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Mars (Mangala) in Indian astrology
Mars is the planet of drive.
- Sanskrit
- Mangala (मंगल)
- Weekday
- Tuesday
- Nature
- a natural malefic, hot and forceful
- Rules
- Aries, Scorpio
- Exalted
- Capricorn (28°)
- Debilitated
- Cancer (28°)
- Dasha length
- 7 years of the 120-year Vimshottari cycle
- Signifies
- energy, courage, siblings, land and property, and conflict
- Rules the stars
- Mrigashira, Chitra, Dhanishta
It gives the push to start, to compete and to defend. Used well, the texts connect it with courage, discipline and skill in action; used badly, with anger, haste and accidents. Its placement in certain houses is the basis of Mangal dosha, which is why Mars is looked at closely in marriage matching.
In the dasha cycle
In the Vimshottari order, Mars is followed by Rahu. The period of Mars lasts 7 years when it runs in full. Read more about the system on the dasha page.
See it in your own chart
The terms on this page appear in every birth chart report, explained for your own planets and dates.