Dasha
A planetary period in Vedic astrology; the Vimshottari dasha system assigns each planet a run of years.
Dashas divide a life into planetary periods — Ketu 7 years, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17 in the Vimshottari system — starting from the nakshatra at birth. Astrologers use the running dasha to time events, including marriage.
Families sometimes hear that a match should wait for a better dasha; that is a timing question, separate from whether the two charts match.
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What does Dasha mean?
A planetary period in Vedic astrology; the Vimshottari dasha system assigns each planet a run of years.
Why does Dasha come up in matchmaking?
Families sometimes hear that a match should wait for a better dasha; that is a timing question, separate from whether the two charts match.
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