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Mangal Mahadasha, Shukra Antardasha
Shukra antardasha in Mangal mahadasha runs 1 year 2 months. It is the seventh of the nine and begins 4 years 10 months 24 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Mangal’s 7 years × Shukra’s 20 years ÷ 120
1 year 2 months · 426 days
Ketu antardasha comes before it, and Surya antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Mangal and Shukra are neither friends nor enemies to each other (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Mangal–Shukra period starts; where Mangal and Shukra sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Shukra antardasha adds
marriage, comforts and the arts
What it touches in life
Mangal–Shukra 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 rise to authority, your fortune grows, and your employer brings you wealth; when it is hard: those in power threaten you. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain vehicles, clothes, property, a house and land, with wealth and standing; when it is hard: you lose wealth and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: your spouse and children are happy, and a son's birth is celebrated; when it is hard: there is discord, and your spouse and children suffer. |
| Health | When it is hard: you feel sorrow, bodily distress, and danger from thieves. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you build wells and water tanks for public use, and take up charitable and religious works. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 54, verses 55–63
Parashara reads Shukra’s antardasha in Mangal’s mahadasha by where Shukra 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 Shukra is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) from the lagna (ascendant), or is exalted (in his sign of greatest strength) or in his own sign, or rules the lagna, the 5th or the 9th house, BPHS gives a rise to authority or a position of command, great enjoyment and the comfort of luxuries, and gains of vehicles and clothes.BPHS 54.55–56½
- When Shukra is connected with the lord of the lagna (the ruler of the ascendant sign), BPHS gives happiness for spouse and children, wealth and standing, and growing good fortune.BPHS 54.55–56½
- When Shukra is in the 5th, 9th, 11th or 2nd from Mangal, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS gives gains of property, celebrations for the birth of a son, wealth from one's employer, and a house, land and property through the kindness of those in power.BPHS 54.57–60
- When Shukra is connected with the lord of the 10th house, BPHS gives the building of wells and water tanks for public use, and religious, charitable and pious works.BPHS 54.57–60
When it is hard
- When Shukra 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 sorrow, bodily distress, loss of wealth, danger from thieves and from those in power, discord in the family, distress to spouse and children, and loss of livestock.BPHS 54.61–62
Parashara’s remedy
To regain good health, BPHS prescribes giving a cow or a she-buffalo in charity.
BPHS 54.63A caution: When Shukra rules your 2nd or 7th house (the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life), BPHS warns of bodily pain in this antardasha, and asks for care with health. BPHS 54.63
Mangal–Shukra for your lagna
What Mangal and Shukra are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
Both are hard for Vrishabh (Taurus) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Mesh (Aries), Mithun (Gemini), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Kanya (Virgo), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius), 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 Tula (Libra), Vrishchik (Scorpio).
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) | Shukra is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 1st and 8th | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 7th | Mixed |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Maraka 7th and 12th | Malefic · Maraka— the lagna lord, but also lord of the 6th: a malefic and a killer (34.23–24) 1st and 6th | Hard |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 6th and 11th | Benefic 5th and 12th | Mixed |
| Kark (Cancer) | Yogakaraka 5th and 10th | Malefic 4th and 11th | Mixed |
| Singh (Leo) | Yogakaraka 4th and 9th | Malefic 3rd and 10th | Mixed |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic 3rd and 8th | Benefic · Maraka · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.32) 2nd and 9th | Mixed |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 7th | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.34) 1st and 8th | Leans hard |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Neutral 1st and 6th | Malefic · Maraka 7th and 12th | Leans hard |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic 5th and 12th | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 6th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.37–38) 6th and 11th | Mixed |
| 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 | Yogakaraka 5th and 10th | 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 | Yogakaraka 4th and 9th | Mixed |
| 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 3rd and 8th | Mixed |
“Together” reads Mangal and Shukra 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.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Mangal–Shukra 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.
Shukra antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 8 April 2041 – 8 June 2042, from the age of 50 to 51. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Shukra: rules your 1st house and 8th house, sits in your 9th house. It brings the body, health, temperament and the self; hidden matters, delay, and other people's money. Mixed — a kendra or trikona, well placed from Mangal and strong in the navamsa; on the other side: short of Shadbala.
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–Shukra divides into nine pratyantars from Shukra’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shukra | 2 months 10 days | 8 April 2041 – 18 June 2041 | Mixed |
| Surya | 21 days | 18 June 2041 – 9 July 2041 | Opens |
| Chandra | 1 month 5 days | 9 July 2041 – 14 August 2041 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 24 days | 14 August 2041 – 7 September 2041 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 2 months 3 days | 7 September 2041 – 10 November 2041 | Mixed |
| Guru | 1 month 27 days | 10 November 2041 – 6 January 2042 | Care |
| Shani | 2 months 9 days | 6 January 2042 – 15 March 2042 | Opens |
| Budh | 1 month 29 days | 15 March 2042 – 14 May 2042 | Care |
| Ketu | 25 days | 14 May 2042 – 8 June 2042 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Mangal–Shukra dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Mangal–Shukra
Suggestions for Shukra’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Mangal–Shukra a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.63), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Shukra’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ द्रां द्रीं द्रौं सः शुक्राय नमः
Daan: white cloth and rice, on Friday
Every Shukra upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Shukra period: Shukra mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Shukra upay.
Shukra antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Mangal mahadasha Shukra antardasha?
1 year 2 months (426 days): Mangal’s 7 years × Shukra’s 20 years ÷ 120. It begins 4 years 10 months 24 days after a Mangal mahadasha starts.
Is Mangal mahadasha Shukra antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Mangal and Shukra sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists no lagna has both lords favourable. It is hardest for Vrishabh (Taurus) lagna. By nature the two are neither friends nor enemies. 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 Shukra antardasha?
Nine, in the order Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu. Each is Mangal–Shukra’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 2 months 10 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 21 days.
What upay helps in Shukra antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 54.63), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Shukra beej mantra, Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah, and a daan of white cloth and rice on Friday are the everyday upay for Mangal–Shukra, where your kundli shows the need.
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