Antardasha 8 of 9 in Sun mahadasha · 4 mo 6 d
Sun-Ketu antardasha सूर्य-केतु अंतर्दशा
Sun-Ketu lasts about four months and six days. Ketu, treated like Mars, is a friend of the Sun in the classical table, but Ketu's detaching nature works against the Sun's love of position, so tradition reads the pairing as mixed. Sudden changes in job or residence, loss of interest in status, and brief health disturbances are listed. Spiritual insight and research aptitude rise. A short stretch that questions what the ambition was for.
- Length
- 4 mo 6 d
- Position
- 8 of 9 in Sun
- Natural relation
- Sun is friend to Ketu
The mahadasha behind it
Sun mahadasha is a short six year period that tradition links with authority, visibility, the father, and one's standing in the world. After the long and comfortable Venus period it feels brisk and demanding, with fewer indulgences and more responsibility. Classical texts read a strong Sun as bringing status and clarity of purpose, and a weak Sun as bringing ego friction and setbacks with superiors. Read the full Sun mahadasha.
What Ketu adds as sub-lord
Ketu mahadasha is a seven year period that tradition associates with detachment, sudden turns, and a loosening of attachments to things that no longer serve. It usually opens quietly after the busy Mercury period and asks for inward focus rather than expansion. Classical texts read it as a time of spiritual gain and material uncertainty, with results depending heavily on the house and sign Ketu occupies. As an antardasha lord it colours the mahadasha's agenda rather than replacing it: the houses Ketu owns and occupies in the birth chart become the stage for Sun's themes for 4 mo 6 d. See Ketu as a mahadasha.
How the length is computed
Sun runs 6 years and Ketu runs 7 years in the 120-year cycle, so Sun-Ketu lasts 6 × 7 ÷ 120 = 0.350 years, about 4 mo 6 d. The exact calendar boundaries depend on the Moon's degree at birth; the free kundli lists them.