Antardasha 5 of 9 in Ketu mahadasha · 4 mo 27 d
Ketu-Mars antardasha केतु-मंगल अंतर्दशा
Ketu-Mars lasts about four months and twenty-seven days. Ketu is conventionally treated as Mars-like, so this is a pairing of two similar fiery energies, which tradition reads as intense rather than balanced. Expect urgency, disputes, accidents from haste, and sudden decisions about property or siblings. On the constructive side, courage and technical skill peak, and long-delayed action is often taken. Restraint with anger and vehicles is the classical caution.
- Length
- 4 mo 27 d
- Position
- 5 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 Mars adds as sub-lord
Mars mahadasha is a seven year period that tradition associates with energy, courage, competition, property, and siblings. After the receptive Moon period it feels abrupt and active, with a strong pull toward decisive action. Classical texts read a strong Mars as bringing achievement through effort and gains in land or technical fields, while a weak or afflicted Mars brings disputes, accidents, and conflict with brothers or authority. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Mars owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Ketu's themes for 4 mo 27 d. See Mars as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Ketu runs 7 years and Mars runs 7 years in the 120-year cycle, so Ketu-Mars 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.