Vimshottari Dasha in Kundli

The depth and vision contained in the Vedic or Hindu astrology is missing in the western and other systems of astrology.
The Vimshottari Dasha system of planetary periods is a unique feature of Vedic astrology.
There are many systems of planetary periods. Our astrological treatises mention about 42 different systems. Sage Parashara is the ancient authority on vedic astrology and he has mentioned that the ‘Vimshottari dasha’ system is the crown of all such systems as it is most reliable and accurate.
The complete cycle of all the nine planetary period is of 120 years, which this system assumes as the full life span of an individual. As per this system the period assigned to each planet are given below also each planet governs a set of three constellations (Nakshatras).
Their lord planets and the periods assigned to these as per Vimshottari Dasha system are-

Planet	Years assigned to Mahadasha
Sun	6 years
Moon	10 years
Mars	7 years
Mercury	17 years
Venus	20 years
Jupiter	16 years
Saturn	19 years
Rahu	18 years
Ketu	7 years

The antardasha of all the 9 Planets come in their mahadasha. Then the pratyantar dasha of the 9 planets appear in each antardasha. Similarly the sookshma dasha and then the prana dasha appear in the pratyantar dasha.
So the Levels (or Sub Levels) of Dashas (in decreasing order of Duration) are as below:

• Mahadasha- Duration in years
• Antardasha- Duration in Months or Years (Shorter than Mahadasha)
• Pratyantar Dasha- Duration in Days or Months
• Sookshma Dasha- Duration of Days or Weeks
• Prana Dasha- Duration of Hours or Days

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