu–Surya’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 21 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 6 days.
What upay helps in Surya antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 59.24), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Surya beej mantra, Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah, and a daan of wheat and jaggery on Sunday are the everyday upay for Ketu–Surya, where your kundli shows the need.
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