The sub-period of Jupiter within the 17-year Mercury Mahadasha runs for 2 years 3.2 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Jupiter and Mercury in your individual birth chart.
बुधस्यान्तर्गते जीवे लग्नात्केन्द्रत्रिकोणगे । स्वोच्चे वा स्वर्क्षगे वाऽपि लाभे वा धनराशिगे ॥ ५६ ॥ देहसौख्यं धनावाप्ती राजप्रीतिस्तथैव च । विवाहोत्सवकार्याणि नित्यं मिष्ठान्नभोजनम् ॥ ५७ ॥ गोमहिष्यादिलाभश्च पुराणश्रवणादिकम् । देवतागुरुभक्तिश्च दानर्धममखादिकम् ॥ ५८ ॥ यज्ञकर्मप्रवृद्धिश्च शिवपूजाफलं तथा ॥ ५८½ ॥
नीचे वास्तंगते वापि षष्ठाष्टव्ययगेऽपि वा ॥ ५९ ॥ शन्यारदृष्टसंयुक्ते कलहो राजविग्रहः । चौरादिदेहपीडा च पितृमातृविनाशनम् ॥ ६० ॥ मानहानि राजदण्डो धनहानिर्भविष्यति । विषाहिज्वरपीडा च कृषिभूमिविनाशनम् ॥ ६१ ॥
दायेशात्केन्द्रकोणे वा लाभे वा बलसंयुते । बन्धुपुत्रहृदुत्साहो शुभं च धनसंयुतम् ॥ ६२ ॥ पशुवृद्धिर्यशोवृद्धिरन्नदानादिकं फलम् ॥ ६२½ ॥
दायेशात्षष्ठरन्ध्रे वा व्यये वा बलवर्जिते । अडगंतापश्च वैकल्यं देहबाधा भविष्यति ॥ ६३ ॥ कलत्रबन्धुवैषम्यं राजकोपो धनक्षयः ॥ ६४ ॥ अकस्मात्कलहाद्भीतिः प्रमादो द्विजतो भयम् ॥ ६४½ ॥
द्वितीयसप्तमस्थे वा देहबाघा भविष्यति ॥ ६५ ॥ तद्दोषपरिहारार्थं शिवसाहस्त्रकं जपेत् । गोभूहिरण्यदानेन सर्वारिष्टं व्यपोहति ॥ ६६ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Jupiter in an angle or trine, exalted or in its own sign, or in the 11th or 2nd house.
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 Jupiter and Mercury 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.
Jupiter's strength and house position are the decisive factor: an angular, trinal or 11th-from-Mercury Jupiter delivers the fullest auspicious results, while a weak Jupiter in dusthana positions reverses them.
Jupiter antardasha within the 17-year Mercury mahadasha lasts 2 years 3.2 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when jupiter in an angle or trine, exalted or in its own sign, or in the 11th or 2nd house. 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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