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Chandra Mahadasha, Budh Antardasha
Budh antardasha in Chandra mahadasha runs 1 year 5 months. It is the sixth of the nine and begins 5 years 10 months after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Chandra’s 10 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120
1 year 5 months · 517 days
Shani antardasha comes before it, and Ketu antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Chandra counts Budh a friend, and Budh counts Chandra an enemy. That natural relationship is where reading a Chandra–Budh period starts; where Chandra and Budh sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Budh antardasha adds
trade, study and the written word
What it touches in life
Chandra–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: those in power recognise you, you profit in business and grow close to those in power; when it is hard: you risk imprisonment. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain wealth, clothes, vehicles, ornaments, pearls, coral and gems; when it is hard: you lose out in farming. |
| Family | When it goes well: children are born, marriage takes place and there is affection; when it is hard: your spouse and children are distressed. |
| Health | When it goes well: your health is good; when it is hard: your body is in pain. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you discuss the scriptures, gain knowledge from learned and holy people, perform yagya and charity, and keep the company of the learned. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 53, verses 39–46
Parashara reads Budh’s antardasha in Chandra’s mahadasha by where Budh sits, counted from the lagna and from Chandra, 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 strong and is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or in his own sign, his own navamsa (his own place in the ninth-division chart) or his sign of exaltation, BPHS gives gains of wealth, recognition from those in power, gains of clothes, discussion of the shastras, knowledge gained in the company of learned and holy people, enjoyment, the birth of children, contentment, profit in business, and gains of vehicles and ornaments.BPHS 53.39–41
- When Budh is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or in the 11th or 2nd, counted from Chandra, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS gives marriage, yagya (offerings into the sacred fire), charity, religious rites, closeness to those in power, the company of learned people, gains of pearls, coral, gems, vehicles, clothes and ornaments, good health, affection, enjoyment, and fine drinks and delicacies.BPHS 53.42–43½
When it is hard
- When Budh is in the 6th, 8th or 12th from Chandra, the lord of the mahadasha, or is debilitated (in his sign of weakness), BPHS warns of bodily pain, losses in farming, risk of imprisonment, and distress to spouse and children.BPHS 53.44–46
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, BPHS prescribes reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama and giving a goat in charity.
BPHS 53.44–46A caution: When Budh rules your 2nd or 7th house (the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life), BPHS warns of fever and asks for care with health. BPHS 53.44–46
Chandra–Budh for your lagna
What Chandra and Budh are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
For Tula (Libra) lagna, Parashara names Chandra and Budh together as givers of yoga (34.34): the strongest this pair can be. Both are hard for Singh (Leo) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Kark (Cancer), Kanya (Virgo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), 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 good for Dhanu (Sagittarius) and towards hard for Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), 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 | Chandra is (lord of) | Budh is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Neutral 4th | Malefic 3rd and 6th | Leans hard |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) 3rd | 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) | Maraka 2nd | 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) | Benefic 1st | Malefic 3rd and 12th | Mixed |
| Singh (Leo) | Maraka— lord of the 12th only, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.29–30) 12th | 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) | Malefic 11th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) 1st and 10th | Mixed |
| Tula (Libra) | Neutral · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.34) 10th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) 9th and 12th | Yoga pair |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Surya, the 10th lord (34.35–36) 9th | Malefic 8th and 11th | Mixed |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Neutral 8th | 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 | Leans favourable |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Mangal (34.39–40) 7th | Benefic 6th and 9th | Mixed |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Malefic 6th | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) 5th and 8th | Leans hard |
| Meen (Pisces) | Benefic 5th | Malefic · Maraka 4th and 7th | Mixed |
“Together” reads Chandra 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 Chandra–Budh at 41, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Chandra mahadasha Care
Chandra rules your 10th house and sits in your 6th house: this period brings those matters forward — work, standing, and those senior to you. Go carefully — a difficult house and short of Shadbala; on the other side: vargottama.
Budh antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 14 March 2032 – 14 August 2033, from the age of 41 to 43. 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 Chandra; 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. Vargottama: in the same rashi in the birth chart and in the navamsa, which strengthens a graha. Combust: so close to the Sun that its strength is lost in the Sun’s rays.
Its nine pratyantars
Chandra–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 | 2 months 12 days | 14 March 2032 – 26 May 2032 | Care |
| Ketu | 1 month | 26 May 2032 – 26 June 2032 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 2 months 25 days | 26 June 2032 – 20 September 2032 | Mixed |
| Surya | 26 days | 20 September 2032 – 16 October 2032 | Opens |
| Chandra | 1 month 12 days | 16 October 2032 – 28 November 2032 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 1 month | 28 November 2032 – 28 December 2032 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 2 months 16 days | 28 December 2032 – 16 March 2033 | Opens |
| Guru | 2 months 8 days | 16 March 2033 – 24 May 2033 | Care |
| Shani | 2 months 21 days | 24 May 2033 – 14 August 2033 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Chandra–Budh dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Chandra–Budh
Suggestions for Budh’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Chandra–Budh a remedy of its own (BPHS 53.44–46), 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 Chandra mahadasha Budh antardasha?
1 year 5 months (517 days): Chandra’s 10 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120. It begins 5 years 10 months after a Chandra mahadasha starts.
Is Chandra mahadasha Budh antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Chandra and Budh sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Tula (Libra) lagna. It is hardest for Singh (Leo) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Chandra sees Budh as a friend, and Budh sees Chandra as an enemy. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Chandra mahadasha Budh antardasha?
Nine, in the order Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani. Each is Chandra–Budh’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 2 months 25 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 26 days.
What upay helps in Budh antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 53.44–46), 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 Chandra–Budh, where your kundli shows the need.
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