Antardasha 9 of 9 in Rahu mahadasha · 1 yr
Rahu-Mars antardasha राहु-मंगल अंतर्दशा
Rahu-Mars lasts about one year and eighteen days and closes the mahadasha. Saturn, and thus Rahu, counts Mars as an enemy, while Mars is neutral toward Saturn, so the pairing is uneasy. Tradition reads it as force without patience: accidents, disputes, surgery, sudden property matters, and conflicts with siblings or associates. Technical and engineering work can surge. Caution with vehicles and speculation is standard. It hands over to the steadier Jupiter mahadasha.
- Length
- 1 yr
- Position
- 9 of 9 in Rahu
- Natural relation
- Rahu is enemy to Mars
The mahadasha behind it
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. Read the full Rahu 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 Rahu's themes for 1 yr. See Mars as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Rahu runs 18 years and Mars runs 7 years in the 120-year cycle, so Rahu-Mars lasts 18 × 7 ÷ 120 = 1.050 years, about 1 yr. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.