Yogini Dasha is a 36-year cycle of eight periods, each named for a Yogini and each linked to a graha: Mangala 1 year with the Moon, Pingala 2 with the Sun, Dhanya 3 with Jupiter, Bhramari 4 with Mars, Bhadrika 5 with Mercury, Ulka 6 with Saturn, Siddha 7 with Venus and Sankata 8 with Rahu. One plus two through eight is thirty-six, and the cycle repeats.
The lengths are the simplest thing in Vedic dasha arithmetic: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years in sequence, summing to 36. Mangala takes one year and is linked to the Moon, Pingala two and the Sun, Dhanya three and Jupiter, Bhramari four and Mars, Bhadrika five and Mercury, Ulka six and Saturn, Siddha seven and Venus, Sankata eight and Rahu.
Where in that ring your life starts is fixed by the Moon's nakshatra at birth. The nakshatra index selects the opening Yogini, and how far the Moon had already travelled through that nakshatra sets how much of the first period had already elapsed when you were born - the same balance-of-dasha logic Vimshottari uses.
Vimshottari runs 120 years, so most people see only six or seven mahadashas in a lifetime and each one covers a long stretch. Yogini's 36-year cycle turns over three times in the same span, and its shortest periods are a single year, which is why it is used as a second opinion for near-term timing rather than as a replacement.
The two are read together rather than against each other. A period that both systems mark as significant is the case practitioners look for; where they disagree, neither is treated as overriding the other, and this app computes both from the same Moon position so the comparison is like for like.
It computes the full sequence of mahadashas from your birth, with the antardashas nested inside each, and prints exact start and end dates for every period. Because the whole chain is anchored to the Moon's longitude at birth, an accurate birth time matters: the Moon covers about thirteen degrees a day, so an hour of error moves every boundary in the chain.
The page reports the periods and their dates and does not attach a prediction to a Yogini's name. AstroZivi publishes a reading only where a named text and verse stand behind it; the dasha structure and its dates are what the arithmetic settles exactly, and that is what this tool is for.
A 36-year cyclic dasha built from eight Yoginis of 1 to 8 years each - Mangala, Pingala, Dhanya, Bhramari, Bhadrika, Ulka, Siddha and Sankata - each linked to a graha, and applied from the Moon's birth nakshatra. Its short cycle makes it useful for near-term timing alongside Vimshottari.
In order: Mangala 1 year, Pingala 2, Dhanya 3, Bhramari 4, Bhadrika 5, Ulka 6, Siddha 7 and Sankata 8. The eight add up to 36 years, after which the cycle repeats.
Mangala with the Moon, Pingala with the Sun, Dhanya with Jupiter, Bhramari with Mars, Bhadrika with Mercury, Ulka with Saturn, Siddha with Venus and Sankata with Rahu. Ketu takes no period in this system.
By the nakshatra the Moon occupied at birth: the nakshatra index selects the opening Yogini, and the proportion of that nakshatra the Moon had already crossed sets how much of the first period had elapsed before birth.
Neither replaces the other. Vimshottari's 120-year cycle gives long mahadashas; Yogini's 36-year cycle turns over three times in a lifetime with periods as short as a year, so it is read as a second timing layer rather than as a substitute.
For educational purposes. Astrological interpretations are traditional and not a substitute for professional advice.