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Rahu Mahadasha, Shani Antardasha
Shani antardasha in Rahu mahadasha runs 2 years 10 months 6 days. It is the third of the nine and begins 5 years 1 month 6 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Rahu’s 18 years × Shani’s 19 years ÷ 120
2 years 10 months 6 days · 1,041 days
Guru antardasha comes before it, and Budh antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Rahu counts Shani a friend, and Shani counts Rahu neither friend nor enemy (neutral). That natural relationship is where reading a Rahu–Shani period starts; where Rahu and Shani 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.
Shani antardasha adds
hard work, duty and delay
What it touches in life
Rahu–Shani 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 devoted service wins favour from those in power; when it is hard: servants, authorities and enemies trouble you, and your name suffers. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: you gain money and livestock through working people, though travel west may bring loss through authorities and idleness may shrink income; when it is hard: a sudden gift of jewellery comes. |
| Family | When it goes well: happy occasions like a wedding take place; when it is hard: your spouse, children and kinsmen suffer, and you dispute with those sharing family property. |
| Health | When it is hard: heart trouble, an abdominal lump and sorrow trouble you. |
| Faith and journeys | When it is hard: you must travel abroad. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 55, verses 21–29
Parashara reads Shani’s antardasha in Rahu’s mahadasha by where Shani 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 Shani (Saturn) is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), exalted, in his own sign, in his moolatrikona (a favoured sign, next in strength to exaltation), or in the 3rd or 11th house, BPHS gives favour from those in power for devoted service, happy family occasions such as a wedding, the making of a garden or a water tank, and gains of money and livestock through well-off people of the labouring class. The same verse adds some mixed notes: a loss of money through the authorities during a journey to the west, income that shrinks through one's own sloth, and a return to one's home town.BPHS 55.21–24
When it is hard
- When Shani (Saturn) is debilitated, in an enemy's sign, or in the 8th or 12th house, BPHS warns of trouble from servants, the authorities and enemies, distress to spouse, children and kinsmen, disputes with those who share the family property, and disputes in dealings with others. Even so, it gives a sudden gain of jewellery.BPHS 55.25–26
- When Shani (Saturn) is in the 6th, 8th or 12th house counted from Rahu, the mahadasha lord (ruler of the main period), BPHS warns of heart trouble, a bad name, quarrels, danger from enemies, journeys abroad, gulma (a lump or swelling in the abdomen), unpleasant food and sorrow.BPHS 55.27–29
Parashara’s remedy
For relief from these troubles and to regain good health, BPHS prescribes giving a black cow or a female buffalo in charity.
BPHS 55.27–29A caution: When Shani rules the 2nd or 7th house, BPHS counts this sub-period maraka (a time the texts link with danger to life) and warns that untimely death is possible. BPHS 55.27–29
Rahu–Shani for your lagna
What Shani 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 | Shani is (lord of) |
|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Malefic 10th and 11th |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Yogakaraka 9th and 10th |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Neutral 8th and 9th |
| Kark (Cancer) | Maraka 7th and 8th |
| Singh (Leo) | Malefic · Maraka 6th and 7th |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Neutral 5th and 6th |
| Tula (Libra) | Yogakaraka 4th and 5th |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Malefic 3rd and 4th |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Maraka 2nd and 3rd |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral— the lagna lord; not a killer on his own, the verse says (34.39) 1st and 2nd |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Benefic— the lagna lord, and one the verse itself names auspicious for Kumbh (34.41) 1st and 12th |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 11th and 12th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.43–44) 11th and 12th |
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–Shani at 57, 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.
Shani antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 20 June 2048 – 27 April 2051, from the age of 57 to 60. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Shani: rules your 4th house and 5th house, sits in your 3rd house. It brings the home, the mother, land and vehicles, and rest; children, study, and creative work. Mixed — lord of a trikona and vargottama; on the other side: at a hard angle from Rahu and 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. Vargottama: in the same rashi in the birth chart and in the navamsa, which strengthens a graha.
Its nine pratyantars
Rahu–Shani divides into nine pratyantars from Shani’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shani | 5 months 11 days | 20 June 2048 – 1 December 2048 | Mixed |
| Budh | 4 months 27 days | 1 December 2048 – 28 April 2049 | Care |
| Ketu | 2 months | 28 April 2049 – 28 June 2049 | Care |
| Shukra | 5 months 20 days | 28 June 2049 – 18 December 2049 | Mixed |
| Surya | 1 month 21 days | 18 December 2049 – 8 February 2050 | Opens |
| Chandra | 2 months 28 days | 8 February 2050 – 6 May 2050 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 2 months | 6 May 2050 – 6 July 2050 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 5 months 3 days | 6 July 2050 – 9 December 2050 | Mixed |
| Guru | 4 months 18 days | 9 December 2050 – 27 April 2051 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Rahu–Shani dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Rahu–Shani
Suggestions for Shani’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Rahu–Shani a remedy of its own (BPHS 55.27–29), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Shani’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः
Daan: black sesame and iron, on Saturday
Every Shani upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Shani period: Shani mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Shani upay.
Shani antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Rahu mahadasha Shani antardasha?
2 years 10 months 6 days (1,041 days): Rahu’s 18 years × Shani’s 19 years ÷ 120. It begins 5 years 1 month 6 days after a Rahu mahadasha starts.
Is Rahu mahadasha Shani antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Rahu and Shani 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. Shani is favourable for Vrishabh (Taurus), Tula (Libra), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. Shani is hard for Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Meen (Pisces) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Rahu sees Shani as a friend, and Shani 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 Shani antardasha?
Nine, in the order Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru. Each is Rahu–Shani’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 5 months 20 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 1 month 21 days.
What upay helps in Shani antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 55.27–29), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Shani beej mantra, Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaishcharaya Namah, and a daan of black sesame and iron on Saturday are the everyday upay for Rahu–Shani, where your kundli shows the need.
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