The sub-period of Mars within the 7-year Ketu Mahadasha runs for 4.9 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Mars and Ketu in your individual birth chart.
केतोरन्तर्गते भौमे लग्नात्केन्द्रत्रिकोणगे । स्वोच्चे स्वक्षेत्रगे वाऽपि शुभग्रहयुतेक्षिते ॥ ३७ ॥
आदौ शुभफलं चैव ग्रामभूम्यादिलाभकृत् । धनधान्यादिलाभश्च चतुष्पाज्जीवलाभकृत् ॥ ३८ ॥
गृहारामक्षेत्रलाभो राजानुग्रहवैभवम् । भाग्ये कर्मेशसम्बन्धे भूलाभ: सौख्यमेव च ॥ ३९ ॥
दायेशात्केन्द्रकोणे वा दुश्चिक्ये लाभगेऽपि वा । राजप्रीतियशोलाभः पुत्रमित्रादिसौख्यकृत् ॥ ४० ॥
तथाऽष्टमव्यये भौमे दायेशाद्धनगेऽपि वा । द्रुतं करोति मरणं विदेशे चापदं भ्रमम् ॥ ४१ ॥
प्रमेहमूत्रकृच्छ्रदिचौरादिनृपपीडनम् । कलहादि व्यथायुक्तं किञ्चित्सुखविवर्द्धनम् ॥ ४२ ॥
द्वितीयद्यूननाथे तु तापज्वरविषाद्भयम् । दारपीडा मन:क्लेशमपमृत्युभयं भवेत् ॥ ४३ ॥
अनड्वाहं प्रदद्यात्तु सर्वसम्पत्सुखावहम् । ततः शान्तिमवाप्नोति भौमग्रहप्रसादतः ॥ ४४ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Mars in an Angle, Trine, exalted or in own sign, aspected by or conjoined a benefic; or in an Angle, Trine, 3rd or 11th from Ketu; especially strong when linked with the 9th/10th lord or (as 4th lord) well placed.
Sage Parashara also describes specific configurations under which this period becomes testing — for health, relationships, wealth or work. Whether any of these apply to you depends entirely on where Mars and Ketu sit in your individual chart. If this period is approaching or running for you, a personal reading examines these placements and, where needed, the classical remedies for them.
Sage Parashara prescribes specific remedies for this period — japa, charity and propitiation — selected according to the afflictions present in the individual chart. Because the remedy must match the affliction, the applicable remedies for your chart are shared in a personal consultation.
Ketu and Mars share an identical fiery nature, so whatever results the chart indicates in this sub-period tend to come in full measure. Where the period promises results tied to Mars's significations, those outcomes are especially absolute and copious.
Mars, as karaka of land, is powerful for property gain here: if Mars rules the 4th house and sits in an auspicious place, land acquisition during its sub-period is virtually assured.
Illustrative case: with Mars as lord of the 4th (property) and 11th (gains) placed in the 5th, 3rd from Ketu and aspected by the Ascendant lord, the native inherited an entire estate willed by an issueless elder brother — effectively doubling his existing parental property during this sub-period.
Mars antardasha within the 7-year Ketu mahadasha lasts 4.9 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when mars in an angle, trine, exalted or in own sign, aspected by or conjoined a benefic; or in an angle, trine, 3rd or 11th from ketu; especially strong when linked with the 9th/10th lord or (as 4th lord) well placed. The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra also describes specific placements under which this period becomes testing — whether those apply to you can only be determined from your individual birth chart, which is examined in a personal consultation.
The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra prescribes specific remedies — japa, charity and propitiation — for this period, chosen according to the exact afflictions present in the individual birth chart. Since the wrong remedy for the wrong affliction brings no benefit, the applicable remedies are shared as part of a personal consultation after examining your full horoscope.
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