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Navagraha Shanti Havan

नवग्रह शान्ति हवनNavagraha Śānti HavanaThe fire rite in which each of the nine grahas is offered its own mantra, wood and grain

A nine-square vedi is laid in coloured grain, each graha is invoked in its own place, and the ahuti are offered with the nine prescribed woods — arka for Surya through kusha for Ketu.

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₹11,000
Duration
2 hr 30 min – 15 hr
Languages
en · hi · bn · mr · ta · te · kn · gu
Performed as
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Why this ritual

What the rite is for

Navagraha shanti is the most structured of the household fire rites, because everything in it is enumerated. There are nine positions on the vedi, and each has a fixed direction: Surya at the centre, Chandra to the south-east, Mangal to the south, and so on. Each graha has its own grain, its own cloth colour, its own metal, and its own samidha — arka for Surya, palash for Chandra, khadira for Mangal, apamarga for Budh, ashvattha for Guru, udumbara for Shukra, shami for Shani, durva for Rahu, kusha for Ketu. Each has a jaap count fixed by the older manuals: seven thousand for Surya, eleven for Chandra, ten for Mangal, nine for Budh, nineteen for Guru, sixteen for Shukra, twenty-three for Shani, eighteen for Rahu and seventeen for Ketu — one hundred and thirty thousand in all. The ahuti offered is one tenth of whatever count the sankalp names. A graha in Jyotish is a position, not a verdict, and a shanti rite is an act of attention paid to it. Nothing here is a promise about what a period will bring.

Textual basis

Where it comes from

The vedi layout, the woods and the jaap counts follow the Shanti and Graha-yajna sections of the grihya manuals as they are compiled in the Nirnaya Sindhu and the Dharmasindhu, and as they are printed in the Karmakanda paddhatis most pandits work from today. Regional practice varies in detail: Maharashtrian paddhati places Shani's samidha differently from Maithil, and southern Smarta practice adds the adhidevata and pratyadhidevata puja at greater length. The rite is prescribed at the start of a mahadasha or antardasha, before a long journey or a move, and as the shanti portion of griha pravesh and vivaah.

Vidhi

The rite, step by step

Timings are approximate and vary with the pandit's paddhati.

Samagri

What the vidhi calls for

And why each item is used.

  • Navadhanya (nine grains)

    900 g

    Wheat for Surya, rice for Chandra, toor for Mangal, moong for Budh, chana for Guru, lobia for Shukra, sesame for Shani, urad for Rahu, kulthi for Ketu. Used both for the mandala and the ahuti.

  • The nine samidha woods

    9 bundle

    Arka, palash, khadira, apamarga, ashvattha, udumbara, shami, durva and kusha. These are the hardest items to source outside India and are the reason most families take the kit.

    Included in the kit

  • Cow's ghee

    2 kg

    Every ahuti carries ghee, and the vasordhara needs an unbroken pour. Two kilograms covers the traditional package; the complete needs five.

  • Black sesame

    500 g

    Offered with the ahuti of Shani, Rahu and Ketu in particular, and mixed into the general havan samagri throughout.

  • Havan samagri mixture

    1 kg

    The standard blend of dried herbs, resins, barks and sandal dust that carries the ahuti. Tirtha uses a mixture without artificial fragrance.

  • Nine coloured cloths

    9 piece

    One folded square per graha, laid in its cell of the mandala. The colours are fixed by the paddhati and are not interchangeable.

    Included in the kit

  • Copper kalash with eight small pots

    9 piece

    The main kalash for the tirtha avahan and eight for the dikpalas at the eight directions of the vedi.

    Included in the kit

  • Kusha grass

    2 bundle

    Worn as a ring on the right hand, used to sprinkle water, laid around the kunda, and offered as the samidha of Ketu.

    Included in the kit

  • Guggul resin

    250 g

    Added to the ahuti of Shani and Rahu. It is the resin that gives a havan its characteristic smoke.

  • Camphor

    100 g

    Used to kindle the fire at agni sthapana and again for the aarti at the close.

  • Coconut for purnahuti

    1 piece

    Wrapped in red cloth with betel, coin and dry fruit and offered whole at the purnahuti.

  • Panchamrit set

    1 piece

    For the abhishek of the graha murtis or yantras where a family keeps them, and for the prasad served afterwards.

Packages

What differs between tiers

Stated plainly: the counts, the number of pandits, and the time it takes.

  • Shanti Path

    One mala per graha and 972 ahuti — the complete structure at its shortest honest length.

    ₹11,000

    Duration
    2 hr 30 min
    Pandits
    2 pandits

    Included

    • Sankalp with declared jaap and ahuti counts
    • Nine-cell navagraha mandala in coloured grain
    • 108 jaap per graha — 972 in all
    • Samidha ahuti with all nine prescribed woods
    • 972 ahuti, purnahuti, vasordhara and aarti

    Not included

    • Graha dana is not included at this tier

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  • Sahasra Jaap

    Most chosen

    1,080 jaap for each graha with four ritviks, the dikpala sthapana, and the nine danas arranged.

    ₹21,000

    Duration
    4 hr
    Pandits
    4 pandits

    Included

    • Everything in Shanti Path
    • 1,080 jaap per graha — 9,720 in all
    • Adhidevata and pratyadhidevata puja in full
    • Dikpala sthapana at the eight directions
    • The nine graha danas routed to a temple annakshetra, with receipt
    • Navagraha Shanti samagri kit shipped ahead of the date

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  • Sava Lakh Anushthan

    The full classical count — 1,30,000 jaap and 13,000 ahuti by nine ritviks across three days.

    ₹31,000

    Duration
    15 hr
    Pandits
    9 pandits

    Included

    • Everything in Sahasra Jaap
    • The classical counts in full: Surya 7,000 to Ketu 17,000 — 1,30,000 together
    • 13,000 ahuti — one tenth of the jaap — across three days
    • Nine ritviks, one seated for each graha
    • Daily jaap-sankhya log signed by the acharya
    • Brahman bhojan on the concluding day

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Who performs it

Pandit requirement

Two pandits at minimum — one to conduct the puja and one to keep the fire and the count. Four for the sahasra jaap, and nine for the full classical anushthan, where one ritvik is seated for each graha.

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