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Mangal Mahadasha, Ketu Antardasha
Ketu antardasha in Mangal mahadasha runs 4 months 27 days. It is the sixth of the nine and begins 4 years 5 months 27 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Mangal’s 7 years × Ketu’s 7 years ÷ 120
4 months 27 days · 149 days
Budh antardasha comes before it, and Shukra antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Mangal counts Ketu neither friend nor enemy (neutral), and Ketu counts Mangal a friend. That natural relationship is where reading a Mangal–Ketu period starts; where Mangal and Ketu 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.
Ketu antardasha adds
letting go, the inward and the sudden
What it touches in life
Mangal–Ketu 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: those in power favour and empower you, your reputation grows, and you gain command and friendship with those in power. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain wealth, land, livestock, clothes, ornaments and wealth through your employees. |
| Family | When it goes well: a son is born; when it is hard: there is quarrelling and your spouse and children suffer. |
| Health | When it is hard: you suffer tooth trouble, fever, dysentery, skin disease, and distress from thieves and wild animals. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: Goddess Lakshmi's grace is with you, and sacred offerings are made. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 54, verses 48–54
Parashara reads Ketu’s antardasha in Mangal’s mahadasha by where Ketu sits, counted from the lagna and from Mangal, 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 Ketu is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or in the 3rd or 11th house, or is joined with, or receives the drishti (aspect) of, benefic grahas (the gentle planets), BPHS gives the kindness of those in power, gains of wealth and of land, the birth of a son, authority given by government, and gains of livestock.BPHS 54.48–49½
- When Ketu is strong and, joined with a yogakaraka graha (one that rules both a kendra and a trikona), takes on that role himself, BPHS gives the birth of a son, a growing reputation, the grace of Goddess Lakshmi, gains of wealth through employees, a position of command, friendship with those in power, sacred offerings, and gains of clothes and ornaments.BPHS 54.50–51½
When it is hard
- When Ketu is in the 6th, 8th or 12th from Mangal, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS warns of quarrels, tooth trouble, distress from thieves and wild animals, fever, dysentery, a skin disease (the text names leprosy), and distress to spouse and children.BPHS 54.52–54
A caution: When Ketu sits in your 2nd or 7th house (the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life), BPHS warns of illness, disgrace, anguish and loss of wealth, and asks for care. BPHS 54.52–54
These verses give no remedy of their own for Ketu’s antardasha in Mangal’s mahadasha; the everyday upay for Ketu are below.
Mangal–Ketu for your lagna
What Mangal 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 | Mangal is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 1st and 8th |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Maraka 7th and 12th |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 6th and 11th |
| Kark (Cancer) | Yogakaraka 5th and 10th |
| Singh (Leo) | Yogakaraka 4th and 9th |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic 3rd and 8th |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 7th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Neutral 1st and 6th |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic 5th and 12th |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 4th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.39–40) 4th and 11th |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd and 10th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.41–42) 3rd and 10th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Guru (34.44)— also named a killer, though not one who kills on his own (34.44) 2nd and 9th |
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 Mangal–Ketu at 50, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Mangal mahadasha Mixed
Mangal rules your 2nd house and 7th house and sits in your 7th house: this period brings those matters forward — the money at hand, the family, and speech; the spouse, partners, and those one deals with. Mixed — a kendra or trikona and strong in its sign; on the other side: short of Shadbala and in an enemy's sign in the navamsa.
Ketu antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 10 November 2040 – 8 April 2041, at the age of 50. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Ketu: sits in your 10th house. It brings work, standing, and those senior to you. Mixed — a kendra or trikona and well placed from Mangal; on the other side: its sign's lord weak.
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
Mangal–Ketu divides into nine pratyantars from Ketu’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ketu | 8 days | 10 November 2040 – 18 November 2040 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 25 days | 18 November 2040 – 13 December 2040 | Mixed |
| Surya | 8 days | 13 December 2040 – 21 December 2040 | Opens |
| Chandra | 12 days | 21 December 2040 – 2 January 2041 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 9 days | 2 January 2041 – 11 January 2041 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 22 days | 11 January 2041 – 2 February 2041 | Opens |
| Guru | 20 days | 2 February 2041 – 22 February 2041 | Care |
| Shani | 24 days | 22 February 2041 – 18 March 2041 | Mixed |
| Budh | 21 days | 18 March 2041 – 8 April 2041 | Care |
The dasha calculator finds your own Mangal–Ketu dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Mangal–Ketu
Suggestions for Ketu’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara’s verses give Mangal–Ketu no remedy of their own, so the everyday upay for Ketu carry it.
Ketu’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ स्रां स्रीं स्रौं सः केतवे नमः
Daan: a blanket and sesame, on Tuesday
Every Ketu upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Ketu period: Ketu mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Ketu upay.
Ketu antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Mangal mahadasha Ketu antardasha?
4 months 27 days (149 days): Mangal’s 7 years × Ketu’s 7 years ÷ 120. It begins 4 years 5 months 27 days after a Mangal mahadasha starts.
Is Mangal mahadasha Ketu antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Mangal and Ketu 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. Mangal is favourable for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Meen (Pisces) lagna. Mangal is hard for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Mangal sees Ketu as neutral, and Ketu sees Mangal as a friend. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Mangal mahadasha Ketu antardasha?
Nine, in the order Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh. Each is Mangal–Ketu’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 25 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 8 days.
What upay helps in Ketu antardasha?
The Ketu beej mantra, Om Sraam Sreem Sraum Sah Ketave Namah, and a daan of a blanket and sesame on Tuesday are the everyday upay for Mangal–Ketu, where your kundli shows the need.
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