Sun Antardasha runs 9 months, 18 days within Jupiter Mahadasha, the shortest of this cluster's nine sub-periods, and carries this site's most favorable badge: both planets' own friendship tables name each other a genuine friend, a rare fully mutual pairing in this cluster.

Venus Antardasha runs 2 years, 8 months within Jupiter Mahadasha, the longest of the cluster's nine sub-periods, and carries a "Naturally Challenging" badge because Jupiter's own table names Venus its second declared enemy. Venus's own table only offers neutral status back, the same asymmetric pattern already found with Mercury earlier in this cluster.

Ketu Antardasha runs 11 months, 6 days within Jupiter Mahadasha, the fourth of nine sub-periods, and carries a "Mixed & Moderate" badge because Jupiter's own table only treats Ketu as an ordinary neutral. Ketu's own table calls Jupiter a genuine friend back, one of just two Ketu names in the entire zodiac, a warmth the neutral badge doesn't fully register.

Mercury Antardasha runs 2 years, 3 months, 6 days within Jupiter Mahadasha, the third of nine sub-periods, and carries a "Naturally Challenging" badge because Jupiter's own table names Mercury one of only two enemies it declares anywhere. Mercury's own table, checked independently, only offers Jupiter neutral status back, a real asymmetry this site's Mercury Mahadasha cluster already flagged from the opposite chair.

Saturn Antardasha runs 2 years, 6 months, 12 days within Jupiter Mahadasha, the second of nine sub-periods, and carries a "Mixed & Moderate" badge that undersells how genuinely rare this pairing is: Saturn's own friendship table names exactly one neutral relationship in the entire zodiac, and it's Jupiter.

Jupiter Antardasha opens the 16-year Jupiter Mahadasha and runs 2 years, 1 month, 18 days (768 days), concentrating Guru's own significations, wisdom, wealth, children and dharma, without a second planet's temperament mixing in. Jupiter's own friendship table names only two enemies anywhere in the zodiac, a fact worth carrying into the rest of this cluster.

Saturn's Antardasha closes out Mercury Mahadasha over 2 years, 8 months and 9 days, the second-longest sub-period in this nine-part cluster behind only Venus, and the badge reads "Mixed & Moderate" because Mercury's own table only offers Saturn neutral status, though Saturn's own table names Mercury an outright friend.

Jupiter's Antardasha runs 2 years, 3 months, 6 days within Mercury Mahadasha, and this site's badge reads "Mixed & Moderate" because Mercury calls Jupiter neutral, but Jupiter's own table names Mercury an outright enemy, a real philosophical friction between guru-wisdom and clever wit that the badge doesn't fully capture.

Rahu Antardasha runs 2 years, 6 months, 18 days inside Mercury Mahadasha, and the badge reads "Mixed / Moderate" for a genuinely symmetric reason: Mercury's own table has no entry for Rahu at all, and Rahu's own table independently agrees, calling Mercury neutral too.

Mars Antardasha runs 0 years, 11 months, 27 days inside Mercury Mahadasha, exactly the same span as this cluster's Ketu Antardasha, and the badge reads "Mixed & Moderate" because Mercury's own table calls Mars merely neutral, but Mars's own table names Mercury an outright enemy, real tension the neutral badge doesn't fully signal.

Moon Antardasha runs exactly 1 year, 5 months (510 days) within Mercury Mahadasha, and it carries the most hostile relationship badge on this site, "Naturally Challenging", because Mercury's own table names the Moon its only enemy in the zodiac, even though the Moon's own table independently calls Mercury one of its two true friends.

Sun Antardasha runs for 10 months, 6 days within Mercury Mahadasha, and the badge reads "Naturally Supportive" because Mercury calls the Sun a friend, but the Sun's own table only offers neutral standing back, an asymmetry that echoes the Mars-Moon pairing from the Mars Mahadasha cluster.