Yogini Dasha Calculator

Yogini dasha divides life into periods ruled by eight Yoginis, each linked to a planet, in a cycle of 36 years. It is especially popular in North India and Nepal, where astrologers often use it to confirm what the Vimshottari dasha shows.

The eight, in order, with their planets and years: Mangala (Moon, 1), Pingala (Sun, 2), Dhanya (Jupiter, 3), Bhramari (Mars, 4), Bhadrika (Mercury, 5), Ulka (Saturn, 6), Siddha (Venus, 7) and Sankata (Rahu, 8). Mangala, Dhanya, Bhadrika and Siddha are traditionally favourable; Pingala, Bhramari, Ulka and Sankata are more demanding.

Take the number of your Moon's nakshatra (Ashwini is 1), add 3 and divide by 8. The remainder gives the first Yogini, counting Mangala as 1, with a remainder of 0 meaning Sankata. As in Vimshottari, only the part of that first period the Moon had not yet travelled through its nakshatra remains at birth. Each period divides into antardashas and pratyantardashas; this calculator stops there, as the sources do.

Planetary positions come from the Swiss Ephemeris, the reference used by professional astrology software, converted to the sidereal zodiac with the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa, the standard in India and Nepal.

Your birth time is converted using the timezone history of your birthplace, including old offsets such as Nepal's +05:30 before 1986 and wartime clock changes. Getting that wrong shifts every position, and generic calculators often do. The chart is calculated in your browser: your birth date and time are never sent to us, and the place search sends only the town name you type.