Antardasha 2 of 9 in Mars mahadasha · 1 yr
Mars-Rahu antardasha मंगल-राहु अंतर्दशा
Mars-Rahu lasts about one year and eighteen days. Rahu, modelled on Saturn, counts Mars as an enemy, while Mars is neutral toward Saturn, so the pairing is classically uneasy. Tradition reads it as ambition without brakes: unconventional risks, foreign connections, sudden gains and equally sudden losses, disputes with associates, and heightened accident risk. Technology and engineering work may surge. Caution with vehicles, machinery, and speculative ventures is the standard advice.
- Length
- 1 yr
- Position
- 2 of 9 in Mars
- Natural relation
- Mars is neutral to Rahu
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 Rahu adds as sub-lord
Rahu mahadasha is an eighteen year period that tradition associates with ambition, unconventional paths, foreign lands, and the hunger for what one does not yet have. After the direct Mars period it feels more complicated and less predictable. Classical texts read a well-placed Rahu as bringing worldly rise by unusual routes, and an afflicted Rahu as bringing confusion, deception, and dissatisfaction despite gains. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Rahu owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Mars's themes for 1 yr. See Rahu as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Mars runs 7 years and Rahu runs 18 years in the 120-year cycle, so Mars-Rahu lasts 7 × 18 ÷ 120 = 1.050 years, about 1 yr. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.