Antardasha 5 of 9 in Mercury mahadasha · 1 yr 5 mo
Mercury-Moon antardasha बुध-चंद्र अंतर्दशा
Mercury-Moon lasts one year and five months. Mercury counts the Moon as an enemy, though the Moon counts Mercury as a friend, so the relationship is uneven and tradition reads the pairing as mentally active but emotionally unsteady. Communication with the public, travel, and dealings with women and the home are common themes. Indecision, anxiety, and changes of residence are listed. Gains through trade in liquids or food appear. Rest for the mind is the prescription.
- Length
- 1 yr 5 mo
- Position
- 5 of 9 in Mercury
- Natural relation
- Mercury is enemy to Moon
The mahadasha behind it
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. Read the full Mercury mahadasha.
What Moon adds as sub-lord
Moon mahadasha is a ten year period that tradition associates with the mind, the mother, home, the public, and emotional life. After the sharp Sun period it feels softer and more receptive, with attention shifting from position to well-being. Classical texts read a strong Moon as bringing popularity, domestic happiness, and travel, while a weak Moon brings restlessness, anxiety, and instability of residence. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Moon owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Mercury's themes for 1 yr 5 mo. See Moon as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Mercury runs 17 years and Moon runs 10 years in the 120-year cycle, so Mercury-Moon lasts 17 × 10 ÷ 120 = 1.417 years, about 1 yr 5 mo. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.