Timing Events by Vimshottari Dasha
Hindu Astrology has achieved remarkable success in the matter of timing events, as to when the different indications of the horoscope-marriage, birth and death of children, death of parents, financial gains and losses, access to wealth, loss of reputation, increase of fame and many other events occurring in our daily lives, would fructify or happen.
Hindu Predictive Astrology enables one to time and predict events with considerable accuracy. In this article however we shall give the merest outlines, so that readers are given an insight into the vexed question of timing events.
It is not in the province of our discussion to investigate into the rationale of the Dasa System but our task consists in giving a faithful account of what in our humble opinion has a sound basis in actual practice and can be relied upon safely.
There are any number of Dasas in vogue in India but we propose to deal with Vimshottari or Udu Dasa. In the choice of any particular type of Dasa, the guiding factor should be experience. Vimshottari, in our humble opinion, has been built upon a firm foundation.
Some of the recent writers on Astrology reject this system simply because, according to their views, which obviously seem ill-conceive, the system under discussion has no “scientific basis”.
In their over-enthusiasm to modernise Hindu Astrology, they forget the value of experience which should of course be the true criterion of all knowledge.
In this system there are nine main periods, each presided over by a planet. Each of the main periods is divided into similar sub-periods (Bhuktis) and each sub-period is divided similarly into inter-periods (Antara). The Antaras are again subdivided into Antarantaras and so on till Swara or the period necessary for the inhaling and exhaling of breath is reached.
Nevertheless for all practical purposes the sub-period will be found to be quite sufficient.
Judgment
There are several considerations to be taken note of in judging the results of the Dasas and Bhukis.The general results due to a planet should be carefully weighed and incongruous results, wherever they occur, should be avoided.
The relations between the lords of the main period and sub-period should be considered when predicting events during their time. It is certainly difficult to lay down any particular result which will apply to all.
Conclusions should be drawn having regard to strength and propensity of the planet. The prediction should always be consistent with the person for whom it is intended, under the condition of life in which he is brought up as well as the physical possibility at the time.
As a general proposition it may be stated that a planet during its Dasa generally gives the results pertaining to the houses it rules or aspects. Provided the lord is well placed, that is, in its own sign, exaltation, moolatrikona or friendly house, or conjunction with a yogakaraka or otherwise powerful, it will give rise to good results during its Dasa.
Thus when the lord of Lagna is strong, the native will, during the Dasa of the lord of Lagna, have physical happiness and will be happily placed in life. His prosperity will be on the increase.
Provided the lord of Lagna is in debilitation and in conjunction with lords of 3, 6 or 11, the native will suffer ailments during the Dasa of the lord of Lagna, will become unhappy and will suffer miseries.
Let us take a concrete case. In the adjoining horoscope the results of Jupiter Dasa have to be judged.
Example: Jupiter is the lord of the 2nd and the 11th houses. He is placed in the 10th. Jupiter owning the 2nd is good for wealth. Jupiter here is aspected by Moon (lord of the 6th), Satrun (lord of Lagna and 12) and Mars (lord of 3 and 10).
Whilst Jupiter will give, during his Dasa, majority of results pertaining to the 2nd (wealth, family and influence) and the 10th houses (professional advancement, means of livelihood, etc.), he will also produce results due to the 1st, 6th and 3rd houses. Thus the native will amass considerable fortune. There will be considerable professional success.
Jupiter being indicator of children, the family will increase. As he occupies the 10th, the native will have some pilgrimage. As the Moon (lord of 6th) and Saturn (lord of Lagna) happen to aspect Jupiter the native is likely to suffer misfortune (of course in the sub-period of Jupiter).
The fourth house rules land, properties, education, etc. Jupiter is aspected by the Moon and Saturn from the fourth house. Hence the subject will purchase landed and house properties.
From the above it will be seen that a planet is capable of producing different kinds of results which depend upon ownership, aspect, location and association.
Therefore in interpreting results of Dasa and Bhuktis one should exercise very great care in analysing the quality and quantity of effects produced by a planet in the course of its Dasa. The lord of the Dasa has a quality of its own stamped upon it.
This will again be modified by the nature of the house, the nature of the aspecting bodies, the favourable and unfavourable situation of the lord of Dasa in Navamsa and other factors.
The same argument applies when deciding the results of Bhuktis. In the latter case however the relations and interrelations between the lord (Dasanatha) and the sub-lord (Bhuktinatha) will be the deciding factor. Thus
- The Dasa periods of the lords of the 6th and the 8th produce harmful results unless they obtain beneficence otherwise.
- The effects of the ruling planets are intensified at: such time as the Sun may be passing through the signs occupied by them or the signs over which they rule.
- In the course of a Dasa, a planet produces virtue of ownership, such effects as it indicates as it indicates by virtue of association, location and aspect.
- The Dasa results stand to be modified by the effect of Gochara or transiting planets.
- The periods of the lord of 5 and 9 are said to give rise to good results.
- Unfavourable results will be realised when the sub-lord and major lord are situated in the 6th and the 8th or the 12th and the 2nd from each other respectively.
- The general effects of the planets thus related must be taken into account, and their natural relation, as well as their temporary relation in the horoscope must be well considered.
Thus the Sun and Venus, although natural enemies, may be respectively in Leo and Libra, in which case they are in temporary good relation occupying the 3rd and the 11th signs respectively from each other.
Judgment is made accordingly, but it is to be understood that a temporary friendship will not entirely overcome a radical and constitutional enmity.
During the Dasa of the lord of the 2nd, one can expect success to the family, marrige if not already married, good earnings and generally favourable results.
During the Dasa of a planet that is strong and owns the 3rd house one can expect help and co-operation from brothers and other relations, attainment of honour and approbation from others.
Help to relations, acquisition of vehicles, land and houses and higher status may be anticipated during the Dasa of the lord of the 4th.
Merriment, birth of a son, and general prosperity are likely to result in the Dasa of the 5th house lord.
One may prodict enjoyment of good health, success over enemies and litigation in the course of the Dasa of the 6th house lord.
7th lord: Marriage if not married, or marital happiness, pleasure trips and family happiness.
8th lord: Discharge of debts, acquisition of amenities and general good. 9th lord: Enjoyment of prosperity, birth of grandchildren, happiness and wealth.
10th lord: Professional prosperity, pilgrimage, reputation, respect and realisation of ambitions.
11th lord: Influx of wealth, domestic happiness, gains.
12th lord: Spending money for good purposes and religious inclination.
The above results hold good provided the planets are strong and favourable. If they are weak and unfavourable, the predictions have to be modified.
Thus the lord of the 6th ill-disposed gives rise to diseases, debts and machinations of enemies. Whatever natures, characteristics, diseases, etc., have been mentioned as belonging to the different planets should be duly assigned to the planets concerned in their respective periods.
Rahu and Ketu give effects, good or bad as the case may be, according to the nature of the planet they associate with or the planet in whose house they may be situated.
I give below some of the prominent results by way of examples that are likely to be produced during different Dasas.
Sun’s Period – 6 Years
If the Sun is elevated, he displays wisdom, gets money, attains fame and happiness; the Sun in good position, in own house or joined with lord of 9 or 10 happiness, gains, riches, honours; the Sun with lord of 5-birth of children. The Sun when related to lord of 2-becomes rich, earns money, secures property, gains, favours from influential persons.
The Sun when debilitated or occupies the 6th or the 8th house or in conjunction with evil planets contracts evil diseases, loss of wealth, suffers from reverses in employment, penalty and becomes ill.
The Dasa of the Sun in deep exaltation: Sudden gains in cattle and wealth, much travelling in eastern countries, residence in foreign countries, quarrels among friends and relations, pleasure trips and picnic parties and lovely women.
Moolatrikona: Birth of children, much respect from high personages, gains in cattle and money, acquisition of power and political success.
Leo: Respect from kings and noble person- ages, righteous conduct, birth of children and respect among children.
Libra: Reduced to poverty, always troubled by enemies, failure in undertakings, death of brothers and friends and miserable and complicated life.
Aquarius: Mental worries, death of wife, loss of property and wealth.
The Sun in conjunction with the lord of Lagna gives good gain in the latter half of the Dasa, pleasant functions, vehicles, travelling and respect.
The Sun in the 2nd or 7th: Accidents, illness, and other bad results.
Moon’s Period – 10 Years
The Moon in Ascendant Gets riches and happiness, secures reputation.
In friend’s house: Earns well, learns, and becomes successful.
In enemy’s house : Unfriendly, vexed by family, loss of money in disputes.
With an exalted planet: Contented and happy.
Evil planet: Suffers loss from fire, stealing and judicial orders.
With good planet: Happy and successful.
Moon in the 2nd house: Increase in family and addition of riches.
In 3rd house: Happiness to self and brothers, good earning.
In 4th house: Death of mother if afflicted, earns by cultivation, and attains good name.
In 5th house: Gets children.
In 6th house: Becomes unhappy, and gets into litigation.
In 7th house : Marries if not already married, mentally worried.
In 9th house: Happy, wealthy and honoured.
In 10th house: Easy success and wealth, popularity, becomes trustee of religious institution.
In 11th house: Reputation and friends increase, gets landed properties. In 12th house: Suffers much.
With Sun: Quarrels with relatives, loss of parents or possessions.
Taurus: Increase in fame and name, collection of enormous wealth, mental and physical happiness.
Cancer : Addition in wealth, success in litigation, unexpected finding of treasure, travels.
Scorpio: Fear from political heads, destruction of relatives, disappoint- ment in every respect, loss of wealth, liberty and honour at risk and much mental uneasiness.
Neecha (debilitation): Losses and troubles from various sources and mental worry.
Moolatrikona: Respect from sovereigns, many gains, acquisition of landed property, much happiness and sexual enjoyment.
Mars’ Period -7 Years
Mars in enemy’s house: Unhappy due to disputes, entails the displeasure of superiors and bodily infirmity.
In friend’s : Acquisition of landed properties.
With debilitated planet : Good earning and reputation.
Aspected by a good planet: Happy and good effects.
By evil planets: Becomes destitute.
In 1st house : Suffers from thieves and poison.
In 2nd house: Favoured by others, secures good position, but suffers from facial or eye disease.
In 3rd house: Happy respected.
In 4th house: Loss of position, quarrel and worries.
In 5th house: Loss of money and children, accident to children.
In 6th house: Quarrels, sorrows, debts and enemies.
In 7th house: Unpleasantness with wife or husband, suffers from urinary or bladder troubles.
In 8thHouse: Suffer from boils, loses position, travels.
In 9th house: Bad to father, runs into danger and losses.
In 10th house: Dispirited by failure, good and bad results in profession depending on the strength or weakness of Mars.
In 11th house: Respected, gains and success.
In 12th house: Loss of fortune and children.
Rahu’s Period – 18 Years
Rahu in 1st house: Illness, friends and relatives suffer.
In 2nd house: Deprived of land and riches, gets bad food, financial troubles.
In 3rd house: Respected, happy with children, wealth, wife and brothers.
In 4th house: Mother’s death or sickness, consider- able suffering.
In 5th house: Mental worries.
In 6th house: Family suffers from thieves, fire, superiors and other complications.
In 7th house: Is endangered by reptiles, wife suffers.
In 8th house: Great danger of losing money, etc.
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In 9th house : Misfortunes, loss of father sickness to him, expenses.
In 10th house: Religious interest, interest in the occult.
In 11th house: Good in all matters, favour from superiors.
In 12th house: Gets disheartened, unexpected losses.
Rahu will not always produce malefic effects. If he occupies the house of a benefic who in turn is well fortified then Rahu will certainly produce good results.
Taking the example horoscope it will be seen that Rahu in the course, of this Dasa produced quite auspicious results.
Rahu is in the 2nd house and Jupiter, lord of the 2nd, is in the 10th. Rahu is aspected by Mars from the 7th. Rahu should give the results of Jupiter, who aspects the 4th house.
Therefore, the native began and completed his education (4th house) during Rahu’s period, got married (Mars aspecting from 7th), got a son (because Jupiter is Putrakaraka), and had beginning of professional career (Jupiter in the 10th).
Moreover Rahu’s Dasa was the second, the ruling period at birth being that of Mars. Hence predominantly beneficial effects were realised.
Jupiter’s Period – 16 Years
If Jupiter is in Deep Exaltation: Gains wealth, happiness, royal respect, good reputation.
In Cancer : Travels for good, but is anxious, generally fortunate.
In Capricorn: Disheartened, worry, serving others.
In own house: Birth of sons, success in every under- taking, increase in relations and family members, widespread fame, happiness.
In 1st house: Good health, access to riches.
In 2nd house: Increased income and honours, family happiness.
In 3rd house: God relations with brothers and family members and success in undertakings.
In 4th house: Respected, access to lands and houses, general happiness.
In 5th house: Official favours, not quite good to children.
In 6th house: Redemption from Redemption from debts, enemies will succeed.
In 7th house: Travels and pilgrimages, marriage if not already married. In 8th house: Homeless, physical and mental illness, increase of enemies.
In 9th house: Increase of knowledge, gets riches, children and generally fortunate.
In 10th house: Happy with family, professional success.
In 11th house: Gain of land, family disputes.
In 12th house: Suffering and uneasiness.
Saturn’s Period – 19 Years
This Dasa signifies deficiency of thought, dishonour and loss of wealth. It tends to expose the native to the displeasure of superiors. These results should be predicted when Saturn is unfavourably disposed in the horoscope.
Saturn in Capricorn: Increase in lands, gain in wealth, friendship with illustrious personages.
In Aquarius: Travelling in western countries, success in litigation, good health.
In Enemy’s house: Quarrels, loss of position, displeasure of superiors.
In Friend’s house: Happy in general.
In 1st house: Becomes physically weak, cerebral complaints and loss of money.
In 2nd house: Suffering, eye trouble, disfavours from superiors and mental disorder if Saturn is heavily afflicted.
In 3rd house: Loss of brothers or sickness to them, indifferent, gets money.
In 4th house: Loss of mother or illness to her, litigation troubles, failure in examination.
In 5th house: Loss of children, weak in mind, loss of wealth, trouble from servants.
In 6th house: Trouble from enemies, serious illness.
In 7th house: Suffers losses, dissolution of partnership if in joint business, wife’s health a source of worry.
In 8th house : Generally unfavourable results.
In 9th house : Loses parents, breaks in fortune.
In 10th house: Nature of results depends upon the strength and weakness of Saturn, misunderstandings and quarrels with officials.
In 11th house: Happiness, gain and generally good.
In 12th house: Constant worries and danger.
Mercury’s Period – 17 Years
Mercury if exalted: Good earnings, interest in religion, studies, helping others, getting lands and good name.
If debilitated: Quarrels, loss in business, reputation at stake.
With benefics: Much happiness, marriage, birth of children, and good profits in trade.
With malefic: Loss of reputation, quarrels with friends and relatives, low in the estimate of others.
In Gemini: Access to intellectual treasures, successful termination of educational career, fame and wealth, happiness from wife and children, marriage ceremonies.
In Virgo: Favour of royal courts, happy life, undisturbed health, charitable activity and unexpected gains.
In 1st house: Good health, fame, profits, education and reputation.
In 2nd house: Access to wealth, family happiness and redemption from debts.
In 3rd house: Auspicious celebrations at home, getting jewels, marriage to a brother or a cousin, and good
In 4th house: Securing a new house, but unsuccessful.
In 5th House: Birth of children, learning, earnings, initiation into secret mantras, happiness, befriends high circles.
In 6th, 8th or 12th house: Suffers from nervous troubles, enemies will multiply, quarrels, invokes Government displeasure, disturbance from residence, mind wavering, dangers from fires and thieves and living in foreign places.
In 7th house: Gets wife, education, meets with new acquaintances and will have good happiness.
In 9th house: Does great things, religiously inclined.
In 10th house: Happy, increase of fame.
In 11th house: Given to charity and trade, earns lands and houses.
Mercury will give rise to bad results if placed in the 6th, the 8th or the 12th from the Lagna.
Ketu’s Period – 7 Years
Ketu produces favourable results if exalted, otherwise the effects will be undesirable. When Ketu is in the
1st house: Gets fever, loses reputation, will have mental worry and suffers from wounds and cuts.
In 2nd house: Much expenditure, sick at heart, eye trouble, family worries, disturbance from native place.
In 3rd house: Happy but quarrels with brothers.
In 4th house: Fear of thieves and fires, troubles to mother, litigation and generally unhappy.
In 5th house: Spends much, loss of children and father, irreligious.
In 6th house: Endangered by poison, fire and thieves, good earnings and in general, beneficial results will be produced.
In 7th house: Suffers mentally and bodily and loses wife and children, quarrels with relatives.
In 8th house: Sickly, wife becomes ill, unnecessary fear.
In 9th house: Material benefits absent, religious interest revived.
In 10th house: Gets conveyances, success in litigation.
In 11th house: Happy in business and brothers, bad time for enemies.
In 12th house: Illness, travels and gene- rally bad results.
Venus’ Period – 20 Years
Venus is supposed by many to give always pleasant results while on the other hand all that is evil has been ascribed to Saturn to be realised in his Dasa. This view is rather erroneous.
Whether Venus, Saturn or any other planet, the nature of the results always depends upon the natural and temporal dignities or afflictions to which the planets are subject to in the horoscope. No planet can ever produce either good, unmixed with evil or only evils unmixed with good. When Venus is
In Taurus: A life of ease and indulgence, travels to foreign lands, company of beautiful girls, ambition of material life fairly realised, symptoms of venereal troubles, access to lands, houses and conveyances.
Libra: Royal patronage, reputation, gain of wealth, period of extreme passion.
Exalted: is lost in revelry, gets riches.
Debilitated: Agitated, frustrated, family put to great distress.
In friendly House: Debaucherous life, does good to others, cultivates fine arts.
In Enemy’s house: Sickly, bad for the health of wife and children, quarrels with friends and relatives, much expenditure.
Venus in 1st house: Bodily happiness, increase of reputation.
In 2nd house: Spends and earn well, everyone respects the subject.
In 3rd house: Prosperity to brothers and to native.
In 4th house: Gains, happiness, lands, vehicles, worships mammon and otherwise happy.
In 5th house: Gets fame, honours, gold, lands and children, his ambitions will be realised.
In 6th house: Sickly, troubles from enemies, misunderstandings.
In 7th house: Good gains, family happiness.
In 8th house: Venereal troubles, unnecessary travels, eating in others’ houses.
In 9th house: Makes superiors happy and derives benefits from them, generally a good period.
In 10th house: Gets fortune, honours and education, fame, money and new friends.
In 11th house: Happy in children and wealth, general prosperity.
In 12th house: Is dispossessed, suffers and goes to foreign lands. There will be unnecessary quarrels.
As already indicated in the beginning of this article, the above results are of a general character and they should be adapted in such careful manner that peculiarities obtaining in horoscopes under consideration are under no circumstances omitted or overlooked.
The periodic influence, stated above, will serve as an outline and the reader after consulting the horoscope will be in the best position to determine the nature of influence which will guide the period.
In the sub-period (Bhukti) the lords will have the same influence as in the periods stated above. In this case, however, the influences of both planets (major lord and sub-lord) are to be compounded as also the relation between them taken into account.
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