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Surya Mahadasha, Surya Antardasha
Surya antardasha in Surya mahadasha runs 3 months 18 days. It is the first of the nine: every Surya mahadasha opens with it.
How long it runs
Surya’s 6 years × Surya’s 6 years again ÷ 120
3 months 18 days · 110 days
Chandra antardasha follows it.
What Surya brings to its own antardasha
Every mahadasha opens with its own lord’s antardasha. For these months Surya rules both levels alone, so its matters show at their plainest.
What it touches in life
Surya–Surya area by area, in plain words, from Parashara’s verses set out below
| Area | What the verses give |
|---|---|
| Money and property | When it goes well: money and grain increase, bringing a fuller income and a well-stocked home. |
| Health | When Surya rules your 2nd or 7th house, this period carries a maraka warning of danger of untimely death or suffering close to it, calling for care with health. |
For work and standing, family, faith and journeys, Parashara’s verses on Surya–Surya give nothing of their own; there Surya’s place in your kundli decides.
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 52, verses 1–3
Parashara reads Surya’s own antardasha by where Surya sits from the lagna 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 Surya is exalted (in his sign of greatest strength), in his own sign, in the 11th house, or in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), BPHS gives gains of wealth and of grain: a fuller income and a well-stocked home.BPHS 52.1–3
- When Surya is in any house other than those named above, and is neither exalted nor debilitated, BPHS says the results are middling, neither markedly good nor markedly hard.BPHS 52.1–3
When it is hard
- When Surya is debilitated (in his sign of weakness), or sits in an unfavourable house or sign, BPHS gives adverse results for this period and does not list them one by one.BPHS 52.1–3
Parashara’s remedy
To ease these troubles and protect health, BPHS prescribes the Mahamrityunjaya japa, or the worship of Surya through his mantras and through charity.
BPHS 52.1–3A caution: BPHS counts this a maraka period (one the texts link with danger to life) when Surya rules your 2nd or 7th house. It warns of danger of untimely death or of suffering close to it, and asks for care with health. BPHS 52.1–3
Surya’s own antardasha for your lagna
What Surya is for each lagna, as Parashara lists it
Surya is favourable for Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna. Surya is hard for Mithun (Gemini), Kark (Cancer), Tula (Libra), Kumbh (Aquarius), Meen (Pisces) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn) lagna Surya is neutral, and where it sits decides the period.
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) | This antardasha |
|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 5th | Favourable |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Benefic 4th | Favourable |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 3rd | Hard |
| Kark (Cancer) | Maraka 2nd | Hard |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 1st | Favourable |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) 12th | Placement decides |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic 11th | Hard |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Chandra, the 9th lord (34.35–36) 10th | Favourable |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.38) 9th | Favourable |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral 8th | Placement decides |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Maraka 7th | Hard |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic 6th | Hard |
A favourable Surya gives its own antardasha readily, a hard one asks for care, and a neutral one leaves it to where Surya sits.
Read on a real kundli
One kundli that meets Surya–Surya at 29, 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.
Surya antardasha Opens
In this kundli it runs 14 May 2020 – 1 September 2020, from the age of 29 to 30. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Surya: rules your 11th house, sits in your 9th house. It brings income, gains, elder siblings, and friends who help. Read as Surya mahadasha above: its own sub-period.
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
Surya–Surya divides into nine pratyantars from Surya’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surya | 6 days | 14 May 2020 – 20 May 2020 | Opens |
| Chandra | 9 days | 20 May 2020 – 29 May 2020 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 6 days | 29 May 2020 – 4 June 2020 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 16 days | 4 June 2020 – 20 June 2020 | Mixed |
| Guru | 15 days | 20 June 2020 – 5 July 2020 | Care |
| Shani | 17 days | 5 July 2020 – 22 July 2020 | Opens |
| Budh | 16 days | 22 July 2020 – 7 August 2020 | Care |
| Ketu | 6 days | 7 August 2020 – 13 August 2020 | Mixed |
| Shukra | 19 days | 13 August 2020 – 1 September 2020 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Surya–Surya dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Surya–Surya
Suggestions for Surya’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Surya–Surya a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.1–3), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Surya’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः
Daan: wheat and jaggery, on Sunday
Every Surya upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Surya period: Surya mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Surya upay.
Surya antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Surya mahadasha Surya antardasha?
3 months 18 days (110 days). It is the first antardasha of every Surya mahadasha.
Is Surya mahadasha Surya antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Surya sits in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists it is strongest for Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Dhanu (Sagittarius) lagna. It is hardest for Mithun (Gemini), Kark (Cancer), Tula (Libra), Kumbh (Aquarius), Meen (Pisces) lagna. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Opens”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Surya mahadasha Surya antardasha?
Nine, in the order Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu, Shukra. Each is Surya–Surya’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 19 days, and the shortest Surya’s, about 6 days.
What upay helps in Surya antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.1–3), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Surya beej mantra, Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah, and a daan of wheat and jaggery on Sunday are the everyday upay for Surya–Surya, where your kundli shows the need.
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