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Mangal · Budh
Mangal Mahadasha, Budh Antardasha
Budh antardasha in Mangal mahadasha runs 11 months 27 days. It is the fifth of the nine and begins 3 years 6 months after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Mangal’s 7 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120
11 months 27 days · 362 days
Shani antardasha comes before it, and Ketu antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Mangal counts Budh an enemy, and Budh counts Mangal neither friend nor enemy (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Mangal–Budh period starts; where Mangal and Budh sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Budh antardasha adds
trade, study and the written word
What it touches in life
Mangal–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: you gain a good name, a post near those in power, recognition, authority and command; when it is hard: you risk imprisonment, face friction with power and lose your good name. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain vehicles, clothes, livestock, wealth, grain and success in farming; when it is hard: you lose wealth and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: your spouse and children prosper; when it is hard: you lose relatives, your spouse and children suffer, and relatives quarrel with you. |
| Health | When it is hard: heart disease, many ailments, danger from thieves and fire, and fear of attack while travelling threaten you. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you keep pious company, practise silent japa, give charity, discuss the scriptures, and receive Goddess Lakshmi's grace; when it is hard: you travel abroad. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 54, verses 36–47
Parashara reads Budh’s antardasha in Mangal’s mahadasha by where Budh 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 Budh is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house) from the lagna (ascendant), BPHS gives the company of pious and holy people, the practice of Ajapa japa (the silent repetition carried on the breath), charity, religious observances, a good name, a bent for diplomacy, sweets, gains of vehicles, clothes and livestock, a post of authority close to those in power, and success in farming.BPHS 54.36–37½
- When Budh is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house) counted from Mangal, the lord of the mahadasha, or is exalted (in his sign of greatest strength), BPHS gives every hope fulfilled, gains of wealth and grain, recognition from those in power, a rise to authority, gains of clothes and ornaments, a love of music and many instruments, a position of command, discussion of the shastras and Puranas, riches for spouse and children, and the grace of Goddess Lakshmi.BPHS 54.41–43½
When it is hard
- When Budh is debilitated (in his sign of weakness) or combust (too close to the Sun and lost in its rays), or is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house (the dusthanas, houses of difficulty), BPHS warns of heart disease, risk of imprisonment, loss of relatives, distress to spouse and children, and loss of wealth and livestock.BPHS 54.38–39
- When Budh is joined with Mangal, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS warns of journeys abroad, more enemies, many kinds of ailments, friction with those in power, and quarrels with relatives.BPHS 54.40–40½
- When Budh is in the 6th, 8th or 12th from Mangal, the lord of the mahadasha, or is joined with malefic grahas (the harsh planets), BPHS warns of loss of good name, wrong thinking, harsh speech, danger from thieves, fire and those in power, quarrels without cause, and fear of attack by thieves and armed robbers while travelling.BPHS 54.44–45½
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, BPHS prescribes reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama and giving a horse in charity.
BPHS 54.46–47A caution: When Budh rules your 2nd or 7th house (the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life), BPHS warns of the possibility of serious illness, and asks for care with health. BPHS 54.46–47
Mangal–Budh for your lagna
What Mangal and Budh are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
Both are favourable for Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna. For Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Makar (Capricorn), Meen (Pisces) lagna one is good and the other hard, so the period is mixed. Where one of the two is neutral, the other decides the lean: towards hard for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Kumbh (Aquarius).
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) | Budh is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 1st and 8th | Malefic 3rd and 6th | Mixed |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Maraka 7th and 12th | 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 | Leans hard |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 6th and 11th | Lagna lord— the lagna lord, which the verse leaves unjudged: 34.25 names only Shukra auspicious for Mithun 1st and 4th | Leans hard |
| Kark (Cancer) | Yogakaraka 5th and 10th | Malefic 3rd and 12th | Mixed |
| Singh (Leo) | Yogakaraka 4th and 9th | Malefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Chandra (34.29–30) 2nd and 11th | Mixed |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic 3rd and 8th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) 1st and 10th | Mixed |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 7th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) 9th and 12th | Mixed |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Neutral 1st and 6th | Malefic 8th and 11th | Leans hard |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic 5th and 12th | 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 | 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 | Benefic 6th and 9th | Mixed |
| 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 | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) 5th and 8th | Leans 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 | Malefic · Maraka 4th and 7th | Mixed |
“Together” reads Mangal and Budh side by side: both favourable is Favourable; one favourable and one neutral, Leans favourable; one each way, Mixed; one hard and one neutral, Leans hard; both hard, Hard; both neutral, Placement decides. A Yoga pair is two grahas Parashara names together for that lagna. “Lagna lord” and “Mildly malefic” are the verse’s own words, neither favourable nor hard, and count as neutral here.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Mangal–Budh at 49, 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.
Budh antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 13 November 2039 – 10 November 2040, from the age of 49 to 50. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Budh: rules your 9th house and 12th house, sits in your 10th house. It brings fortune, the father, teachers, and long travel; spending, sleep, foreign places, and what is given away. Mixed — a kendra or trikona, lord of a trikona and well placed from Mangal; on the other side: short of Shadbala, in an enemy's sign and combust.
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. Combust: so close to the Sun that its strength is lost in the Sun’s rays.
Its nine pratyantars
Mangal–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 22 days | 13 November 2039 – 4 January 2040 | Care |
| Ketu | 21 days | 4 January 2040 – 25 January 2040 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 2 months | 25 January 2040 – 25 March 2040 | Mixed |
| Surya | 18 days | 25 March 2040 – 12 April 2040 | Opens |
| Chandra | 1 month 1 day | 12 April 2040 – 13 May 2040 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 21 days | 13 May 2040 – 3 June 2040 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 1 month 24 days | 3 June 2040 – 27 July 2040 | Opens |
| Guru | 1 month 17 days | 27 July 2040 – 13 September 2040 | Care |
| Shani | 1 month 28 days | 13 September 2040 – 10 November 2040 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Mangal–Budh dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Mangal–Budh
Suggestions for Budh’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Mangal–Budh a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.46–47), 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 Mangal mahadasha Budh antardasha?
11 months 27 days (362 days): Mangal’s 7 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120. It begins 3 years 6 months after a Mangal mahadasha starts.
Is Mangal mahadasha Budh antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Mangal and Budh sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Mangal sees Budh as an enemy, and Budh sees Mangal as neutral. 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 Budh antardasha?
Nine, in the order Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani. Each is Mangal–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 54.46–47), 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 Mangal–Budh, where your kundli shows the need.
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