Yogini Dasha Calculator

Mangala is linked to the Moon and lasts one year. Pingala follows with the Sun for two years, then Dhanya with Jupiter for three, Bhramari with Mars for four, Bhadrika with Mercury for five, Ulka with Saturn for six, Siddha with Venus for seven and Sankata with Rahu for eight. Ketu has no Yogini of its own in this scheme. Traditional writing describes Mangala, Dhanya, Bhadrika and Siddha as gentle periods and the others as more demanding, but the planet's condition in the birth chart is what most astrologers look at first. Read each period together with the house and sign of its planet.

The system has eight Yoginis: Mangala, Pingala, Dhanya, Bhramari, Bhadrika, Ulka, Siddha and Sankata. They rule for one to eight years in that order, adding up to a 36-year cycle that repeats through life. Each Yogini is associated with a planet, from the Moon for Mangala to Rahu for Sankata.

Like Vimshottari, the starting Yogini depends on the nakshatra of the Moon at birth, and only part of the first period remains at the moment of birth. Many astrologers use Yogini Dasha alongside Vimshottari to see whether the two point in the same direction.

The table lists each Yogini period with its ruling planet, start and end dates, and its length in years. The periods cover the next fifty years from birth, which is enough to repeat the full cycle once and part of a second time.

Because the cycle is short, a period that felt important in childhood returns in adulthood. Reading the same Yogini in both rounds can be a useful way to compare themes over time. Dates are shown in the time zone of the birth place.

The Moon's position is sidereal with the Lahiri ayanamsa and true nodes. The period lengths follow the common scheme of one to eight years per Yogini. The calculation is provided by an established open-source astrology library and has not yet been rewritten in our own engine.

As with any dasha, a small change in birth time shifts the dates slightly, because the Moon moves quickly. These results have not yet been checked against published reference charts.