Sudarshana Chakra Dasa

The Three Chakras

The Sudarshana Chakra is drawn as three concentric circles divided into 12 sectors. From inside out:

• Lagna Chakra (innermost): what the native actually does — proactive actions in the world.
• Chandra Chakra (middle): how the native feels and perceives the world.
• Surya Chakra (outermost): long-term agenda of the soul and how the world cooperates with it.

Calculation

1. Cycle length: 12 solar years. Each year is the dasa of one rasi, beginning with the 1st house, then 2nd, and so on through the 12th.
2. Antardasas: each year (mahadasa) is split into 12 antardasas of one solar month each.
3. Pratyantardasa: each antardasa contains 12 pratyantardasas of about 2.5 days.
4. Reference frame: always use the Dasa Pravesha (period entry) chart cast for the moment the year begins, not just the natal chart.
5. Solar reckoning: only solar years are used for SC Dasa.

Reading a House — Owner / Occupant / Aspect

For the house under examination, list three things from each of the three lagnas and look at which planet has the strongest combined link:

Whichever planet shows up across multiple references with the strongest links is the planet whose dasa or antardasa will give the result of that house. PVR's worked example: a Jupiter that owns the 2nd from Lagna, occupies the 2nd from Moon and aspects the 2nd from Sun is the planet to watch for money and family events.

Benefic / Malefic Rules for SC Dasa

The functional benefic / malefic status of planets for SC Dasa judgment differs slightly from natural status:

• Sun: treated as malefic unless in the 1st house, a friendly house, exalted, or in moolatrikona.
• Moon: benefic in shukla paksha, malefic in krishna paksha.
• Mars, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu: always malefic.
• Jupiter, Venus: always benefic.
• Mercury: takes on the nature of the planet it is with — benefic with benefics, malefic with malefics. Alone in a house, treat as benefic.
• Rahu: per Maharshi Parasara, "wherever Rahu is, he destroys that house" — applies even when functionally placed.
• Malefics in 3, 6 and 11 are good — they perform their role of overcoming obstacles and enemies.
• Malefics in own house, friendly house or moolatrikona are mostly good even outside 3/6/11.
• 12th house is bad for malefics, neutral for benefics.

Yogas to Watch For in the SC Reading

• 9th lord + 10th lord conjoined → Raja yoga.
• 1st lord + 9th lord conjoined → Raja yoga.
• 3L–5L–6L mutual link → strong yoga to vanquish enemies and obstacles.
• 10th lord in the 10th → Hamsa-style placement (very strong for status).
• Moon + Jupiter same house → Gajakesari yoga.
• Moon + Mars same house → Chandra-Mangala yoga (good for finance).
• Mars + Rahu in the 8th → sudden fall.
• Sun + Moon together (Amavasya yoga) is generally not auspicious; it pulls down the house.
• Malefic Moon in lagna (krishna paksha Moon in 1st) is bad.

Adding Ashtakavarga

Once the Sudarshana reading isolates a few candidate planets, Ashtakavarga is layered on for finer timing. Houses where the dasa rasi has a high BAV/SAV bindu count from the dasa lord tend to fructify the promised event during that year; houses with low bindus tend to disappoint or delay. Bhinna Ashtakavarga of the dasa lord is most useful for picking the antardasa that will trigger the event.