Each Star lord is allotted fixed no of Solar years.

Total solar years ie 120yea

rs is distributed among 9 stars as under.
KETU,7YEARS, VENUS,20 YEARS,SUN---6 YEARS, MOON---10 YEARSMARS---7 YEARS,RAHU---
18 YEARS, JUPITER---16 YEARS SATURN
19 YEARS, MERCURY,17 YEARSThe period may also be called as total DASA period of
each planet.
Dasa of a native starts right from his birth.
It is calculated based on Moon position at the time of birth The exact longitude
of
Moon and the constellation inwhich it is deposited is noted along with the star
lord or Constellation lord.
For exampleIn a native chart Moon is posted in Taurus sign @17.d 34min. we can s
ay it is inmoon star Rohini.
[ 0-10 deg belong to sun star krithika .in Taurus ] and ithas already traveled
7d.34mEach star longitude is 13d.20m or
800 minutes. Here moon has traversed 454 minutes and balance moon dasa will be
346 minutes in the star Rohini
If one has tocalculate balance das at birth it will be 346/800 x10 = 4.325 years
or 4 years.3m.27d.
[ minutes traversed in the star dived by total minutes for the starmultiplayer
by dasa period of
the star in question]4.3254 years.325*12 = 3.900 3 months.900 * 30 = 27.000 27 d
ays