Vimshottari Dasha: Understanding Planetary Spans and Life Transitions

Vimshottari Dasha is the premier predictive timing system in Vedic astrology, assigning a 120-year cyclic sequence of planetary periods based on the Moon's birth Nakshatra.

Check your current Mahadasha period using the [Vimshottari Dasha Tool](https://kundali.naamsetu.in/mahadasha).

## Dasha Spans of the Nine Grahas - **Ketu:** 7 years - **Venus:** 20 years - **Sun:** 6 years - **Moon:** 10 years - **Mars:** 7 years - **Rahu:** 18 years - **Jupiter:** 16 years - **Saturn:** 19 years - **Mercury:** 17 years

## How the Cycle Operates The starting Mahadasha and remaining balance are determined by the exact position of the Moon within its birth Nakshatra at birth. Subsequent periods follow in fixed order.