Cycles of the Chakra

The question of cycles is one of the most delicate questions regarding Kalachakra.

There are different opinions about what happens if the Dasa sequence reaches the last sign of the corresponding group (Jeeva for Savya, Deha for Apsavya). Confusion is worse for the question what happens if the last Dasa of a Pada or a Savya/Apsavya group is reached.

Most methods agree that a jump from one Pada to the next happens in that case.

First View: Progressive Method

Progressive method assumes that the Kalachakra moves from one Pada to the next if the Kalachakra reaches the end of one cycle.

Example

Let Moon be in the 2nd Pada of Mrigasira so that the first Mahadasa is Pisces. The following Mahadasas are Aries and Taurus. Now there is a jump to the third Pada of Mrigasira, i.e. the subsequent Dasas will be Gemini, Leo, etc.

See table for this example. The corresponding Dasas are marked green.

Progression for birth in 2nd Mrigasira Pada
Pada Rasi - Years of the Rasi Paramayus Jeeva Deha
1st Pis
10		 Aqu
4		 Cap
4		 Sag
10		 Sco
7		 Lib
16		 Vir
9		 Leo
5		 Can
21		 86 Pis Can
2nd Gem
9		 Tau
16		 Ari
7		 Sag
10		 Cap
4		 Aqu
4		 Pis
10		 Ari
7		 Tau
16		 83 Gem Tau
3rd Gem
9		 Leo
5		 Can
21		 Vir
9		 Lib
16		 Sco
7		 Pis
10		 Aqu
4		 Cap
4		 85 Gem Cap
4th Sag
10		 Sco
7		 Lib
16		 Vir
9		 Leo
5		 Can
21		 Gem
9		 Tau
16		 Ari
7		 100 Sag Ari

More complicated are chart with the Moon in the last Pada of Nakshatra or a group of of Nakshatras.

The following rules apply

  • The chakra will move to the first Pada of the following Nakshatra (but only if this is not the last Nakshatra of the group).
  • The Chakra will move to the first Pada of the same group if she is in the last Pada of a group, i.e. there is never a change between Savya and Apsavya.

Example

  • The chakra will move from the 4th Pada of Aswini to the first Pada of Bharani.
  • The chakra will move from the 4th Pada of Krittika to the first Pada of Aswini (not Rohini).

Second View: Cyclic Method

This method assumes that there is no change of Pada if the chakra reaches the last Dasa of a Pada. So the chakra will proceed in the same Pada.

This method is similar to Antardasa movement.

Example

Let birth be in the 1st Pada of Mrigasira with Cancer Mahadasa. The subsequent Dasas will be in the first Pada, too. So the sequence will be Pisces (Jeeva), Aquarius, etc.

See table. First Dasas are marked green, second part is marked blue.

Dasa Sequence for Mrigasira 1st Pada (Cyclic Method)
Pada Rasi - Years of the Rasi Paramayus Jeeva Deha
1st Pis
10		 Aqu
4		 Cap
4		 Sag
10		 Sco
7		 Lib
16		 Vir
9		 Leo
5		 Can
21		 86 Pis Can
2nd Gem
9		 Tau
16		 Ari
7		 Sag
10		 Cap
4		 Aqu
4		 Pis
10		 Ari
7		 Tau
16		 83 Gem Tau
3rd Gem
9		 Leo
5		 Can
21		 Vir
9		 Lib
16		 Sco
7		 Pis
10		 Aqu
4		 Cap
4		 85 Gem Cap
4th Sag
10		 Sco
7		 Lib
16		 Vir
9		 Leo
5		 Can
21		 Gem
9		 Tau
16		 Ari
7		 100 Sag Ari

Third View: Progressive Method in same Nakshatra

This method is nearly the same as the first method. But the difference is that at the end of the last Pada of a Nakshatra the chakra will proceed with the first Dasa of the same Nakshatra.

Example

Let birth take place in the 4th Pada of Bharani. Let Sagittarius be the first Mahadasa. So the chakra will proceed to the first Pada of Bharani, i.e. the next Dasa will be Scorpio.

See table. The Dasas are marked green.

Progression for birth in 4th Bharani Pada
Pada Rasi - Years of the Rasi Paramayus Deha Jeeva
1st Sco
7		 Lib
16		 Vir
9		 Can
21		 Leo
5		 Gem
9		 Tau
16		 Ari
7		 Pis
10		 100 Sco Pis
2nd Aqu
4		 Cap
4		 Sag
10		 Ari
7		 Tau
16		 Gem
9		 Can
21		 Leo
5		 Vir
9		 85 Aqu Vir
3rd Lib
16		 Sco
7		 Sag
10		 Cap
4		 Aqu
4		 Pis
10		 Sco
7		 Lib
16		 Vir
9		 83 Lib Vir
4th Can
21		 Leo
5		 Gem
9		 Tau
16		 Ari
7		 Pis
10		 Aqu
4		 Cap
4		 Sag
10		 86 Can Sag

Fourth View: Portion Zero Method

This method is sometimes applied in South India. Basic idea is that the cycle begins always in the first Dasa of a Pada. So there is no movement from one Pada to the next.