KETU MAHĀDAŚĀ: Should Ketu be in a kendra, trikoṇa or the 11th, in a benefic sign, in his sign of exaltation or in his own sign, there will be during his Daśā cordial relations with the King (Government), desired headship of a country or village, comforts of conveyances, happiness from children, gain from foreign countries, happiness from wife and acquisition of cattle. If Ketu be in the 3rd, the 6th or the 11th, there will be in his Daśā acquisition of kingdom (attainment of a high position in Government), good relations with friends and opportunities for acquisition of elephants. At the commencement of Ketu Daśā there will be Rājayoga. During the middle portion of the Daśā, there will be possibilities of fearfulness, and in the last part there will be sufferings from ailment and journeys to distant places. If Ketu be in 2nd, 8th or 12th, or be aspected by a malefic, there will be imprisonment, destruction of kinsmen and residential premises, anxieties, company of menials, and diseases.

शुभ राशि में, शुभदृष्ट होकर, स्वोच्चगत, शुभ वर्ग में स्थित, केन्द्र-त्रिकोण व लाभभाव में केतु हो तो राजा से मित्रता, मनोरथों की प्राप्ति, देश या गाँव का अधिकार-लाभ, वाहन-प्राप्ति, पुत्रयोग, विदेश-यात्रा एवं यात्रा का सुख, स्त्री-पुत्र, चौपाए धन से लाभ की प्राप्ति होती है । 3.6.11 भावों में स्थित केतु का फल सुख होता है । मित्रनवांशगत केतु की दशा में हाथी-घोड़ों की प्राप्ति, दशारम्भ में राजयोग, दशामध्य में भयप्राप्ति होती है ।