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Marriage During Ketu Mahadasha
Marriage during Ketu mahadasha is allowed in the method, and Ketu's mahadasha lasts seven years, judged by the antardasha and the seventh house of marriage. Ketu does not ban a wedding.

Seven years is not a closed door
Ketu mahadasha lasts 7 years. Marriage is the seventh house, its lord, and Venus. If an antardasha inside Ketu belongs to the seventh lord or to Venus, a wedding is not only possible but specifically timed. If Ketu itself occupies or aspects the seventh, the bond may be unusual, late, or spiritually flavored, which is not the same as forbidden. The fifth house is the romance that may lead in. Navamsa must still support the seventh. A family rule that nobody marries in Ketu is a fear, not a sutra.
Detachment is not refusal
Ketu detaches. In the lagna, the first house of the self, the native may feel oddly absent at their own wedding and still be married. In the twelfth house of loss and foreign residence, the marriage may be abroad or quiet. Those are styles. The Moon shows whether the mind is willing. The partner's chart has its own dasha, which may be Venus's 20 years. One person's Ketu does not put the other person into Ketu. Lahiri placement of Ketu decides the house. A wrong time moves it.
After Ketu comes Venus
In the Vimshottari order, Venus follows Ketu and lasts 20 years. People who wait out Ketu sometimes discover the seventh lord's antardasha was inside it and they skipped the window. Do not skip a sound seventh because the mahadasha's name is austere. Also do not force a wedding in a Ketu-Saturn antardasha that clearly damages the seventh. The chart is specific. The ban is not.
Frequently asked questions
Can a wedding happen in Ketu mahadasha?
Yes, especially in an antardasha of the seventh lord or Venus. The mahadasha lasts 7 years. Ketu does not close the seventh house.
What if Ketu is in the seventh?
The bond may be unusual or quiet. Navamsa and the seventh lord still decide whether it holds. Presence is not a ban.
What period follows Ketu?
Venus, for 20 years. Waiting only because the name Ketu sounds harsh can skip a real seventh-lord antardasha.
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