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Budh
Budh Mahadasha, Budh Antardasha
Budh antardasha in Budh mahadasha runs 2 years 4 months 27 days. It is the first of the nine: every Budh mahadasha opens with it.
How long it runs
Budh’s 17 years × Budh’s 17 years again ÷ 120
2 years 4 months 27 days · 880 days
Ketu antardasha follows it.
What Budh brings to its own antardasha
Every mahadasha opens with its own lord’s antardasha. For these months Budh rules both levels alone, so its matters show at their plainest.
What it touches in life
Budh–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 succeed in your studies and meet new figures of authority. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain gems such as pearls, and wealth through spouse, children and parents; when it is hard: you lose wealth and livestock. |
| Family | When it goes well: you find happiness through spouse, children and parents; when it is hard: you clash with relatives, your spouse suffers, and family members may die. |
| Health | When it is hard: you suffer stomach pain and rheumatism. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you turn to pious deeds. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 58, verses 1–5
Parashara reads Budh’s own antardasha by where Budh 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 Budh (Mercury) is in his exaltation sign (uchcha rashi, where a graha is strongest) or is otherwise well placed, BPHS gives gains of gems such as pearls, learning, growing happiness, pious deeds, success in studies, name and fame, meetings with new people in authority, and wealth and happiness through the spouse, children and parents.BPHS 58.1–3½
When it is hard
- When Budh is in his debilitation sign (neecha rashi, where a graha is weakest) or a similar weak placement, or is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, or is with malefic grahas, BPHS warns of loss of wealth and livestock, friction with relatives, and illnesses such as stomach pain.BPHS 58.1–3½
Parashara’s remedy
For relief from these difficulties, BPHS prescribes reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama, the thousand names of Vishnu.
BPHS 58.5A caution: When Budh rules your 2nd or 7th house, BPHS counts this a maraka period (one the texts link with danger to life). It warns of distress to the spouse, the death of members of the family, and illnesses such as rheumatism and stomach pain, and asks for care with health. BPHS 58.4–5
Budh’s own antardasha for your lagna
What Budh is for each lagna, as Parashara lists it
Budh is favourable for Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makar (Capricorn) lagna. Budh is hard for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna Budh 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 | Budh is (lord of) | This antardasha |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Malefic 3rd and 6th | Hard |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | 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 | Placement decides |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Lagna lord— the lagna lord, which the verse leaves unjudged: 34.25 names only Shukra auspicious for Mithun 1st and 4th | Placement decides |
| Kark (Cancer) | Malefic 3rd and 12th | Hard |
| Singh (Leo) | Malefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Chandra (34.29–30) 2nd and 11th | Hard |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) 1st and 10th | Favourable |
| Tula (Libra) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) 9th and 12th | Favourable |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Malefic 8th and 11th | Hard |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | 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) | Benefic 6th and 9th | Favourable |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) 5th and 8th | Placement decides |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic · Maraka 4th and 7th | Hard |
A favourable Budh gives its own antardasha readily, a hard one asks for care, and a neutral one leaves it to where Budh sits. “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 Budh–Budh at 50, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Budh mahadasha Mixed
Budh rules your 7th house and 10th house and sits in your 1st house: this period brings those matters forward — the spouse, partners, and those one deals with; work, standing, and those senior to you. Mixed — a kendra or trikona; on the other side: short of Shadbala.
Budh antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 21 August 2034 – 17 January 2037, from the age of 50 to 52. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Budh: rules your 7th house and 10th house, sits in your 1st house. It brings the spouse, partners, and those one deals with; work, standing, and those senior to you. Read as Budh 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.
Its nine pratyantars
Budh–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 | 4 months 3 days | 21 August 2034 – 24 December 2034 | Mixed |
| Ketu | 1 month 20 days | 24 December 2034 – 13 February 2035 | Care |
| Shukra | 4 months 27 days | 13 February 2035 – 10 July 2035 | Mixed |
| Surya | 1 month 13 days | 10 July 2035 – 23 August 2035 | Mixed |
| Chandra | 2 months 12 days | 23 August 2035 – 4 November 2035 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 1 month 21 days | 4 November 2035 – 25 December 2035 | Opens |
| Rahu | 4 months 10 days | 25 December 2035 – 5 May 2036 | Care |
| Guru | 3 months 25 days | 5 May 2036 – 30 August 2036 | Mixed |
| Shani | 4 months 18 days | 30 August 2036 – 17 January 2037 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Budh–Budh dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Budh–Budh
Suggestions for Budh’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Budh–Budh a remedy of its own (BPHS 58.5), 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 Budh mahadasha Budh antardasha?
2 years 4 months 27 days (880 days). It is the first antardasha of every Budh mahadasha.
Is Budh mahadasha Budh antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Budh sits in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Makar (Capricorn) lagna. It is hardest for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna. On the Dhanu lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Budh mahadasha Budh antardasha?
Nine, in the order Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani. Each is Budh–Budh’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 4 months 27 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 1 month 13 days.
What upay helps in Budh antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 58.5), 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 Budh–Budh, where your kundli shows the need.
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