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Surya Mahadasha, Guru Antardasha
Guru antardasha in Surya mahadasha runs 9 months 18 days. It is the fifth of the nine and begins 2 years 18 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Surya’s 6 years × Guru’s 16 years ÷ 120
9 months 18 days · 292 days
Rahu antardasha comes before it, and Shani antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Surya and Guru are friends to each other. That natural relationship is where reading a Surya–Guru period starts; where Surya and Guru sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Guru antardasha adds
growth, children, teachers and blessings
What it touches in life
Surya–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: favour from those in power and a rise to authority or command; when it is hard: the displeasure of those in power and aims left unmet. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: gains of wealth, grain, clothes and vehicles; when it is hard: loss of wealth through wrong deeds. |
| Family | When it goes well: marriage and the birth of a son; when it is hard: distress to spouse and children. |
| Health | When it is hard: bodily pain and mental worry. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: giving in charity, a religious bent, worship of the deities and devotion to one's guru. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 52, verses 32–39
Parashara reads Guru’s antardasha in Surya’s mahadasha by where Guru sits, counted from the lagna and from Surya, 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 is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house) from the lagna (ascendant), or is exalted, in his own sign, or in his own varga (his own divisions in the divisional charts), BPHS gives marriage, favour from government or those in power, gains of wealth and grain, the birth of a son, hopes fulfilled through the kindness of those in authority, and gains of clothes.BPHS 52.32–33½
- When Guru rules the 9th or the 10th house, BPHS gives a rise to authority or a position of command, the comfort of vehicles, and a gain in position.BPHS 52.34–36
- When Guru is well placed from Surya, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS gives better fortune, giving in charity, a religious bent, worship of the deities, devotion to one's guru, and fulfilment of one's hopes.BPHS 52.34–36
When it is hard
- When Guru is in the 6th or 8th from Surya, the lord of the mahadasha, or is joined by malefic grahas (the harsh planets), BPHS warns of distress to spouse and children, bodily pain, the displeasure of those in power, aims left unmet, loss of wealth through wrong deeds, and mental worry.BPHS 52.37–39
Parashara’s remedy
To ease these troubles and to gain health and happiness, BPHS prescribes giving gold and a tawny (kapila) cow in charity, and the worship of one's Ishta Devata (chosen deity).
BPHS 52.37–39Surya–Guru for your lagna
What Surya and Guru are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
Both are favourable for Mesh (Aries), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio) lagna. Both are hard for Mithun (Gemini), Tula (Libra), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Vrishabh (Taurus), Kark (Cancer), 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 Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn).
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 | Surya is (lord of) | Guru is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 5th | Benefic 9th and 12th | Favourable |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Benefic 4th | 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 | Mixed |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 3rd | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Chandra (34.25–26) 7th and 10th | Hard |
| Kark (Cancer) | Maraka 2nd | Benefic 6th and 9th | Mixed |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 1st | Benefic 5th and 8th | Favourable |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) 12th | Malefic— lord of the 7th, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.31–32) 4th and 7th | Leans hard |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic 11th | 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 | Hard |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Chandra, the 9th lord (34.35–36) 10th | Benefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killer the verse names for this lagna is Shukra (34.35–36) 2nd and 5th | Favourable |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.38) 9th | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.38) 1st and 4th | Leans favourable |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral 8th | Malefic 3rd and 12th | Leans hard |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Maraka 7th | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 11th | Hard |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic 6th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Mangal (34.44) 1st and 10th | Mixed |
“Together” reads Surya and Guru 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.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Surya–Guru at 31, read the way the report reads yours
From the Janam Kundli report
Surya mahadasha Opens
Surya rules your 11th house and sits in your 9th house: this period brings those matters forward — income, gains, elder siblings, and friends who help. Favourable — a kendra or trikona, enough Shadbala and vargottama.
Guru antardasha Care
In this kundli it runs 2 June 2022 – 21 March 2023, from the age of 31 to 32. 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 — 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
Surya–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 | 1 month 9 days | 2 June 2022 – 11 July 2022 | Care |
| Shani | 1 month 15 days | 11 July 2022 – 26 August 2022 | Opens |
| Budh | 1 month 10 days | 26 August 2022 – 6 October 2022 | Care |
| Ketu | 17 days | 6 October 2022 – 23 October 2022 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 1 month 18 days | 23 October 2022 – 11 December 2022 | Mixed |
| Surya | 15 days | 11 December 2022 – 26 December 2022 | Opens |
| Chandra | 24 days | 26 December 2022 – 19 January 2023 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 17 days | 19 January 2023 – 5 February 2023 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 1 month 16 days | 5 February 2023 – 21 March 2023 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Surya–Guru dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Surya–Guru
Suggestions for Guru’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Surya–Guru a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.37–39), 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 Surya mahadasha Guru antardasha?
9 months 18 days (292 days): Surya’s 6 years × Guru’s 16 years ÷ 120. It begins 2 years 18 days after a Surya mahadasha starts.
Is Surya mahadasha Guru antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Surya and Guru sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Mesh (Aries), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio) lagna. It is hardest for Mithun (Gemini), Tula (Libra), Kumbh (Aquarius) lagna. By nature the two are friends. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Care”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Surya mahadasha Guru antardasha?
Nine, in the order Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu. Each is Surya–Guru’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 1 month 18 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 15 days.
What upay helps in Guru antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.37–39), 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 Surya–Guru, where your kundli shows the need.
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