Jaimini Dashas

What it does

Beyond Chara dasha (already in the standard dasha card), the Jaimini tradition has many rashi-based dashas that each emphasise a different life-axis. KarmaWheel computes six of them in one panel:

Dasha	Starting sign	Direction	Special feature
Drig	7th from Lagna	by sign type	Outer-life events, relationships
Niryana Shoola	Lagna	forward	Fixed 7y per sign — mortality timing
Mandooka (Frog)	Lagna	leaps 5 / 9	Sudden-event timing
Trikona	Lagna	trine each step (4 forward)	Dharma-related events
Brahma	Lagna	by sign type	Modified Sudasa from Lagna
Padakrama	Karakamsha (AK in D9)	by sign type	Soul-purpose unfolding

How to find it

Hamburger → CLASSICAL VEDIC → Jaimini Dashas (6 systems).

Direction conventions

For five of the six, the direction follows the classical Jaimini rule:

Movable signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) — forward
Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) — backward
Dual signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) — forward (varies by school)

Niryana Shoola has its own fixed convention (forward, 7 years each). Trikona advances by trine (4 signs forward) every step.

Years per sign

For all except Niryana Shoola, the simplified modern formula:

years = max(1, min(12, planet_count_in_sign + 1))

This is the version used by B.V. Raman and modern Jaimini practitioners. Classical schools (Krishna's BPHS, the Jaimini Sutras themselves) have several variants that disagree on edge cases.

Niryana Shoola uses fixed 7 years per sign, giving a clean 84-year cycle from Lagna.

How to read each

Drig

Reads the outer life — events, relationships, the social-self. Starts from the 7th from Lagna (the "drig" or aspect-point) because Jaimini sees relationships and outer events through the 7th-house lens.

Niryana Shoola

The mortality timing dasha. Each 7-year sign-period has a "shula" (sharp point) that classically indicates a high-stress transit window for life-energy. Use cautiously and only with context.

Mandooka (Frog)

Leaps in 5/9 pattern — alternating between trine forward (5 signs) and the next sign (9 signs forward). Captures sudden, unexpected events that don't fit the smooth-progression dashas.

Trikona

Always advances by trine. Reads dharma, righteousness, fortunate events, and the spiritual unfolding.

Brahma

Modified Sudasa from Lagna. The "creator" dasha — read for foundational life-themes and the original "design" of the chart's unfolding.

Padakrama

The most subtle — it starts from your Karakamsha (the navamsha sign of your Atmakaraka), so its sign sequence is your soul's unfolding, not the body-Lagna's.

Cross-checking with Chara and Vimshottari

When the same lord rules a period in 3+ of these systems simultaneously, the corresponding life-theme is heavily emphasised. When two systems dramatically disagree (e.g. Drig says malefic, Brahma says benefic), the year is mixed.

Limitations

Rashi-dasha schools differ on year-allocation formulas; we use a simplified single form for consistency.
Jaimini Sutras (the source text) is famously cryptic; some of these dashas have multiple legitimate interpretations.