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Mangal
Mangal Mahadasha, Mangal Antardasha
Mangal antardasha in Mangal mahadasha runs 4 months 27 days. It is the first of the nine: every Mangal mahadasha opens with it.
How long it runs
Mangal’s 7 years × Mangal’s 7 years again ÷ 120
4 months 27 days · 149 days
Rahu antardasha follows it.
What Mangal brings to its own antardasha
Every mahadasha opens with its own lord’s antardasha. For these months Mangal rules both levels alone, so its matters show at their plainest.
What it touches in life
Mangal–Mangal 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 recover a lost position and see your hopes fulfilled through the kindness of those in power; when it is hard: those in power threaten you. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain wealth through the kindness of those in power, recover lost wealth, and gain a house, land and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: a son is born. |
| Health | When it is hard: you suffer urinary trouble, injuries and danger from snakes. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: Goddess Lakshmi's grace is with you. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 54, verses 1–8
Parashara reads Mangal’s own antardasha by where Mangal sits from the lagna 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 Mangal is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), or in the 5th, 9th, 11th, 3rd or 2nd house, or is joined with the lord of the lagna (the ruler of the ascendant sign), BPHS gives gains of wealth through the kindness of those in power, the grace of Goddess Lakshmi, the return of a lost position and of lost wealth, and the birth of a son.BPHS 54.1–2½
- When Mangal is strong and is exalted (in his sign of greatest strength), in his own sign, or in his own navamsa (his own place in the ninth-division chart), BPHS gives hopes fulfilled through the kindness of those in power, and gains of a house, land and livestock.BPHS 54.3–4
When it is hard
- When Mangal is in the 8th or 12th house, or is joined with, or receives the drishti (aspect) of, malefic grahas (the harsh planets), BPHS warns of urinary trouble, injuries, and danger from snakes and from those in power.BPHS 54.5–5½
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, BPHS prescribes Rudra japa and giving a red bull in charity; it says Lord Shiva then restores health and brings wealth and happiness.
BPHS 54.6–8A caution: When Mangal rules your 2nd or 7th house (the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life), BPHS warns of mental anguish and bodily pain, and asks for care with health. BPHS 54.6–8
Mangal’s own antardasha for your lagna
What Mangal is for each lagna, as Parashara lists it
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, where the period asks for the most care. For Vrishchik (Scorpio) lagna Mangal is neutral, and where it sits decides the period.
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) | This antardasha |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 1st and 8th | Favourable |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Maraka 7th and 12th | Hard |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 6th and 11th | Hard |
| Kark (Cancer) | Yogakaraka 5th and 10th | Favourable |
| Singh (Leo) | Yogakaraka 4th and 9th | Favourable |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic 3rd and 8th | Hard |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 7th | Hard |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Neutral 1st and 6th | Placement decides |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic 5th and 12th | Favourable |
| 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 | Hard |
| 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 | Hard |
| 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 | Favourable |
A favourable Mangal gives its own antardasha readily, a hard one asks for care, and a neutral one leaves it to where Mangal sits.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Mangal–Mangal at 45, 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.
Mangal antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 14 May 2036 – 10 October 2036, from the age of 45 to 46. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Mangal: rules your 2nd house and 7th house, sits in your 7th house. It brings the money at hand, the family, and speech; the spouse, partners, and those one deals with. Read as Mangal mahadasha above: its own sub-period.
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–Mangal divides into nine pratyantars from Mangal’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangal | 9 days | 14 May 2036 – 23 May 2036 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 22 days | 23 May 2036 – 14 June 2036 | Opens |
| Guru | 20 days | 14 June 2036 – 4 July 2036 | Mixed |
| Shani | 24 days | 4 July 2036 – 28 July 2036 | Opens |
| Budh | 21 days | 28 July 2036 – 18 August 2036 | Mixed |
| Ketu | 8 days | 18 August 2036 – 26 August 2036 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 25 days | 26 August 2036 – 20 September 2036 | Mixed |
| Surya | 8 days | 20 September 2036 – 28 September 2036 | Opens |
| Chandra | 12 days | 28 September 2036 – 10 October 2036 | Care |
The dasha calculator finds your own Mangal–Mangal dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Mangal–Mangal
Suggestions for Mangal’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Mangal–Mangal a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.6–8), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Mangal’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ क्रां क्रीं क्रौं सः भौमाय नमः
Daan: red lentils and jaggery, on Tuesday
Every Mangal upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Mangal period: Mangal mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Mangal upay.
Mangal antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Mangal mahadasha Mangal antardasha?
4 months 27 days (149 days). It is the first antardasha of every Mangal mahadasha.
Is Mangal mahadasha Mangal antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Mangal sits in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Meen (Pisces) lagna. It is hardest for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. 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 Mangal antardasha?
Nine, in the order Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra. Each is Mangal–Mangal’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 Mangal antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.6–8), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Mangal beej mantra, Om Kraam Kreem Kraum Sah Bhaumaya Namah, and a daan of red lentils and jaggery on Tuesday are the everyday upay for Mangal–Mangal, where your kundli shows the need.
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