Antardasha 1 of 9 in Ketu mahadasha · 4 mo 27 d
Ketu-Ketu antardasha केतु-केतु अंतर्दशा
Ketu-Ketu opens the mahadasha and lasts about four months and twenty-seven days. It is the most concentrated stretch of the whole period, when Ketu's themes arrive undiluted: detachment, restlessness, and a sense that recent goals have lost their meaning. Tradition expects sudden changes of residence or plan, minor health disturbances, and a pull toward solitude or spiritual practice. What is released in these months tends to stay released.
- Length
- 4 mo 27 d
- Position
- 1 of 9 in Ketu
- Natural relation
- Ketu is the same planet
The mahadasha behind it
Ketu mahadasha is a seven year period that tradition associates with detachment, sudden turns, and a loosening of attachments to things that no longer serve. It usually opens quietly after the busy Mercury period and asks for inward focus rather than expansion. Classical texts read it as a time of spiritual gain and material uncertainty, with results depending heavily on the house and sign Ketu occupies. Read the full Ketu mahadasha.
What Ketu adds as sub-lord
Ketu mahadasha is a seven year period that tradition associates with detachment, sudden turns, and a loosening of attachments to things that no longer serve. It usually opens quietly after the busy Mercury period and asks for inward focus rather than expansion. Classical texts read it as a time of spiritual gain and material uncertainty, with results depending heavily on the house and sign Ketu occupies. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Ketu owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Ketu's themes for 4 mo 27 d. See Ketu as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Ketu runs 7 years and Ketu runs 7 years in the 120-year cycle, so Ketu-Ketu lasts 7 × 7 ÷ 120 = 0.408 years, about 4 mo 27 d. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.