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Rahu Mahadasha, Guru Antardasha
Guru antardasha in Rahu mahadasha runs 2 years 4 months 24 days. It is the second of the nine and begins 2 years 8 months 12 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Rahu’s 18 years × Guru’s 16 years ÷ 120
2 years 4 months 24 days · 877 days
Rahu antardasha comes before it, and Shani antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Rahu and Guru are neither friends nor enemies to each other (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Rahu–Guru period starts; where Rahu and Guru 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.
Guru antardasha adds
growth, children, teachers and blessings
What it touches in life
Rahu–Guru 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: your position improves, you defeat rivals, gain favour from those in power, succeed in your aims; when it is hard: you face obstacles, a bad name and an unwanted government charge. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: wealth and property grow steadily, with vehicles, livestock and land; when it is hard: you lose wealth. |
| Family | When it goes well: your spouse, children and grandchildren bring happiness; when it is hard: your spouse and children suffer. |
| Health | When it is hard: you suffer heart trouble and bodily distress. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you serve Brahmins, visit holy places, grow devoted to the deities, and take up charity and religious work. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 55, verses 8–20
Parashara reads Guru’s antardasha in Rahu’s mahadasha by where Guru sits, counted from the lagna and from Rahu, 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 Guru (Jupiter) is exalted, in his own sign, or in his own or exalted navamsha (the ninth-part division of a sign); or Guru 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 a better position, patience, victory over opponents, enjoyment and good relations with those in power. Wealth and property grow steadily, like the waxing Moon of the bright fortnight. It also gives vehicles and livestock, a meeting with someone in authority after a journey to the west or south-east, success in what one sets out to do, and a return to one's home town. It adds good done for Brahmins, visits to holy places, gain of property or land, devotion to the deities and Brahmins, happiness from spouse, children and grandchildren, and sweet food every day.BPHS 55.8–12½
- When Guru (Jupiter) is strong and stands in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), in a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or in the 11th, 2nd or 3rd house, counted from Rahu, the mahadasha lord (ruler of the main period), BPHS gives gain of land, good food and livestock, and a turn towards charity and religious work.BPHS 55.15–17
When it is hard
- When Guru (Jupiter) is debilitated, combust (so close to Surya that his strength is hidden), in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, in an enemy's sign, or joined by malefics (the naturally harsh grahas), BPHS warns of loss of wealth, obstacles in work, a bad name, distress to spouse and children, and heart trouble. Among these hard results it also lists being handed a charge in government: given here, it is an unwelcome burden rather than a reward.BPHS 55.13–14½
- When Guru (Jupiter) is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house counted from Rahu, the mahadasha lord (ruler of the main period), or is joined by malefics (the naturally harsh grahas), BPHS warns of loss of wealth and distress to the body.BPHS 55.18–20
Parashara’s remedy
For relief and good health, BPHS prescribes worshipping Lord Shiva through a golden image of him; by his grace the troubles ease.
BPHS 55.18–20A caution: When Guru rules the 2nd or 7th house, BPHS counts this sub-period maraka (a time the texts link with danger to life) and warns of the danger of untimely death. BPHS 55.18–20
Rahu–Guru for your lagna
What Guru 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 | Guru is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 9th and 12th |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 8th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.23–24) 8th and 11th |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Chandra (34.25–26) 7th and 10th |
| Kark (Cancer) | Benefic 6th and 9th |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 5th and 8th |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.31–32) 4th and 7th |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 3rd and 6th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.33–34) 3rd and 6th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Benefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.35–36) 2nd and 5th |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.38) 1st and 4th |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Malefic 3rd and 12th |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 11th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Mangal (34.44) 1st and 10th |
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 Rahu–Guru at 55, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Rahu mahadasha Mixed
Rahu sits in your 4th house: this period brings its matters forward — the home, the mother, land and vehicles, and rest. A node gives the results of the lord of its sign: here Shani, which rules your 4th house and 5th house and sits in your 3rd house. Mixed — a kendra or trikona, and nothing else: one point in favour does not open a period.
Guru antardasha Care
In this kundli it runs 25 January 2046 – 20 June 2048, from the age of 55 to 57. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Guru: rules your 3rd house and 6th house, sits in your 9th house. It brings effort, courage, younger siblings and short journeys; illness, debt, disputes, and thankless work. Go carefully — at a hard angle from Rahu, short of Shadbala, in an enemy's sign in the navamsa, in an enemy's sign and combust; on the other side: a kendra or trikona and vargottama.
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. 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
Rahu–Guru divides into nine pratyantars from Guru’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guru | 3 months 27 days | 25 January 2046 – 22 May 2046 | Care |
| Shani | 4 months 16 days | 22 May 2046 – 8 October 2046 | Opens |
| Budh | 4 months 1 day | 8 October 2046 – 9 February 2047 | Care |
| Ketu | 1 month 23 days | 9 February 2047 – 1 April 2047 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 4 months 24 days | 1 April 2047 – 25 August 2047 | Mixed |
| Surya | 1 month 13 days | 25 August 2047 – 8 October 2047 | Opens |
| Chandra | 2 months 12 days | 8 October 2047 – 20 December 2047 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 1 month 20 days | 20 December 2047 – 9 February 2048 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 4 months 11 days | 9 February 2048 – 20 June 2048 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Rahu–Guru dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Rahu–Guru
Suggestions for Guru’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Rahu–Guru a remedy of its own (BPHS 55.18–20), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Guru’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ ग्रां ग्रीं ग्रौं सः गुरवे नमः
Daan: chana dal and turmeric, on Thursday
Every Guru upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Guru period: Guru mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Guru upay.
Guru antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Rahu mahadasha Guru antardasha?
2 years 4 months 24 days (877 days): Rahu’s 18 years × Guru’s 16 years ÷ 120. It begins 2 years 8 months 12 days after a Rahu mahadasha starts.
Is Rahu mahadasha Guru antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Rahu and Guru 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. Guru is favourable for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Meen (Pisces) lagna. Guru is hard for Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Kanya (Virgo), Tula (Libra), Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. By nature the two are neither friends nor enemies. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Care”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Rahu mahadasha Guru antardasha?
Nine, in the order Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu. Each is Rahu–Guru’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 4 months 24 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 1 month 13 days.
What upay helps in Guru antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 55.18–20), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Guru beej mantra, Om Graam Greem Graum Sah Gurave Namah, and a daan of chana dal and turmeric on Thursday are the everyday upay for Rahu–Guru, where your kundli shows the need.
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