Vedic timing · Daśā systems
A dasha calculator that goes past Vimśottari
A daśā is a planetary period — the Vedic clock that tells you when a chart's promises ripen. Most online tools stop at the Vimśottari Mahādaśā and Antardaśā from the Moon. This calculator gives you that, in full depth, and every other daśā a serious reading uses: Yoginī and Kālacakra, the conditional daśās, the rāśi (sign) daśās — Nārāyaṇa (Jaimini), Sudāśā, Dṛg and Chara — the longevity daśās, and the year charts of Tithi Praveśa and Tājaka.
Enter your birth details once and the tool builds every timeline, highlights the period running today, and lets you drill down to the finest sub-periods — Pratyantar, Sūkṣma and Prāṇa — each with exact start and end dates.
Every daśā system in one place
Vimśottari
Nakṣatra · 120-year cycle · five levels
The main daśā of Parāśara. Counted from the Moon's birth star — or from the Lagna, from any divisional chart's Moon, or from the 4th, 5th or 8th star — down to Prāṇa.
Yoginī, Kālacakra and Saptarṣi
Nakṣatra daśās
Yoginī's 36-year wheel of eight yoginīs; Kālacakra, the wheel of time seeded by the pada of the Moon's star; and the Saptarṣi daśā of ten years to each star.
The conditional daśās
Nine systems · each with its own condition
Aṣṭottarī, Dvisaptati, Ṣaṭtriṁśa, Dvādaśottarī, Caturaśīti, Śatābdikā, Ṣoḍaśottarī, Pañcottarī and Ṣaṣṭihāyanī — every one shown, with the ones your chart qualifies for marked.
Rāśi daśās
Signs · any divisional chart
Nārāyaṇa (Jaimini), Sudāśā from the Śrī Lagna, Dṛg of dharma, Chara in Parāśara's and K. N. Rao's forms, Lagna Kendrādi, and Mūla — each period a sign acting as the lagna.
Śūla and Niryāṇa Śūla
Longevity daśās
The classical sign daśās of health and the span of life, from the stronger of the 1st and 7th and of the 2nd and 8th.
Pañcāṅga daśās and Sudarśana
Tithi, yoga, karaṇa · year by year
Tithi Aṣṭottarī, Tithi Yoginī, Yoga Vimśottarī and Karaṇa Caturāśīti, seeded by the birth pañcāṅga; and Sudarśana Cakra, giving each year of life to one sign.
All five levels — Mahādaśā down to Prāṇa
Vimśottari nests five deep. Each level divides the one above it into nine sub-periods, so you can zoom from a twenty-year chapter all the way down to a window of hours.
| Level | Code | Typical span | What it shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahādaśā | MD | 6–20 years | The major chapter. Sets the dominant theme of a long stretch of life. |
| Antardaśā (Bhukti) | AD | Months – ~3 years | The sub-period inside a mahādaśā. Colours the chapter and brings its main events. |
| Pratyantardaśā | PD | Weeks – months | The sub-sub-period. The layer most used to time actual events. |
| Sūkṣma | SD | Days – ~2 weeks | The micro-period. Narrows an event to a precise window. |
| Prāṇa | PRAN | Hours – days | The finest period. Pinpoints the moment within a window. |
How to read which dasha is running now
- 1. Find the active chain. The timeline marks the Mahādaśā → Antardaśā → Pratyantar → Sūkṣma → Prāṇa that contains today's date.
- 2. Judge the lords. For Vimśottari, look at each planet in the chain — its house, sign, dignity and the houses it owns. A benefic period lord well placed brings ease; a malefic lord afflicted brings friction.
- 3. For rāśi dashas, judge the sign. In Nārāyaṇa, Sudāśā and Dṛg the period belongs to a sign, not a planet. Read that sign's lord, the planets sitting in it, and the planets aspecting it.
- 4. Cross-check the systems. When Vimśottari and a rāśi dasha point at the same theme in the same window, the result is far more certain than either alone.
Why the other dashas matter
Vimśottari is the workhorse, but it is planet-based and counted from a single point — the Moon. The Jaimini rāśi dashas read time from the signs themselves, and each answers a different question. Nārāyaṇa shows how your circumstances and selfhood progress. Sudāśā shows when wealth and blessings flow. Dṛg shows when dharma and grace turn on. Reading them alongside Vimśottari is how classical astrologers separate a genuine turning point from background noise — and it is exactly what most calculators leave out.
Two more systems on this page are planet daśās rather than sign daśās, and neither is Vimśottarī. Yoginī runs a 36-year cycle, short enough that every period comes round again in one lifetime — so what a period did to you at nineteen is evidence about the same period at fifty-five. Mūla is the Jaimini graha daśā, with period lengths taken from each planet's distance from its own mūlatrikoṇa sign, and it is read against the Ṣaṣṭyāṁśa.
- Nārāyaṇa daśā calculatorCast it in any divisional chart, with the seed, direction and duration rules.
- Sudāśā calculatorThe daśā of prosperity, counted from the Śrī Lagna.
- Dṛg daśā calculatorWhen guidance and grace arrive — the daśā of being seen.
- Yoginī daśā calculatorThe eight yoginīs on a 36-year cycle — short enough that each period recurs in one life.
- Mūla daśā calculatorThe Jaimini graha daśā of root karma, read against the Ṣaṣṭyāṁśa.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find which dasha is running now?+
Enter your date, time and place of birth. The tool builds your full Vimśottari timeline from the Moon's nakṣatra and highlights the period active today — your current Mahādaśā, Antardaśā, Pratyantar, Sūkṣma and Prāṇa, each with exact start and end dates.
Does it show Pratyantar, Sūkṣma and Prāṇa dasha, not just Mahādaśā and Antardaśā?+
Yes. The Vimśottari timeline goes five levels deep: Mahādaśā → Antardaśā → Pratyantardaśā → Sūkṣma → Prāṇa. Tap any period to drill into its sub-periods and read the combined influence of the chain.
Can I see the dasha from the Lagna instead of the Moon?+
Yes. Choose Vimśottari and set it to count from the Lagna to run the same 120-year cycle from your ascendant. Vimśottari from the Moon reads the mind; from the Lagna it reads the body, the self and worldly life.
What is Nārāyaṇa dasha, and how is it different from Vimśottari?+
Vimśottari is a nakṣatra (star) based dasha of planets. Nārāyaṇa is a Jaimini rāśi (sign) dasha — each period belongs to a zodiac sign, which acts as the lagna for that stretch, showing how the self and its surroundings evolve. The two are read together for a fuller picture.
What are Sudāśā and Dṛg dasha?+
Both are rāśi (sign) dashas. Sudāśā runs from the Sree Lagna and tracks prosperity and blessings. Dṛg dasha follows sign aspects (rāśi-dṛṣṭi) and shows the timing of dharma and grace. Almost no free calculator computes these — this one does.
Are the dates accurate? Which ayanāṁśa is used?+
Periods are computed with the Lahiri (Chitrapakṣa) ayanāṁśa from your exact birth time and place. Because the balance of the first dasha depends on the Moon's precise longitude at birth, an accurate birth time matters — even a few minutes can shift the boundaries.
Is it free, and is my birth data private?+
It is completely free. Your chart and dasha timeline are computed and kept only in your browser session — nothing is posted to a public profile.
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