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Rahu Mahadasha, Budh Antardasha
Budh antardasha in Rahu mahadasha runs 2 years 6 months 18 days. It is the fourth of the nine and begins 7 years 11 months 12 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Rahu’s 18 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120
2 years 6 months 18 days · 931 days
Shani antardasha comes before it, and Ketu antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Rahu counts Budh a friend, and Budh counts Rahu neither friend nor enemy (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Rahu–Budh period starts; where Rahu and Budh 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.
Budh antardasha adds
trade, study and the written word
What it touches in life
Rahu–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 enjoy the results of a Raj Yoga and profit in business; when it is hard: you fear the government. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain vehicles, livestock and profit from business; when it is hard: your fortune is lost. |
| Family | When it goes well: your family is well, with weddings, marriage and companionship; when it is hard: there is quarrelling and distress to spouse and children. |
| Health | When it goes well: your health is good; when it is hard: you fear snakes and thieves. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: you listen to the Puranas, make offerings into the sacred fire, give charity and turn religious; when it is hard: you speak ill of the gods and Brahmins. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 55, verses 30–39
Parashara reads Budh’s antardasha in Rahu’s mahadasha by where Budh 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 Budh (Mercury) is strong and is exalted, in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), or in the 5th house, BPHS gives the results of a Raj Yoga (a combination that raises one to standing and power), well-being in the family, profit and wealth from business, and comfortable vehicles. It also gives weddings and other happy occasions, more livestock, fragrances, and the comforts of bed and companionship.BPHS 55.30–33
- When Budh (Mercury) is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house), or in the 11th, 3rd, 9th or 10th house, counted from Rahu, the mahadasha lord (ruler of the main period), BPHS gives good health, isht siddhi (the fulfilment of what one most wishes), listening to the Puranas and old histories, marriage, offerings into the sacred fire, charity, a religious bent and kindness towards others.BPHS 55.34–35
When it is hard
- When Budh (Mercury) is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house, or receives the drishti (aspect, a graha's glance) of Shani, BPHS warns that the person may speak ill of the deities and Brahmins, and of lost fortune, lying, unwise acts, fear of snakes, thieves and the government, quarrels, and distress to spouse and children.BPHS 55.36–38
Parashara’s remedy
For relief from these troubles, BPHS prescribes reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama (the thousand names of Vishnu).
BPHS 55.39A caution: When Budh 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 fear of untimely death. BPHS 55.39
Rahu–Budh for your lagna
What Budh 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 | Budh is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Malefic 3rd and 6th |
| 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 |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Lagna lord— the lagna lord, which the verse leaves unjudged: 34.25 names only Shukra auspicious for Mithun 1st and 4th |
| Kark (Cancer) | Malefic 3rd and 12th |
| 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 |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) 1st and 10th |
| Tula (Libra) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) 9th and 12th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Malefic 8th and 11th |
| 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 |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Benefic 6th and 9th |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) 5th and 8th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic · Maraka 4th and 7th |
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–Budh at 60, 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.
Budh antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 27 April 2051 – 13 November 2053, from the age of 60 to 63. 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 Rahu; 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. Combust: so close to the Sun that its strength is lost in the Sun’s rays.
Its nine pratyantars
Rahu–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 9 days | 27 April 2051 – 5 September 2051 | Care |
| Ketu | 1 month 25 days | 5 September 2051 – 30 October 2051 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 5 months 3 days | 30 October 2051 – 2 April 2052 | Mixed |
| Surya | 1 month 17 days | 2 April 2052 – 19 May 2052 | Opens |
| Chandra | 2 months 16 days | 19 May 2052 – 4 August 2052 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 1 month 24 days | 4 August 2052 – 28 September 2052 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 4 months 17 days | 28 September 2052 – 14 February 2053 | Opens |
| Guru | 4 months 4 days | 14 February 2053 – 18 June 2053 | Care |
| Shani | 4 months 26 days | 18 June 2053 – 13 November 2053 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Rahu–Budh dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Rahu–Budh
Suggestions for Budh’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Rahu–Budh a remedy of its own (BPHS 55.39), 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 Rahu mahadasha Budh antardasha?
2 years 6 months 18 days (931 days): Rahu’s 18 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120. It begins 7 years 11 months 12 days after a Rahu mahadasha starts.
Is Rahu mahadasha Budh antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Rahu and Budh 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. 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. By nature the friendship is uneven: Rahu sees Budh as a friend, and Budh sees Rahu as neutral. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Rahu mahadasha Budh antardasha?
Nine, in the order Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani. Each is Rahu–Budh’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 5 months 3 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 1 month 17 days.
What upay helps in Budh antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 55.39), 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 Rahu–Budh, where your kundli shows the need.
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