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Surya Mahadasha, Shukra Antardasha
Shukra antardasha in Surya mahadasha runs 1 year. It is the ninth of the nine and begins 5 years after the mahadasha starts.
How long it runs
Surya’s 6 years × Shukra’s 20 years ÷ 120
1 year · 365 days
Ketu antardasha comes before it, and it closes the mahadasha; Chandra mahadasha begins when it ends. The last months of a mahadasha, where one period hands over to the next, are called dasha sandhi (the junction), and the tradition reads them with care.
How the two grahas get on
Surya and Shukra are enemies to each other. That natural relationship is where reading a Surya–Shukra period starts; where Surya and Shukra sit in your kundli decides what it brings.
Shukra antardasha adds
marriage, comforts and the arts
What it touches in life
Surya–Shukra 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: meetings with those in power, a rise to authority, dignity and a good name; when it is hard: the displeasure of power, lost position and lost good name. |
| Money and property | When it goes well: gains of property, pearls and jewels, clothes, livestock, wealth, grain and vehicles. |
| Family | When it goes well: marriage and the happiness hoped for from one's wife, with happy occasions at home; when it is hard: distress to spouse and children and friction with relatives. |
| Health | When it is hard: mental anguish, bodily pain and illness, and, when Shukra joins the lord of the 6th or 8th house, danger of untimely death. |
For faith and journeys, Parashara’s verses on Surya–Shukra give nothing of their own; there the two grahas’ places in your kundli decide.
What Parashara says
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, chapter 52, verses 65–73
Parashara reads Shukra’s antardasha in Surya’s mahadasha by where Shukra 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 Shukra is in a kendra (the 1st, 4th, 7th or 10th house) or a trikona (the 1st, 5th or 9th house), or is exalted (in his sign of greatest strength), in his own sign, in his own varga (his own divisions in the divisional charts), or in a friendly sign, BPHS gives marriage and the happiness hoped for from one's wife, gains of property, travel, meetings with learned Brahmins and with those in power, a rise to authority, riches, generosity and dignity, happy occasions at home, sweets on the table, pearls and other jewels, clothes, livestock, wealth, grain and vehicles, enthusiasm, and a good name.BPHS 52.65–68
When it is hard
- When Shukra is in the 6th, 8th or 12th from Surya, the lord of the mahadasha, BPHS warns of the displeasure of those in power, mental anguish, and distress to spouse and children.BPHS 52.69–73
Parashara’s remedy
For relief, BPHS prescribes the Mahamrityunjaya japa and Rudra japa, and giving a tawny cow or a she-buffalo in charity.
BPHS 52.69–73A caution: When Shukra rules your 2nd or 7th house, the maraka houses, which the texts link with danger to life, BPHS warns of bodily pain and illness. When Shukra is joined with the lord of the 6th or 8th house, it warns of danger of untimely death. It asks for care with health. BPHS 52.69–73
Surya–Shukra for your lagna
What Surya and Shukra are for each lagna, as Parashara lists them, and the two read together
Both are hard for Kark (Cancer), Meen (Pisces) lagna, where the period asks for the most care. For Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus), Mithun (Gemini), Singh (Leo), Vrishchik (Scorpio), Dhanu (Sagittarius), Kumbh (Aquarius) 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 Kanya (Virgo), Makar (Capricorn) and towards hard for Tula (Libra).
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) | Shukra is (lord of) | Together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesh (Aries) | Benefic 5th | Malefic · Maraka 2nd and 7th | Mixed |
| Vrishabh (Taurus) | Benefic 4th | Malefic · Maraka— the lagna lord, but also lord of the 6th: a malefic and a killer (34.23–24) 1st and 6th | Mixed |
| Mithun (Gemini) | Malefic 3rd | Benefic 5th and 12th | Mixed |
| Kark (Cancer) | Maraka 2nd | Malefic 4th and 11th | Hard |
| Singh (Leo) | Benefic 1st | Malefic 3rd and 10th | Mixed |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Neutral— gives results by association (34.32) 12th | Benefic · Maraka · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.32) 2nd and 9th | Leans favourable |
| Tula (Libra) | Malefic 11th | Neutral— the lagna lord, which the verse calls neutral (34.34) 1st and 8th | Leans hard |
| Vrishchik (Scorpio) | Yogakaraka— as the verse names it, together with Chandra, the 9th lord (34.35–36) 10th | Malefic · Maraka 7th and 12th | Mixed |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Benefic · Yoga— gives yoga together with Budh (34.38) 9th | Malefic · Maraka— lord of the 6th and 11th, not the 2nd or 7th; the verse names it a killer all the same (34.37–38) 6th and 11th | Mixed |
| Makar (Capricorn) | Neutral 8th | Yogakaraka 5th and 10th | Leans favourable |
| Kumbh (Aquarius) | Maraka 7th | Yogakaraka 4th and 9th | Mixed |
| Meen (Pisces) | Malefic 6th | Malefic 3rd and 8th | Hard |
“Together” reads Surya and Shukra 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–Shukra at 34, 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.
Shukra antardasha Mixed
In this kundli it runs 14 May 2025 – 15 May 2026, from the age of 34 to 35. Its length here can differ from the one above by a day, because each kundli’s dates round to the day.
Shukra: rules your 1st house and 8th house, sits in your 9th house. It brings the body, health, temperament and the self; hidden matters, delay, and other people's money. Mixed — a kendra or trikona and strong in the navamsa; on the other side: 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. Navamsa: the ninth-division chart, read for a graha’s inner strength.
Its nine pratyantars
Surya–Shukra divides into nine pratyantars from Shukra’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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shukra | 2 months | 14 May 2025 – 14 July 2025 | Mixed |
| Surya | 18 days | 14 July 2025 – 1 August 2025 | Opens |
| Chandra | 1 month | 1 August 2025 – 1 September 2025 | Mixed |
| Mangal | 21 days | 1 September 2025 – 22 September 2025 | Mixed |
| Rahu | 1 month 25 days | 22 September 2025 – 16 November 2025 | Mixed |
| Guru | 1 month 19 days | 16 November 2025 – 4 January 2026 | Care |
| Shani | 1 month 27 days | 4 January 2026 – 3 March 2026 | Opens |
| Budh | 1 month 20 days | 3 March 2026 – 23 April 2026 | Care |
| Ketu | 22 days | 23 April 2026 – 15 May 2026 | Mixed |
The dasha calculator finds your own Surya–Shukra dates free, and the Janam Kundli report reads your antardashas this way, with the pratyantars of the one you are in.
Upay in Surya–Shukra
Suggestions for Shukra’s months, which your kundli confirms
For this pair
Parashara gives Surya–Shukra a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.69–73), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”; it comes first.
Shukra’s beej mantra and daan
ॐ द्रां द्रीं द्रौं सः शुक्राय नमः
Daan: white cloth and rice, on Friday
Every Shukra upay
What helps and what to keep clear of in any Shukra period: Shukra mahadasha. Its vrat, ratna, stotra and puja: Shukra upay.
Shukra antardasha in the other mahadashas
Common questions
How long is Surya mahadasha Shukra antardasha?
1 year (365 days): Surya’s 6 years × Shukra’s 20 years ÷ 120. It begins 5 years after a Surya mahadasha starts.
Is Surya mahadasha Shukra antardasha good or bad?
Not in advance: it turns on your lagna and on where Surya and Shukra sit in your kundli. By Parashara’s lists no lagna has both lords favourable. It is hardest for Kark (Cancer), Meen (Pisces) lagna. By nature the two are enemies. On the Tula lagna kundli above, the Janam Kundli report reads it as “Mixed”, as its chip above says.
What are the pratyantars of Surya mahadasha Shukra antardasha?
Nine, in the order Shukra, Surya, Chandra, Mangal, Rahu, Guru, Shani, Budh, Ketu. Each is Surya–Shukra’s length × the pratyantar lord’s years ÷ 120, so the longest is Shukra’s, about 2 months, and the shortest Surya’s, about 18 days.
What upay helps in Shukra antardasha?
Parashara gives this antardasha a remedy of its own (BPHS 52.69–73), set out above under “Parashara’s remedy”. The Shukra beej mantra, Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah, and a daan of white cloth and rice on Friday are the everyday upay for Surya–Shukra, where your kundli shows the need.
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