DASA-BHUKTI PERIOD FAVOURABLE FOR MARRIAGE
A FTER consideration of the broad timing of marriage i.e. early, average or late, one should look at the dasa and bhukti, which are favourable in the above broad-period, to give marriage to the native. There are various periods, probable of marriage to the native. There are various views about the period of marriage, as expressed by different savants of astrology. Marriage is possible during dasa or bhukti of the following:-

I View:

• Lord of the 7^th
• Dispositor of the 2^nd Lord
• Lord of the 10^th
• Lord of the 9^th
• Planets associated with the 7^th Lord
• Planets occupying the 7^th house

II View:

• Dispositor planet of the lord of the 7th house.
• Navamsa lord of the 7^th lord
• Venus, if related to the 7^th house or its lord
• Lord of the 2nd house
• Navamsa lord of the 2^nd lord
• Lord of the 7^th
• Planets of the 7^th
• Planets in the 7^th
• A Node, when related to the 7 th house, lord of the 7^th or Venus

III View:

• The Moon, Venus or Jupiter
• The 2nd and 7^th lords
• Lords of the 7^th from the Moon and Venus
• Dispositors of the 2^nd and 7^th lords.
• Planets associated with aspecting the 7^th or the lord of the 7^th.
• Dispositors of the lord of 7^th in Rasi and Navamsa.
• Lords of Lagna, 9^th and 10^th houses.
• A Node, if associated with the 7^th or its lord.

IV View:

• Planets posited in the Nakshatra, whose lord is connected with Venus or 7^th lord.
• Planets in the constellations of Venus or 7^th lord.

V View:

• The dispositor of Venus.

VI View:
The following planet, when strongly placed in the 7th or becomes the lord of the 7th is likely to give marriage during the year given below

Sun : 19 or 22 years
Moon : 20 or 25 years
Mars : 14 or 28 years
Mercury : 17 or 32 years
Jupiter : 16 or 25 years
Venus : 18, 22 or 26 years
Saturn : 19, 20, 30 or 36 years
Rahu : 18 or 42 Years

Case Study 1:
This is a case of marriage during an average period of age i.e. between 25 and 27 years. The native was married on 3rd Dec 1996, during Rahu – Saturn period.

• The dasa lord Rahu is placed in the 8th, while its dispositor Jupiter (8th lord) is posited in the lagna, aspecting the 7th.
• The bhukti lord Saturn is the 7th lord posited in the 8th. It is also the dispositor of the lagna lord Sun.

Major transits during marriage

• Saturn was transiting the 3rd from Moon (Pisces), crossing the natal Saturn in the Rasi Chart.
• Saturn was transiting the 3rd from the Moon in the Navamsa Chart, i.e. Pisces
• Jupiter was transiting the 5th from the lagna (Sagittarius) and crossing the natal Venus in the Rasi Chart
• Jupiter was also crossing over the Navamsa Lagna of Sagittarius.

Minor transits on the day of marriage

• Mars in Leo in the Lagna, Rahu in Virgo, crossing over natal Ketu; Venus in Libra; Moon in Scorpio; Mercury in Sagittarius; Ketu in Pisces, crossing over the natal Rahu.

Case Study 2
This is the case of late marriage. The native got married on 15 December 1985, during Jupiter – Moon period.

• Rahu – Ketu in 1 – 7 axis
• 7th lord Venus posited in the 12th, with Sun and Saturn
• The dasa lord Jupiter (also the 2nd and 5th lord) is placed in the 7th from Moon, in the star of Ketu, posited in the 7th in the Rasi Chart, Jupiter is also the lord of Navamsa Lagna.
• The bhukti lord Moon is aspected by Jupiter.

Major transits during Marriage

• Saturn was transiting over the lagna (Scorpio) in the Rasi chart and over the Moon in the Navamsa chart.
• Jupiter was transiting the 3rd from the lagna, aspecting the 7th house in the Rasi Chart.
• Jupiter was also transiting the 2nd house in the Navamsa chart, aspecting the 7th lord Mercury.

Case Study 3:
This is a case of marriage during an average period of age i.e. 23 years. The native was married on 23 April 2000. The native was married in Jupiter – Mercury period.

• Mercury is the lord of the 7th house and 4th house, posited in Sagittarius. Dispositor of Mercury is Jupiter.
• Jupiter is posited in the 2nd house from lagna and 3rd house from Moon.

Major transits during Marriage

• Jupiter transits on natal Jupiter in the Rasi Chart and is associated with natal Ketu and it aspects natal Rahu.
• Saturn Transits on Natal Jupiter. It is associated with natal Ketu and aspects the natal Rahu in the Rasi Chart.
• Transit Jupiter and Saturn are in the 2nd house from Lagna and 3rd house from Moon in the natal chart.
• Transit Ketu aspects the 7th house from natal Lagna.
• Rahu transits on natal Saturn and aspects the natal Lagna.
• Rahu transits the 7th house from Navamsa Lagna and Moon.
• Mercury is aspected by the transit Jupiter in the Rasi Chart and Navamsa.

Minor transits on the day of marriage:
Transit Mercury and Venus on the natal lagna (Pisces), Transit Mars crossing natal Jupiter and Ketu in Aries; Moon transiting the 9th from natal lagna, 10th from natal Moon, crossing Rahu in the Navamsa chart in Scorpio.