Ashtottari Dasha
Ashtottari gives a hundred and eight years to eight grahas - the Sun 6, the Moon 15, Mars 8, Mercury 17, Saturn 10, Jupiter 19, Rahu 12 and Venus 21 - and excludes Ketu, who is given no lordship in this system at all.
The exclusion of Ketu is the structural difference and the reason the two systems do not agree on timing. BPHS notes that Abhijit, the intercalary nakshatra between Uttara Ashadha and Shravana, is considered only in the Ashtottari and Shashtihayani dashas, which is a further divergence from the 27-nakshatra scheme nakshatras.json records.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- AstottariAshtottarashatathe 108-year dasha
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Dasha
- Sanskrit
- अष्टोत्तरी दशा
- English
- the 108-year planetary period system
- Meaning
Ashtottari gives a hundred and eight years to eight grahas - the Sun 6, the Moon 15, Mars 8, Mercury 17, Saturn 10, Jupiter 19, Rahu 12 and Venus 21 - and excludes Ketu, who is given no lordship in this system at all. It is not a variant of Vimshottari to be chosen at will: the classical condition for its use is stated by BPHS, and where the condition does not hold the tradition keeps Vimshottari.
Details
- Period Years
- 108
- Use
An alternative to Vimshottari for certain births: BPHS advises it when the birth falls in the day of the dark fortnight or the night of the bright fortnight. Wealth and worldly matters are its particular field.
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