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Surya · Budh
Surya Mahadasha, Budh Antardasha
Budh antardasha in Surya mahadasha runs 10 months 6 days. It is the seventh of the nine and begins 3 years 9 months 18 days after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Surya’s 6 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120
10 months 6 days · 310 days
Shani antardasha comes before it, and Ketu antardasha after it.
How the two grahas get on
Surya counts Budh neither friend nor enemy (neutral), and Budh counts Surya a friend. That natural relationship is where reading a Surya–Budh period starts; where Surya and Budh sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Budh antardasha adds
trade, study and the written word
What it touches in life
Surya–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: a rise to authority, respect and popularity, name, fame and a new title; when it is hard: the displeasure of those in power. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: gains of wealth, grain, clothes, ornaments, a vehicle and a cow. |
| Family | When it goes well: marriage, the birth of a son, and happiness from spouse and children; when it is hard: distress to spouse and children. |
| Health | When it is hard: bodily distress, a troubled mind, and, when Budh rules your 2nd or 7th house, bodily pain and bouts of fever. |
| Faith and journeys | When it goes well: pilgrimage, charity, fire offerings and religious rites, and devotion to one's guru and the deities; when it is hard: being sent away to a foreign land. |
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 52, verses 48–57
Parashara reads Budh’s antardasha in Surya’s mahadasha by where Budh 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 Budh 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 rise to authority or a position of command, zeal and liveliness, happiness from spouse and children, a vehicle through the kindness of those in power, gains of clothes and ornaments, pilgrimage to holy places, and the gift of a cow.BPHS 52.48–49½
- When Budh is joined with the lord of the 9th house (the house of fortune and dharma), BPHS says Budh becomes very beneficial in this antardasha.BPHS 52.50–51½
- When Budh is in the 9th, 5th or 10th house, BPHS gives respect and popularity among people, pious deeds and religious rites, devotion to one's guru and the deities, more wealth and grain, and the birth of a son.BPHS 52.50–51½
- When Budh is in a good place, such as a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th place), counted from Surya, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS gives marriage, offerings into the sacred fire, charity, religious rites, name and fame, becoming known by a new name or title, good food, and a happiness like Indra's from wealth, clothes and ornaments.BPHS 52.52–53½
When it is hard
- When Budh is in the 6th, 8th or 12th from Surya, the lord of the mahadasha (the text notes that Budh is never 6th or 8th from Surya, so only the 12th can occur), BPHS warns of bodily distress, a troubled mind, and distress to spouse and children.BPHS 52.54–57
Parashara’s remedy
For relief and to regain health and happiness, BPHS prescribes reciting the Vishnu Sahasranama and giving grain and a silver idol in charity.
BPHS 52.54–57A caution: When Budh rules your 2nd or 7th house (the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life), BPHS warns of bodily pain and bouts of fever, and asks for care with health. BPHS 52.54–57
Surya–Budh for your lagna
What Surya and Budh are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
For Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna, Parashara names Surya and Budh together as givers of yoga (34.38): the strongest this pair can be. Both are hard for Kark (Cancer), Meen (Pisces) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Mesh (Aries), Singh (Leo), Tula (Libra), Vrishchik (Scorpio) 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 Vrishabh (Taurus), Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn) and towards hard for 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 | Surya is (lord of) | Budh is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 5th | Malefic 3rd and 6th | Mixed |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Benefic 4th | 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 favourable |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 3rd | 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) | Maraka 2nd | Malefic 3rd and 12th | Hard |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 1st | Malefic— lord of the 2nd, but the killers the verse names for this lagna are Shani and Chandra (34.29–30) 2nd and 11th | Mixed |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) 12th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Shukra (34.32) 1st and 10th | Leans favourable |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic 11th | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Chandra (34.34) 9th and 12th | Mixed |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Chandra, the 9th lord (34.35–36) 10th | Malefic 8th and 11th | Mixed |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.38) 9th | 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 | Yoga pair |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral 8th | Benefic 6th and 9th | Leans favourable |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Maraka 7th | Neutral— gives mixed results (34.42) 5th and 8th | Leans hard |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic 6th | Malefic · Maraka 4th and 7th | Hard |
“Together” reads Surya 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 Surya–Budh at 33, 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.
Budh antardasha Care
In this kundli it runs 2 March 2024 – 6 January 2025, from the age of 33 to 34. 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. Go carefully — short of Shadbala, in an enemy's sign and combust; on the other side: a kendra or trikona and lord of a trikona.
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
Surya–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 | 1 month 13 days | 2 March 2024 – 15 April 2024 | Care |
| Ketu | 18 days | 15 April 2024 – 3 May 2024 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 1 month 21 days | 3 May 2024 – 24 June 2024 | Mixed |
| Surya | 15 days | 24 June 2024 – 9 July 2024 | Opens |
| Chandra | 26 days | 9 July 2024 – 4 August 2024 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 18 days | 4 August 2024 – 22 August 2024 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 1 month 16 days | 22 August 2024 – 8 October 2024 | Opens |
| Guru | 1 month 10 days | 8 October 2024 – 18 November 2024 | Care |
| Shani | 1 month 19 days | 18 November 2024 – 6 January 2025 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Surya–Budh dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Surya–Budh
Suggestions for Budh’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Surya–Budh a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.54–57), 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 Surya mahadasha Budh antardasha?
10 months 6 days (310 days): Surya’s 6 years × Budh’s 17 years ÷ 120. It begins 3 years 9 months 18 days after a Surya mahadasha starts.
Is Surya mahadasha Budh antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Surya and Budh sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna. It is hardest for Kark (Cancer), Meen (Pisces) lagna. By nature the friendship is uneven: Surya sees Budh as neutral, and Budh sees Surya as a friend. 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 Budh antardasha?
Nine, in the order Budh, Ketu, Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani. Each is Surya–Budh’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 1 month 21 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 15 days.
What upay helps in Budh antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.54–57), 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 Surya–Budh, where your kundli shows the need.
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