The sub-period of Sun within the 17-year Mercury Mahadasha runs for 10.2 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Sun and Mercury in your individual birth chart.
सौम्यस्यान्तर्गते सूर्ये स्वोच्चे स्वक्षेत्रकेन्द्रगे । त्रिकोणे धनलाभे तु तुंगांशे स्वांशगेऽपि वा ॥ २० ॥ राजप्रसादसौभाग्यं मित्रप्रभुवशात्सुखम् । भूम्यात्मजेन संदृष्टे आदौ भूलाभमादिशेत् ॥ २१ ॥ लग्नाधिपेन संदृष्टे बहुसौख्यं धनागमम् । ग्रामभूम्यादिलाभं च भोजनाम्बरसौख्यकृत् ॥ २२ ॥
लग्नाष्टमव्यये वापि शन्यारफणिसंयुते । दायेशाद्रिपुरन्ध्रस्थे व्यये वा बलवर्जिते ॥ २३ ॥ चौराग्निशस्त्रपीडा च पित्ताधिक्यं भविष्यति । शिरोरुङ्मनसस्ताप इष्टबन्धुवियोगकृत् ॥ २४ ॥
द्वितीयसप्तमाधीशे ह्यपमृत्युर्भविष्यति । तद्दोषपरिहारार्थं शान्तिं कुर्याद्यथाविधि ॥ २५ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Sun in its own sign or exaltation, in a trine, the 2nd or the 11th, or exalted/own in the Navamsa.
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 Sun 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.
Mercury absorbs the qualities of the Sun in this pairing; the Sun's strength and house lordship therefore set the tone of the antardasha.
For Sagittarius Ascendant, both Mercury and the Sun become Yogakaraka, lifting the native to high status; for Taurus Ascendant their conjunction grants popularity, recognition, property, vehicles and material comfort. For most other Ascendants the results are mixed even in otherwise strong charts.
Classical illustration (Example 58): with the Sun as 9th lord of fortune in the 10th house and Mercury in the 11th with Venus (the 11th lord), and both carrying the highest Shadabala among the planets, the native was selected into a competitive government service during Mercury–Sun, with the Sun providing government authority and Mercury competitive success.
Sun antardasha within the 17-year Mercury mahadasha lasts 10.2 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when sun in its own sign or exaltation, in a trine, the 2nd or the 11th, or exalted/own in the navamsa. 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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