Sun mahadasha
6 years of the 120-year vimshottari cycle
Visibility and authority. Career and reputation sharpen; conflicts with authority figures are the classic friction. Short, hot, defining.
Sub-periods
Every mahadasha divides into nine antardashas in the same planetary order, starting with the mahadasha lord's own — so a Sun mahadasha opens with Sun–Sun, its most concentrated stretch. Each antardasha's length is proportional: the Sun–X antardasha runs 6 × X's years ÷ 120.
When does yours run? The dasha calculator gives your full timeline with current maha- and antardasha.