Antardasha 5 of 9 in Mars mahadasha · 11 mo 27 d
Mars-Mercury antardasha मंगल-बुध अंतर्दशा
Mars-Mercury lasts about eleven months and twenty-seven days. Mars counts Mercury as an enemy, while Mercury is neutral toward Mars, and tradition reads the pairing as sharp intellect with a short fuse. Contracts, communication, and commerce come forward, but so do arguments over words, hasty agreements, and disputes with younger relatives or colleagues. Technical writing, engineering design, and quick trade can prosper. Nervous strain and skin complaints are listed. Read documents twice before signing.
- Length
- 11 mo 27 d
- Position
- 5 of 9 in Mars
- Natural relation
- Mars is enemy to Mercury
The mahadasha behind it
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. Read the full Mars mahadasha.
What Mercury adds as sub-lord
Mercury mahadasha is a seventeen year period that tradition associates with intellect, communication, commerce, learning, and adaptability. After the heavy Saturn period it feels lighter, quicker, and more social. Classical texts read a strong Mercury as bringing success in trade, writing, and study, and a wide network of useful contacts, while a weak or afflicted Mercury brings nervous strain, scattered effort, and losses through miscommunication. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Mercury owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Mars's themes for 11 mo 27 d. See Mercury as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Mars runs 7 years and Mercury runs 17 years in the 120-year cycle, so Mars-Mercury lasts 7 × 17 ÷ 120 = 0.992 years, about 11 mo 27 d. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.