The main periods are called dashas or mahadashas, and the sub-periods inside them are antardashas.
P.V.R. Narasimha Rao calls dasha systems 'a hallmark of Vedic astrology', and there are many of them.
The most common is Vimshottari, which divides a 120-year cycle among the nine planets and starts from the nakshatra (lunar mansion) the Moon occupied at birth.
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