Antardasha 4 of 9 in Mars mahadasha · 1 yr 1 mo
Mars-Saturn antardasha मंगल-शनि अंतर्दशा
Mars-Saturn lasts about one year, one month, and nine days and is generally the hardest sub-period of the Mars dasha. Saturn counts Mars as an enemy, while Mars is neutral toward Saturn: the accelerator meets the brake. Tradition expects delays, heavy labour, disputes with employers or over property, chronic aches, and frustration that turns into quarrels. Injuries from falls or machinery are listed. Steady, unglamorous work is the classical prescription.
- Length
- 1 yr 1 mo
- Position
- 4 of 9 in Mars
- Natural relation
- Mars is neutral to Saturn
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 Saturn adds as sub-lord
Saturn mahadasha is a nineteen year period that tradition associates with discipline, labour, delay, responsibility, and the slow building of what lasts. After the expansive Jupiter period it feels heavier and more demanding. Classical texts read a strong Saturn as bringing authority earned through service and durable achievement, while a weak or afflicted Saturn brings hardship, isolation, chronic health strain, and loss. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Saturn owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Mars's themes for 1 yr 1 mo. See Saturn as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Mars runs 7 years and Saturn runs 19 years in the 120-year cycle, so Mars-Saturn lasts 7 × 19 ÷ 120 = 1.108 years, about 1 yr 1 mo. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.