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Mangal Mahadasha, Rahu Antardasha
Rahu antardasha in Mangal mahadasha runs 1 year 18 days. It is the second of the nine and begins 4 months 27 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Mangal’s 7 years × Rahu’s 18 years ÷ 120
1 year 18 days · 384 days
Mangal antardasha comes before it, and Guru antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Mangal counts Rahu neither friend nor enemy (neutral), and Rahu counts Mangal an enemy. That natural relationship is where reading a Mangal–Rahu period starts; where Mangal and Rahu 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.
Rahu antardasha adds
ambition, the unfamiliar and sudden turns
What it touches in life
Mangal–Rahu 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: government recognises you and business brings unusual profit; when it is hard: you risk imprisonment. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain a house and land; when it is hard: you lose livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: a son brings you happiness. |
| Health | When it is hard: snakes, animals and injuries threaten you, and illness from imbalanced pitta and vata follows. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you bathe in holy rivers such as the Ganga and travel abroad. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 54, verses 9–14
Parashara reads Rahu’s antardasha in Mangal’s mahadasha by where Rahu 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 Rahu is in his moolatrikona sign (a sign of special strength), in his sign of exaltation, in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), or in the 11th, 5th or 9th house, and is joined with benefic grahas (the gentle planets), BPHS gives recognition from government, gains of a house and land, happiness from a son, unusual profits in business, bathing in holy rivers such as the Ganga, and journeys abroad.BPHS 54.9–10½
When it is hard
- When Rahu is in the 8th or 12th house, or receives the drishti (aspect) of, or is joined with, malefic grahas (the harsh planets), BPHS warns of danger from snakes, injuries, loss of livestock, danger from animals, illness from an imbalance of pitta and vata (bile and wind), and risk of imprisonment.BPHS 54.11–14
Parashara’s remedy
For relief and for long life, BPHS prescribes Naga puja, offering food to Brahmins, and the Mahamrityunjaya japa.
BPHS 54.11–14A caution: When Rahu sits in your 2nd house, BPHS warns of loss of wealth. When he sits in your 7th, it counts this a grave maraka period (one the texts link with danger to life), warns of danger of untimely death, and asks for care with health. BPHS 54.11–14
Mangal–Rahu for your lagna
What Mangal is for each lagna, as Parashara lists it; Rahu 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 |
Rahu 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. Rahu in each house shows how.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Mangal–Rahu at 46, 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.
Rahu antardasha Opens
In this kundli it runs 10 October 2036 – 29 October 2037, from the age of 46 to 47. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Rahu: sits in your 4th house. It brings the home, the mother, land and vehicles, and rest. Favourable — a kendra or trikona and well placed from Mangal.
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–Rahu divides into nine pratyantars from Rahu’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahu | 1 month 27 days | 10 October 2036 – 7 December 2036 | Mixed |
| Guru | 1 month 20 days | 7 December 2036 – 27 January 2037 | Care |
| Shani | 2 months 2 days | 27 January 2037 – 29 March 2037 | Mixed |
| Budh | 1 month 23 days | 29 March 2037 – 22 May 2037 | Mixed |
| Ketu | 22 days | 22 May 2037 – 13 June 2037 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 2 months 3 days | 13 June 2037 – 16 August 2037 | Mixed |
| Surya | 19 days | 16 August 2037 – 4 September 2037 | Opens |
| Chandra | 1 month 2 days | 4 September 2037 – 6 October 2037 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 23 days | 6 October 2037 – 29 October 2037 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Mangal–Rahu dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Mangal–Rahu
Suggestions for Rahu’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Mangal–Rahu a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.11–14), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Rahu’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ भ्रां भ्रीं भ्रौं सः राहवे नमः
Daan: a coconut and black cloth, on Saturday
Every Rahu upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Rahu period: Rahu mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Rahu upay.
Rahu antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Mangal mahadasha Rahu antardasha?
1 year 18 days (384 days): Mangal’s 7 years × Rahu’s 18 years ÷ 120. It begins 4 months 27 days after a Mangal mahadasha starts.
Is Mangal mahadasha Rahu antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Mangal and Rahu sit in your kundli. Rahu 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 Rahu as neutral, and Rahu sees Mangal as an enemy. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Opens”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Mangal mahadasha Rahu antardasha?
Nine, in the order Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal. Each is Mangal–Rahu’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 2 months 3 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 19 days.
What upay helps in Rahu antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.11–14), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Rahu beej mantra, Om Bhraam Bhreem Bhraum Sah Rahave Namah, and a daan of a coconut and black cloth on Saturday are the everyday upay for Mangal–Rahu, where your kundli shows the need.
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