The principal system of planetary periods (dasha) in jyotisha, dividing an ideal 120-year lifespan among the nine grahas in a fixed order, the period at birth set by the Moon's nakshatra.

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  Vimshottari dasha runs a hundred and twenty years apportioned among the nine grahas, its starting point fixed by the moon's nakshatra at birth.

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