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In the article comparing Vedic vs Western astrology, I made a list of techniques used to predict life events. As per my research, the planetary time periods calculated using "Vimshottari" Dasha system is the most accurate method of predicting life events. All the classics written on Vedic astrology has written extensively about this method and I've personally found this method to be very accurate.

So, what’s the science behind it?

It’s based on the position of the Moon. Moon travels 13 degrees 20 minutes in a day, and the path it covers is called a Lunar Mansion or a Nakshatra. It takes Moon ~27 days to travel across the entire zodiac (360 degrees) so there are 27 Nakshatras (click to read more), which play a pivotal role in Vedic astrology.

Each Nakshtra is ruled by a planet for a specific number of years (time period) based on the Vimshottari Dasha system. So depending on the degree of Moon in your birth chart, you go through the time period of the ruler of the Nakshatra - and that ruler (planet) affects your life the most. Take a look at this table.

Sequence Nakshatra Degree (longitude) of the Moon Ruler Number of years
1 Ashwini 0 - 13 degrees 20 minutes Ketu 7 years
2 Bharani 13 degrees 20 minutes – 26 degrees 40 minutes Venus 20 years
3 Krittika 26 degrees 40 minutes – 40 degrees Sun 6 years
4 Rohini 40 degrees – 53 degrees 20 minutes Moon 10 years
5 Mrigashira 53 degrees 20 minutes – 66 degrees 40 minutes Mars 7 years
6 Ardra 66 degrees 40 minutes – 80 degrees Rahu 18 years
7 Punarvasu 80 degrees – 93 degrees 20 minutes Jupiter 16 years
8 Pushya 93 degrees 20 minutes – 106 degrees 40 minutes Saturn 19 years
9 Ashlesha 106 degrees 40 minutes – 120 degrees Mercury 17 years
10 Magha 120 degrees – 133 degrees 20 minutes Ketu 7 years
11 Purva Phalguni 133 degrees 20 minutes – 146 degrees 40 minutes Venus 20 years
12 Uttara Phalguni 146 degrees 40 minutes – 160 degrees Sun 6 years
13 Hasta 160 degrees – 173 degrees 20 minutes Moon 10 years
14 Chitra 173 degrees 20 minutes – 186 degrees 40 minutes Mars 7 years
15 Swati 186 degrees 40 minutes – 200 degrees Rahu 18 years
16 Vishaka 200 degrees – 213 degrees 20 minutes Jupiter 16 years
17 Anurada 213 degrees 20 minutes – 226 degrees 40 minutes Saturn 19 years
18 Jyeshta 226 degrees 40 minutes – 240 degrees Mercury 17 years
19 Mula 240 degrees – 253 degrees 20 minutes Ketu 7 years
20 Purva Ashadha 253 degrees 20 minutes – 266 degrees 40 minutes Venus 20 years
21 Uttara Ashadha 266 degrees 40 minutes – 280 degrees Sun 6 years
22 Shravana 280 degrees – 293 degrees 20 minutes Moon 10 years
23 Dhanishta 293 degrees 20 minutes – 306 degrees 40 minutes Mars 7 years
24 Shatabhishak 306 degrees 40 minutes – 320 degrees Rahu 18 years
25 Purva Bhadrapada 320 degrees – 333 degrees 20 minutes Jupiter 16 years
26 Uttara Bhadrapada 333 degrees 20 minutes – 346 degrees 40 minutes Saturn 19 years
27 Revati 346 degrees 40 minutes – 360 degrees Mercury 17 years

Let's use an example to study this table

Let's say you were born 11th April 1990 at 18 30 in London, then as per your birth chart your Moon’s degree is 15 degrees Libra, so what that means is that Moon has travelled 6 signs (Aries to Virgo) of 30 degrees each, and another 15 degrees of Libra taking the Longitude of Moon, in your birth chart, to 195 degrees (6x30 + 15).

So look at the table shown above, you could see you were born in the Nakshatra of Swati that is ruled by Rahu. But Moon has already traveled 8 degrees and 20 minutes (195 - 186.33) of the 13 degrees 20 minutes of the Nakshatra so you’ll go through the remaining years as per this formula.

Time period of Rahu left = (13.33 - 8.33)/ 13.33 * 18 years = 6 years and 9 months

After you have finished the remaining time period of Rahu, you'll enter the time period of the next ruling planet in the sequence (refer table above), which in this case is Jupiter for 16 years, followed by Saturn for 19 years and so on.

MORE CALCULATIONS*

*you could move on to the next section if you are more interested in the application of this method.
The main time period is further broken down to a sub-time period and a sub-sub time period. For the sake of simplicity, I call them time period#1, #2, and #3. So how are they broken down? if you are starting a time period#1 of a new planet, then time period#2, and #3 are also of the same planet. Now time period#3 (ruling planet) first changes as per the sequence in the table above, and once it completes the cycle, only then does time period#2 changes, and after its cycle is over that is when time period#1 changes. Let's say you starting a time period of Sun, so time period#1,#2, and #3 are all Sun. The next time period will be Sun-Sun-Moon, followed by Sun-Sun-Mars....all the way till Sun-Sun-Venus, and then it becomes Sun-Moon-Moon, and the same cycle follows, until time period #1 changes. Another interesting question is how to calculate the duration of these time periods. Let's take Sun-Sun-Sun as an example, as per the table the duration of Sun's time period is 6 years, and as per vimshottari dasha system the life of a person is 120 years, for the purpose of calculations. So, the duration of Sun-Sun will be = 6 x 6/120 = 109 days, and Sun-Sun-Sun = 109* 6/120 = 5 days.
You don't need to worry about the calculations they've already been done on this website.

Here's how to use it

The life of every human being is taken as 120 years and it is divided into different phases controlled by different planets. You could find the planets controlling your life right now by navigating to the table on farfaraway that says "planetary time periods" (as shown above). In this table, you'll find 4 columns: 1. Time period #1, which is the main time period. 2. Time period #2, which is the sub time period. 3. Time period #3, which is the sub-sub time period. 4. The end date i.e. that the date till which this phase will last. Now, the planets in time periods #1 & #2 are responsible for creating the circumstances for a life event to take place whereas the planet in time period #3 is responsible for executing that life event at that time.

Let's take an example. If the planet in time period #1 is Jupiter, the planet in time phase #2 is the lord of the 7th house, and the planet in time phase #3 is sitting in the 11th house then this time period would create a very high possibility of marriage. Since Jupiter (blessings) is joining the planet controlling (lord) the 7th house (marriage) and the planet sitting in the 11th house (desires). I hope you are able to see this connection. Similarly, if at a certain time the planets controlling your life are having a strong connection with the career related houses (the 10th & the 6th) then a career-related event is likely to happen at that time.

final words

Check how planets are linked in your birth chart e.g. if you are trying to predict your time of marriage then see which planets are ruling the 7th house in your birth chart, which planets are sitting in it, and which planets are aspecting it. Now do the same for the 11th house. Now check when in the future are you going to go through a combination of planets which influence the marriage house (7th) and the house of desires (11th). The phase of those planets would be your time of marriage :)

--If you'd like me to do this analysis for you then check out this link. Thanks for reading--


Muhammad Ali's birth chart...

...is a picture of the sky at the time of his birth.
The position of the planets are fetched using Swiss Ephemeris, who capture their data from NASA.

Planetary
Time periods

His
Birth details

Planetary time periods...

...are times in his life when certain planets affected him the most
e.g. A time period of Moon - Venus - Jupiter means, Moon is the main planet, followed by Venus & Jupiter. Vedic astrologers call them Dashas.

Birth chart in
Tabular form

His
Birth chart

His birth chart(in tabular form)...

...the degrees mentioned in the chart are longitudes of the planets
e.g. 15 degrees Gemini equals 75 degrees. You can read more about this in the coming slides. Please continue.

What do
Planets represent

Planetary
Time periods

What do planets represent...

...we all know the 7 planets. Besides them
Rahu and Ketu play an important part in Vedic astrology. They represent the North and South node of the Moon.

# Planet Details
1 Sun Soul, Career, Father, Govt, and Authority
2 Moon Mind, Emotions, and Mother
3 Mercury Intelligence, and Communication skills
4 Venus Creativity, Luxuries, and Wife
5 Mars Courage, Willpower, and Passion
6 Jupiter Teachers, Knowledge, Guidance, and Husband
7 Saturn Discipline, Delay, Order, and Hard work
8 Rahu Obsession, and Aggression
9 Ketu Detachment, Isolation, and Spirituality

What do
Houses represent

Birth chart in
Tabular form

What do houses represent...

...the rising sign at the time of your birth occupies the first house
Each house represents a section of your life e.g. the 7th house represents Marriage and the 10th house represents Career

# House Details
1 First House(H1) Body & Personality
2 Second House(H2) Fixed assets/Savings, Material possessions, and the Family you are born in
3 Third House(H3) Communication skills, Analytical ability, Willpower, Short distance travel,and Siblings
4 Fourth House(H4) Home & Family life, and Emotions
5 Fifth House(H5) Creativity, Media & Entertainment, Early Education, and Children
6 Sixth House(H6) Enemies, Diseases, Debts, Litigation, Healing ability, Analytical ability, and Daily routine
7 Seventh House(H7) Marriage, and Legal partnerships
8 Eighth House(H8) Death/Transformation, Ability to rise after a fall, Research and exploration, and Secret affairs
9 Ninth House(H9) Higher Education, Teachers, Religion, Culture, Long distance travel, and Luck
10 Tenth House(H10) Career, Public life, and Discipline
11 Eleventh House(H11) Income, Wealth, Hopes & Wishes, Professional network, Social circle, and Philanthropy
12 Twelfth House(H12) Losses, Isolation(Foreign lands, Jails, Hospitals), Spirituality, Imaginatition, and Hidden talent

What do
Signs represent

What do
Planets represent

What do signs represent...

...imagine the sky the broken down into
12 constellations starting from Aries till Pisces, each occupying 30 degrees.

# Sign Details Degrees Ruler
1 Aries Action oriented, Impulsive, Aggressive, and indicator of Willpower 0 - 30 Mars
2 Taurus Determined, Stubborn, Materialistc, and indicator of Family assets 30 - 60 Venus
3 Gemini Expressive, Talktaive, Forthcoming, Clever, and Intelligent, and indicator of Communication skills 60 - 90 Mercury
4 Cancer Emotional, Moody, Indecisive, and indicator of Life at Home 90 - 120 Moon
5 Leo Regal, Creative, Individualistic, Performer, and indicator of Early Education, and Children 120 - 150 Sun
6 Virgo Analytical, Perfectionist, and indicator of the ability to fight Enemies, Obstacles and Diseases 150 - 180 Mercury
7 Libra Balanced, Diplomatic, Peaceful, and indicator of Relationships, and Business partnerships 180 - 210 Venus
8 Scorpio Explorer, Researcher, Mysterious, Manipulative, and indicator of Death/Transformation 210 - 240 Mars
9 Sagittarius Philosopher, Traveller, Life-long student, and indicator of Higher Education 240 - 270 Jupiter
10 Capricorn Disciplined, Organized, Structured, and indicator of Career and Public life 270 - 300 Saturn
11 Aquarius Unconventional, Scientific Thinker, Humanitarian, and indicator of Wealth and Network circles 300 - 330 Saturn
12 Pisces Imaginative, Dreamer, Spirtual, and indicator of Isolation 330 - 360 Jupiter

His
Birth details

What do
Houses represent

His birth details...

...your time of birth has been coverted to Coordinated Universal Time(UTC).

His
Birth chart

What do
Signs represent

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