Yogini Dasha Calculator
Yogini dasha divides life into a 36-year cycle of eight periods, each ruled by a planet, counted from your janma nakshatra. Enter your birth details to see your full timeline with exact dates — and which yogini is running right now.
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Reading your Yogini timeline
Each yogini takes its character from its planetary lord, and its length equals its position in the cycle: Mangala (Moon) 1 year, Pingala (Sun) 2, Dhanya (Jupiter) 3, Bhramari (Mars) 4, Bhadrika (Mercury) 5, Ulka (Saturn) 6, Siddha (Venus) 7 and Sankata (Rahu) 8 — thirty-six years in all, then the wheel repeats. Traditional practice treats the Jupiter, Mercury and Venus periods (Dhanya, Bhadrika, Siddha) as broadly supportive, and reads the Saturn and Rahu periods (Ulka, Sankata) as the years that test structure and direction.
The honest way to use the timeline: note which yogini runs now and, more importantly, how its LORD sits in your own birth chart. A period lord that is strong, well-placed and unafflicted in your janam kundli delivers its period well — even a Sankata (Rahu) period runs constructively when Rahu is well-disposed for your chart. That chart-specific judgement is exactly what the guru weighs in a consultation; the calculator gives you the exact dates to ask about.
Astrologers who use both systems often cross-check Yogini against Vimshottari: when both dashas activate the same planet or the same houses in the same window, that window carries the stronger signal. Generate both here and compare the overlaps.
Frequently asked questions
What is Yogini dasha?
Yogini dasha is a classical timing system that divides life into a repeating 36-year cycle of eight periods (yoginis), each ruled by a planet: Mangala (Moon, 1 year), Pingala (Sun, 2), Dhanya (Jupiter, 3), Bhramari (Mars, 4), Bhadrika (Mercury, 5), Ulka (Saturn, 6), Siddha (Venus, 7) and Sankata (Rahu, 8). It is widely used in North-Indian practice alongside Vimshottari dasha.
How is the starting yogini decided?
From your janma nakshatra — the nakshatra occupied by the Moon at birth. The count follows the uncontested classical formula ((nakshatra number + 3) divided by 8, the remainder naming the yogini), and your opening period is shortened by the portion of the nakshatra the Moon had already crossed at birth.
How is Yogini different from Vimshottari dasha?
Vimshottari runs a 120-year cycle of nine planetary periods; Yogini runs a compact 36-year cycle of eight. Many astrologers read them side by side: when both point to the same planet or theme at the same time, the timing signal is considered stronger.
What does my running yogini mean for me?
The honest answer: our sourced classical corpus does not yet include the yogini effect texts, so this tool states your periods and their lords without inventing meanings. What CAN be read today is the condition of the period lord in your own chart — its strength, house and aspects — which the guru weighs in a full consultation.
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