Dasha Bhukti Chart: Meaning and How to Calculate
Understand the meaning of Dasa Bhukti, how the Dasha Bhukti chart is structured, and how Vimshottari Mahadasha, Bhukti and Antara periods are calculated in your personalized Kundli report.
What is Mahadasha?
Mahadasha is the major planetary period in the Vimshottari Dasha system. It sets the broad timing theme for a phase of life and is interpreted with the planet’s sign, house, strength and connections in the birth chart.
What is Bhukti or Antardasha?
Bhukti, also called Antardasha, is a sub-period within a Mahadasha. It adds a shorter planetary influence to the major period and helps astrologers study timing in more detail.
What is the Antara period?
Antara is a deeper sub-period inside Bhukti. The Planets360 report presents the nested Mahadasha, Bhukti and Antara sequence with start and end dates so the timeline is easier to follow.
The Dasha Bhukti chart
A Dasha Bhukti chart lays out the Vimshottari sequence as a nested timeline: nine Mahadashas, each divided into nine Bhuktis, and each Bhukti into Antaras. The Planets360 Kundli report renders this chart with start and end dates for every level, so you can trace exactly which planet rules each stretch of your life.
How to calculate Dasha Bhukti
Vimshottari Dasha is calculated from the Moon’s Nakshatra at birth. Every Nakshatra belongs to a planet with a fixed span - for example Ashwini begins Ketu’s 7-year Mahadasha and Rohini begins the Moon’s 10-year cycle - and the first Dasha runs only for the fraction of the Nakshatra still remaining at birth. The same proportional rule then subdivides each Mahadasha into Bhuktis. The free Kundli generator computes this precisely from your birth date, time and place.
How to read your current Dasha
Start with the highlighted current major, minor and antara planets. Then review their placement in the Rashi and Navamsa charts, along with the planetary position table and Dosha information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the meaning of Dasa Bhukti in astrology?
Dasa Bhukti (also spelled Dasha Bhukti) refers to the major planetary period (Dasa or Mahadasha) and its sub-period (Bhukti or Antardasha) in the Vimshottari system. Together they describe which planets influence a given stretch of your life, and in what order.
How do I calculate Dasha Bhukti from my birth details?
The calculation starts from your Moon Nakshatra at birth, applies the Vimshottari span of its ruling planet, adjusts for the completed fraction of the Nakshatra, and then subdivides each Mahadasha into proportional Bhuktis and Antaras. The free Planets360 Kundli does this automatically from your date, time and place of birth.
Where can I see my Dasha Bhukti chart with dates?
Generate a free Kundli on Planets360. The Dasha section opens as an expandable chart showing Mahadasha, Bhukti and Antara periods with start and end dates for each level.
Is Vimshottari Dasha based on the Moon Nakshatra?
Vimshottari Dasha calculations are traditionally linked to the Moon’s birth Nakshatra and its proportion completed at birth. The complete chart and exact birth time are important.
Why can Dasha dates differ between calculators?
Differences can result from ayanamsa settings, ephemeris data, time-zone handling, node settings and birth-time precision. Use one consistent calculation method when comparing results.