Antardasha 8 of 9 in Rahu mahadasha · 1 yr 6 mo
Rahu-Moon antardasha राहु-चंद्र अंतर्दशा
Rahu-Moon lasts one year and six months. The Moon holds no enmity toward anyone, but Saturn, and thus Rahu, counts the Moon as an enemy, and Rahu is a natural eclipser of the Moon. Tradition expects mental restlessness, fear, disturbed sleep, and instability at home or with the mother. Foreign travel, especially across water, is common. Emotional attachments formed here may prove unreliable. Steady routine is the classical prescription.
- Length
- 1 yr 6 mo
- Position
- 8 of 9 in Rahu
- Natural relation
- Rahu is enemy to Moon
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 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 Rahu's themes for 1 yr 6 mo. See Moon as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Rahu runs 18 years and Moon runs 10 years in the 120-year cycle, so Rahu-Moon lasts 18 × 10 ÷ 120 = 1.500 years, about 1 yr 6 mo. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.